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Connecticut's Johnnie Selvie dunks the ball in the fnal minutes of the Connecticut-Boston College Big East Conference game. (AP Photo/Bob Child)

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Freshman guard Taliek Brown had a career-high 21 points, including a huge 3-pointer with 5 1/2 minutes to play, and Connecticut beat No. 9 Boston College 82-71 Tuesday night to snap the Eagles' six-game winning streak.

The Huskies (16-8, 5-6 Big East) trailed 44-34 at halftime after Boston College closed the first half with a 15-5 run.

Already in a situation where more than a loss or two would practically eliminate them from consideration for an at-large berth to the NCAA tournament, the Huskies responded with an 11-2 run to open the second half and were back within a point with 15:31 to play.

Freshman Caron Butler, who finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds, hit a floater along the baseline with 8:00 left to give the Huskies a 59-54 lead.

But the Eagles (18-3, 9-2), who were playing their first game as a Top Ten team since 1983, scored four straight points and were within 59-58 with 6:09 left.

With the shot clock winding down, Brown hit a 3-pointer with 5:34 left that started a 12-1 run and gave the Huskies a 71-59 lead with 2:12 to play.

After Brown's 3, Xavier Singletary hit one free throw for Boston College. Johnnie Selvie then converted his own miss for the Huskies and Albert Mouring, the senior who has been struggling offensively, hit a 3 with 3:47 left and the crowd of 16,294 at the Hartford Civic Center started to roar.

Brown made four free throws to close the run and the Huskies made six more in a row to keep the Eagles at bay and avenge the 85-68 loss on Jan. 3 that ended their 23-game winning streak in the series.

Tony Robertson added 14 points for Connecticut, which has won three of four after losing five in a row, while Mouring and Selvie each had 11.

Singletary and freshman Ryan Sidney each had 18 points for the Eagles, while Troy Bell had 16. Bell finished 5-for-16 from the field, including 3-for-10 from 3-point range. The Eagles, who had won a school-record seven straight conference games, were 6-for-26 from beyond the arc, 2-for-13 in the second half.

It was the second-most points allowed by Boston College this season with the most coming in a 97-75 loss at No. 3 Duke.

The loss was the eighth straight at the Hartford Civic Center for Boston College, which last won in the building in 1987.