Eric Dixon led the way for the Wildcats with 23 points. Wooga Poplar added 18 and sank one of two free throws with one second left to seal Villanova's narrow upset victory.

Eric Dixon scored 18 of his 23 points in the second half to propel host Villanova to a 68-66 upset of No. 9 UConn Wednesday night.

Villanova upset No. 9 UConn, 68-66, in a nail-biter Wednesday night at a raucous Finneran Pavilion. The Wildcats (10-5, 4-1 Big East) held a 32-25 halftime advantage by forcing nine first-half turnovers and limiting UConn’s high-octane offense to a 37 percent clip from three-point range.

The victory marks the Wildcats’ eighth win out of the last nine games. “I was proud of the way our guys came out defensively in the first half, then we took a bunch of punches