LAHAINA, Hawaii — UConn forward Alex Karaban was cleared to fly home with the rest of the team shortly before takeoff, a team spokesman said Thursday, after the Southborough native was taken to a hospital with a head injury Wednesday night after the No. 2 Huskies lost, 85-67, to Dayton in the seventh-place game of the Maui Invitational.

Star UConn forward Alex Karaban was transported by ambulance to the Maui Memorial Medical Center after suffering a head injury in Wednesday’s Maui Invitational loss.

UConn junior forward Alex Karaban was taken to the hospital after suffering a head injury late in the Huskies' 85-67 loss to the Dayton Flyers at the

Alex Karaban was cleared to fly back to UConn after suffering a head injury during the Maui Invitational seventh-place game against Dayton, a team spokesman said on Thursday.

UConn forward Alex Karaban was taken to the hospital for a head injury Wednesday night following the Huskies' third straight loss at the Maui Invitational. Karaban hit his head hard on the ground after being fouled in the closing minutes of UConn's 87–65 loss to Dayton.

Alex Karaban was cleared to fly home on Thursday after he hit his head on the floor late in UConn's loss to Dayton on Wednesday night.

UConn forward Alex Karaban was taken to a hospital for a head injury following an 85-67 loss to Dayton that sent the No. 2 Huskies to an 0-3 finish at the Maui Invitational.

Alex Karaban suffered a head injury late in UConn's loss to Dayton in Maui Invitational and was sent to aclocal hospital for scans.

UConn forward Alex Karaban was taken to a hospital with a head injury after the No. 2 Huskies’ 85-67 loss to Dayton in the seventh-place game of the Maui Invitational.