ORLANDO – The UCF men's basketball team is set for its second and final matchup of the campaign against Tulsa as the two sides will square off on Sunday at 5 p.m. ET.
The Knights earned their largest margin of victory of the season the last time they faced the Golden Hurricane, coasting to a 96-52 win back on Feb. 11. The Black and Gold were rocking canaveral blue and white during that game, rocking their new 'Naut uniforms. The team's three-point shooting was out of this world, as the team sunk a program single-game record 17 three pointers, all while shooting 47.2% from beyond the arc. UCF shot a season-high 56.2% from the field in the 44-point victory.
The victory over Tulsa was the most recent triumph for the Knights as they have lost three straight contests since. All three contests came down to the wire and were decided by seven points or less while two of them were decided by just one possession. UCF has five losses of one possession this season and a total of nine by double digits.
Ithiel Horton had a monster game in the team's last outing, dropping 28 points, just two shy of tying a season-high and three away from tying a career-high. Horton snagged a career-high four steals in the process. His nine made field goals and seven made three-pointers were both season-highs. Horton now has four games in which he has scored 20 points or more this season.
Tulsa comes into the contest losers of nine straight with a record of 5-22. Their one conference win in 16 tries was in overtime as the Golden Hurricane topped Tulane 81-79 back on Jan. 21. Sam Griffin and Bryant Selebangue lead Tulsa in scoring, averaging 15.2 and 12.1 points respectively. Selebangue nearly averages a double-double per game, pulling down 9.2 rebounds per game.
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