The Villanova Wildcats fell to the No. 2-ranked Connecticut Huskies, 74-66, in front of a soldout XL Center crowd in Hartford, Connecticut.
The Wildcats did not look fazed in the hostile crowd, but the Huskies just proved to be too much on the defensive end.
Jordan Hawkins did his best Ray Allen impersonation, draining jumper after jumper with hands in his face. Hawkins scored 14 of the team’s first 26 points helping UConn stay in front after Big East preseason player of the year Adama Sanogo picked up his second foul with just over eight minutes remaining in the first half and sat for the rest of the half.