Preview: UConn Hosting Tulane at XL, 7 p.m., CBS Sports Network

WHO: Tulane (8-11, 1-5 American Athletic Conference) at UConn (12-5, 3-2)

WHEN:Tuesday,7 p.m.(CBS SN)

WHERE: XL Center (16,294), Hartford

WHO’S HOT

TULANE: Junior guard Malik Morgan has scored in double figures in nine straight games

UCONN: Senior Shonn Miller has been averaging 14.3 points and 5.5 rebounds – both second on the team – in the last four games.

WHAT’S NOT

TULANE: Senior Louis Dabney has struggled on the perimeter making just 3 of 24 shots over the last five games

UCONN: Rodney Purvis’ shooting funk continues. He was X-for-X against Houston and is just 10-for-35 over the last four games. He also has a team-high 11 turnovers in that stretch.

NOTES: UConn is 3-0 all-time against the Green Wave,including a 75-67 win on Jan. 2 at Devlin Fieldhouse in New Orleans. Purvis scored 20 points in that win. … For the second straight game, coach Kevin Ollie will start freshman Jalen Adams and have Purvis come off the bench. …The Green Wave is led in scoring by Dabney (12.9 ppg), junior guard Malik Morgan (11.4) and sophomore forward Dylan Osetkowski (10.7). … Incoming freshman Alterique Gilbert has named to the McDonald’s All-American game. …. In 12 wins this season Miller is shooting .670 from the field and the team is making .404 on 3-pointers. In five losses, the Huskies are .288 on 3-pointers. …. Grad student Sterling Gibbs has averaged 22.0 ppg, shot 51.4 percent overall (19 of 37), 54.2 percent from three-point range (13 of 24), and 88.0 percent from the foul line (15 of 17) in the last three games. … This is the first of three straight home games for the Huskies. All of them will be played at the XL Center. … The Green Wave have lost five of their last six games. Their lone conference win came at South Florida. … Osetkowski has seven double-doubles this season

UP NEXT: Georgetown, Saturday, at XL Center in Hartford, noon