ORLANDO (UCFKnights.com) –Looking to avenge one of its five losses this season, the UCF men’s basketball team hosts Memphis Saturday at CFE Arena. The Knights and the Tigers are set to square off at 6 p.m. with coverage on ESPN2 and FM 96.9 The Game.
GAME INFO
Date: Saturday, Feb. 16
Time: 6 p.m.
TV: ESPN2
Radio: 96.9 FM/740 AM The Game
Live Stats: https://ucfknights.co/2SUljGI
A win on Saturday would match UCF’s overall and conference win total from a season ago with six regular season games still remaining. The Knights (18-5, 8-3) are out to the program’s best 23-game start since the 2003-04 campaign.
Winning its third straight game to remain in third place in the American Athletic Conference standings will have to come against a team in Memphis that handed UCF’s its largest defeat of 2018-19. The Tigers took down the Knights 77-57 back on Jan. 27 at FedEx Forum.
On Saturday, the Knights will take on the Tigers from the comforts of home, where they have a 12-2 record this season. Most recently, UCF defeated rival South Florida 78-65 on Wednesday to extend its streak of wins over the Bulls to seven.
Prior to the January loss in Bluff City, the Knights had enjoyed a similar winning streak against the Tigers. UCF had won four straight over Memphis, including both games of the home-and-home series a year ago.
NOTES TO KNOW
- Memphis holds a 22-5 advantage in the all-time series.
- In Orlando, the Tigers have won seven out of 10 games in the series.
- UCF is a perfect 18-0 when leading with two minutes to go in the game.
- Tacko Fall has successfully won all 23 tipoffs this season and each of the last 27 dating back to last year.
- Fall scored a season-high 21 points and set a UCF record with 21 free throw attempts in the win over South Florida.
- Aubrey Dawkins was named to The American’s Weekly Honor Roll after scoring a season-high 26 points at SMU on Sunday.
- The Knights lead The American in field goal percentage with a mark of 47.1 percent and have shot over 50 percent in their current two-game win streak.
- A win would make UCF 19-5, the program’s best 24-game start since the 2003-04 season.
- The Tigers’ Jeremiah Martin leads the team in scoring with 17.1 points per game and scored 41 points in a half earlier this season.
- Former NBA All-Star with the Orlando Magic Penny Hardaway is in his first season as head coach of Memphis.
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TICKETS FOR 2018-19
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