Jan. 12, 2005
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ORLANDO - The men's basketball team travels to Boca Raton, Fla., to face Florida Atlantic on Thursday night. UCF currently leads the series 19-5 and has won the last five meetings in the series.
The Owls and Golden Knights are currently tied in the A-Sun standings with identical 3-3 marks in the league. FAU has a 3-10 overall mark and is coming off of a narrow 82-81 loss to Jacksonville on Tuesday. Mike Bell, the Atlantic Sun preseason player of the year, leads FAU. The 6-9 senior is averaging 18.5 points and 8.5 boards per contest. Quinton Young is the only other player to average double digits in scoring at 11.2 points per game.
Marcus Avant has set a new career-high in each of the last two games. Against Jacksonville, the 6-7 Valdosta, Ga., native scored 14 and followed that performance up with a 17 point outing against Stetson. He added 10 points at Mercer, for a then season-high on January 5. Over the last three games, he is averaging 13.7 points per game, while shooting .538 from the floor. He has also knocked down nine trey's, going 9-for-16 from long range.
Tip-off is scheduled for 8:30 p.m., as Marc Daniels will call the action, which can be heard live on UCF ISP Sports Network and its flagship station 740-THE TEAM (AM).