Fulks Tabbed to Big 12 Starting Five

ORLANDO — After earning their first Big 12 road win of the season and scoring 30 points against the No. 1 team in the nation, UCF’s Themus Fulks has been named to the Big 12 Starting Five, the conference announced Monday afternoon.

Fulks is joined on the list by Arizona’s Jaden Bradley, Cincinnati’s Baba Miller, Kansas’ Darryn Peterson and Texas Tech’s JT Toppin.

The fifth-year guard paced the Knights in an 82-73 win at Kansas State on Wednesday, finishing with 13 points and 12 assists. He etched his name into the UCF record books, becoming the first Knight with five double-digit assist games in a single season, the first in a UCF uniform this century to post three point-assist double-doubles in a season, and the first in program history to record back-to-back games with at least 10 assists.

A Winston-Salem, North Carolina, native, Fulks continued his storied week with a career-best 30 points against No. 1 Arizona on Saturday. 

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He steered the Knights’ offense in every facet, leading the team in both scoring and assists with eight. Along with snagging five rebounds to become the fourth DI player in the last 30 years to have at least 30 points, five rebounds and five assists against a No. 1 opponent, joining Boston College’s Ky Bowman, Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield and Clemson’s Greg Buckner. He also became the first Knight to reach the 30-point mark this season. 

The Knights return to action Tuesday, Jan. 20, at No. 2/2 Iowa State, with tipoff slated for 7 p.m. inside Hilton Coliseum on CBS Sports Network.

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