Two-time defending NCAA champion UConn basketball suffered its first defeat of the season on Monday.

Penny Hardaway and Memphis introduced down the Huskies #2 with a 99-97 additional time victory within the quarterfinals of The Maui Invitational Event on the Lahaina Civic Middle in Maui, Hawaii. The Tigers led by 13 at 87-74 with 4 minutes left, however allowed a 20-7 run to ship them to additional time.

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Solo Ball hit a 3-pointer to tie the sport with 1.2 seconds left to ship it into an additional time interval.

Nonetheless, Hassan Diarra missed a game-winning 3-pointer to offer Tigres additional time to win. Memphis took the lead on 4 straight free throws from PJ Carter after a technical fault on the UConn coach Dan Hurley and an over-the-back foul on Liam Neeley with 40 seconds remaining, which Hurley protested to retake the technical level.

This is how social media reacted to UConn basketball’s loss to Memphis within the Maui Invitational on Monday:

Reactions to UConn males’s basketball loss to Memphis

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