The Knights will take their four-game winning streak to Huntington to face Marshall Saturday afternoon.

• @HerdZone (9-12, 2-4 C-USA) vs. @UCFMBasketball (15-5, 5-1 C-USA)
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• Cam Henderson Center - Huntington, W.Va. - 2 p.m.
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• Watch on CSS @csssports and Bright House Sports Network @BHSN
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• Listen on WYGM @740thegame
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• Follow the action all game long with updates from @UCFMBasketball and @UCF_Athletics on Twitter. Don't forget to "Like" the Knights on Facebook as well. For the stat buffs out there, follow on .

  

• #UCF's four game C-USA winning streak is tied for the Knights' longest since joining the league#StreakNShake
• The Knights are seeking their first win in Huntington since 2007#RoadTripTime
• Foes are making only 27.4 percent of their 3s vs. #UCF in league play#No3ForYou
• #UCF won only 3 road games last year, but already has 4 wins away from home in 2012-13#RoadWarriors
• The Knights blocked 7 shots at Tulane Wednesday#SwatTeam
• Isaiah Sykes ranks 3rd in C-USA games in scoring at 17.0 points per game#TheScore
• Sykes' 4 straight 20 point games are the most by a Knight since Jermaine Taylor in 08-09 #EliteCompany
• Kasey Wilson leads C-USA, shooting 55.1 percent from deep #HeyMrWilson
• Keith Clanton is only 18 boards shy of UCF's career rebounds record#BreakingRecords
• Calvin Newell is averaging 14.3 points in C-USA after averaging 8.3 in non-league play#TalentedTransfer

If you are a former player, the Knights would like to invite you to their Alumni Day on Feb. 24 when UCF hosts East Carolina at 2 p.m.

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After nearly ten hours of travel, the UCF women's track and field has arrived in Lincoln, Nebraska to participate in this weekend's Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational. The Knights will compete against some of the top teams in the nation inside the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

When the Knights play at Marshall Saturday, the game will be televised throughout the southeast on CSS and in central Florida on Bright House Sports Network. Coverage begins at 2 p.m.

Mike Morgan will handle the play-by-play on the broadcast and Shane Power will provide color commentary. UCF has won four-straight games and enters the contest with Marshall 15-5 overall and 5-1 in Conference USA.

In Orlando, fans can listen to the contest on the UCF IMG Sports Network and its flagship station, 740 The Game. Marc Daniels will have the call from Huntington, W.Va., and pregame coverage begins at 2:30 p.m.

The Knights have won three-straight games and will be back in action Wednesday at Tulane.

• @GreenWaveMBB (14-6, 2-3 C-USA) vs. @UCFMBasketball (14-5, 4-1 C-USA)
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• Devlin Fieldhouse (3,600) - New Orleans, La. - 8 p.m. Eastern
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• Listen on WYGM @740thegame
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• Follow the action all game long with updates from @UCFMBasketball and @UCF_Athletics on Twitter. Don't forget to "Like" the Knights on Facebook as well. For the stat buffs out there, follow on .

  

• #UCF has won 5 straight over the Green Wave #SeriesDominance
• The Knights have won three road games this year, matching their total from last season#AwayDays
• #UCF has won 3 straight games, its longest C-USA winning streak since January 2012#Streaking
• In C-USA play, the Knights are averaging a league best 27.0 defensive rebounds per game#GlassWork
• Isaiah Sykes has 3 straight 20 point performances#202020Vision
• Sykes is averaging 16.4 points in league play, good for 3rd in C-USA #ConferenceConfidence
• Tristan Spurlock has 9 blocks in five C-USA contests after recording 4 in league play #BlockItOut
• Keith Clanton needs one swat to become the 10th player in C-USA history with 200 career blocks#BlockParty
• Calvin Newell has drained a team high 10 triples in C-USA competition#TreySongz
• Staphon Blair grabbed a career best three boards Saturday in the win over SMU#FreshTake

UCF head baseball coach Terry Rooney has done many things for his program in his fifth year on the job. Not only has he created a winning environment with back-to-back regional appearances, but also welcomes back former Knights who are preparing for their professional seasons.

Early in the spring, if you stop by the UCF baseball complex you will see many familiar faces who helped put UCF on the map. One of those former Knights that works out on campus is current Baltimore Orioles minor leaguer Tim Bascom.

Sporting the Black & Gold from 2004-06, Bascom turned in some dominating performances on the mound. In 2005, the Dunedin native started 16 games and racked up a 10-2 record, including three complete games, 113 strikeouts and a 3.10 ERA. The stellar sophomore campaign saw him land on the All-Atlantic Sun First Team.

In UCF's inaugural C-USA season of 2006, Bascom was the Preseason Conference USA Pitcher of the Year. He backed it up on the bump with a 2.47 ERA in 14 starts, including 90 strikeouts in 80 innings of work. The strong season made him the Knights' first player in program history to earn C-USA First Team honors.

Following his career at UCF, the Orioles selected him in the fourth round of the 2007 draft and he has spent the last six seasons moving through the organization. The majority of Bascom's work has come at AA Bowie where he has a career 3.80 ERA in 395.1 innings pitched, but last year and in 2010 he has earned the promotion to AAA Norfolk.

Make sure to watch the former Knight in the video below talk about his time at UCF and life in the minor leagues.

Former UCF softball player Ashley Van Ryn spent thousands of hours throughout her life practicing and playing the game she loved from childhood. However, it was a mere two hours of watching television this summer that ultimately changed her life as an athlete.

