No. 11 UConn rallies with come-from-behind victory

STORRS, Conn. >> Hassan Diarra had 19 points and eight assists, Aidan Mahaney and Tarris Reed Jr. helped spark a second-half comeback and No. 11 UConn overcame a 14-point deficit to beat Providence 87-84 on Sunday and extend its home winning streak to 28 games.

Solo Ball added 16 points for UConn (12-3, 4-0 Big East). Mahaney scored 15, Alex Karaban had 13 and Reed had all of his 10 in the second half.

Jayden Pierre scored 24 points and Wesley Cardet finished with 18 for Providence (7-8, 1-3).

The Friars scored the final nine points in the first half, with UConn missing nine of its last 10 shots. The Friars pushed the lead to 14 points early in the second half, but Reed later had six points in a 16-2 run that gave the Huskies a 64-60 lead.

UConn played without second-leading scorer Liam McNeeley. McNeeley suffered a high ankle sprain in Wednesday’s win at DePaul and UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley told reporters on Saturday that the freshman will be out “weeks, not days.”

NO. 7 KANSAS 99, UCF 48 >> Hunter Dickinson scored 21 of his 27 points in the first half and No. 7 Kansas posted the second-largest margin of victory in program history, beating UCF in Orlando, Fla.

NO. 9 OREGON 83, MARYLAND 79 >> Jackson Shelstad scored 23 points to lead No. 9 Oregon at home over Maryland.

Shelstad was 8 for 10 from the field and made all five of his 3-point attempts while grabbing five rebounds.

NO. 20 PURDUE 79, NORTHWESTERN 61 >> Braden Smith had 22 points and seven assists to lead No. 20 Purdue to a rout of visiting Northwestern. Smith, who scored 17 of his points in the first half, hit 8 of 16 shots for the Boilermakers (11-4, 3-1 Big Ten).

NO. 21 MEMPHIS 68, NORTH TEXAS 64 >> PJ Haggerty scored 27 points to lead No. 21 Memphis at home over North Texas. Haggerty was 11 of 14 from the field, including hitting his first seven shots.

NO. 22 ILLINOIS 81, WASHINGTON 77 >> Kasparas Jakucionis made a tiebreaking layup with 32 seconds left, and No. 22 Illinois survived a furious comeback bid by Washington to squeak out a victory in Seattle.