"I had a tremendous time during my four years with UCF softball, but there really are not many professional outlets for softball athletes like myself," said Van Ryn, who shined as a starting outfielder for the Knights from 2005-08. "My time at UCF was pivotal to my growth as a person and an athlete. As I stopped playing softball and transitioned into a working professional role, I managed to keep myself in good shape as far as strength and conditioning goes. But I didn't have too many possibilities for team sports outside of rec league type stuff."  

Like countless other Americans, Van Ryn discovered team handball by watching the 2012 London Olympics.  She thought it looked really interesting and fun but was shocked and disappointed to learn that Team USA hadn't qualified for the event. 

A quick Google search later, she uncovered the Georgia Handball Club based out of her hometown of Atlanta, Ga., and shortly thereafter, she attended her first practice in August 2012.  

"I fell in love with the sport almost immediately," Van Ryn explained. "The sport is a blast to play, and the people I have met in the handball community make the experience even more fun.  All of the players and coaches involved in handball on both the club and national level have been so welcoming and helpful in my progress in the sport. The more I play, the more I love it."

Handball is perhaps best described as an eclectic mix of basketball, hockey and lacrosse. Each team plays with six athletes per side plus goalies. Players can move the ball via dribbling and passing similar to basketball. You can take three steps without dribbling and can only hold the ball for three seconds without giving it up. Substitutions and penalties are similar to hockey as teams can swap players in and out on the fly and infractions are enforced with a one player advantage much like a hockey power play.

The game plays at a very fast pace with scores routinely in the 20s sometimes into the 30s. Defenders are allowed to use physical contact to stop attackers from approaching the goal, but only when the defensive player is completely in front of the offensive player. Particularly egregious penalties can result in penalty shots similar to hockey.

"I really had no idea about the rules, strategy or anything, but my home club (Georgia Handball Club) partnered up with the Chicago Inter Handball Club to form a co-team and they invited me to join their team," Van Ryn said. "They taught me all the ins and outs out the game. Because I was an outfielder for so many years, the overhand throw for handball was a natural transition for me."

Less than two months after her first practice, Van Ryn and her club team placed first in a pair of handball tournaments in October. The more experience she gained in both club matches and practices caught the attention of the USA Team Handball National Committee.

Van Ryn was invited to an exclusive Women's National Team Training and Selection Camp in early January at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, N.Y.

Team USA training camp was intense as prospective athletes were put through a series of rigorous drills that tested various aspects of their athletic ability, such as their strength, speed, agility, stamina and hand-eye coordination. The ones that made the cut athletically were then dropped into live scrimmages against other prospective team members as well as current Team USA roster players.

On Jan. 17, Van Ryn got the incredible news. She earned a spot on Team USA and would be travelling with the team to Mexico City, Mexico, in April for the Pan American Championships qualifying tournament in April.

"I feel so incredibly blessed and excited for the opportunity to represent Team USA," Van Ryn finished.  "This is an athletic dream come true, and I believe that through hard work, dedication, and the support of the community, we can establish the USA as a fierce competitor on the international team handball stage.  While I know the road to success won't be easy, I am honored to take part in the journey and optimistic about the future for team handball in America."

2013 Team USA Senior Women Handball Team

Borg, Anja
Borg, Caroline
Darling, Kathy
Dunn, Lisa
Ebuwei, Tomuke
Ernst, Toni
Fasold, Sophie
Gascon, Sarah
Hardison, Tabitha
Hesser, Stephanie
Lewis, Latrice
Morrison Elise
Self, Stacy
Stilwell, Gabriela
Van Ryn, Ashley
Whitley, Sarah

Alternates:
Elder, Marilyn
Hoddersen, Lynn
Strohl, Sarah
Thorkelsdottir, Morgan

Michelle Chatman, the assistant head coach of the women's volleyball team at UCF, was recently named an assistant coach for the Florida Wave.

Team Florida Wave is a women's professional volleyball team that was launched in 2012 by the Florida Region of USA Volleyball. According to their website, Team Florida Wave is a part of the new Premier Volleyball League, a league sanctioned by USA Volleyball. USA Volleyball consists of 40 different regions, so in the future they hope to have as many as 40 professional volleyball teams.

Chatman is in her fifth season with the UCF volleyball staff and her duties include being the program's recruiting coordinator as well as the middle blockers coach. Because of her hard work on the recruiting trail, UCF's 2010 and 2011 recruiting classes were named two of the top 100 recruiting classes in the nation each season by PrepVolleyball.com. Also, under her watch, UCF's front line has improved immensely, which was proven when DeLaina Sarden earned AVCA Honorable Mention All-America honors. Before coming to UCF, Chatman acted as an assistant coach at Georgetown University for two years and a student assistant coach at her alma mater, the University of Florida.

Chatman is no stranger to USA Volleyball. She served as one of the three assistant coaches for the 2011 USA Volleyball Women's National A2 program.

Chatman will coach former UCF standout Tanya Jarvis, who earned a spot on the roster last season.

Team Florida Wave's first game is the Tri-Match tournament in Gainesville on March 2 against UCF and FSU.

This week's Inside UCF Basketball with Donnie Jones includes a feature story on sophomore Kasey Wilson, who has developed into one of the premier 3-point shooters in the country. The show will debut Monday on Bright House Sports Network at 10:30 p.m.

During the show, junior Tristan Spurlock will offer a tour of the UCF Arena and the Knights' other facilities and associate head coach Shawn Finney will be profiled.

The Knights have won three-straight games, including wins over Rice and SMU last week. This week's show will have highlights from the home victories.

The show also airs Tuesday at 11 p.m. on Bright House Sports Network and statewide each Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. on Sun Sports.

To watch past features, visit the Inside UCF Basketball with Donnie Jones YouTube page.

To learn more about the show, follow @IUCFB on Twitter.