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GAME 25 • UCF AT CINCINNATI Director, Strategic Communications: Daniel Forcella | Cell: (207) 650-6790 | Email: [email protected] Assistant Director, Strategic Communications: Kelly Cartner | Cell: (248) 978-5201 | Email: [email protected] GAME INFORMATION UCF KNIGHTS (19-5, 9-3) Head Coach: Johnny Dawkins (Duke, 1986) Date .................................................... Thursday, Feb. 21 Record at UCF: 62-30 (3rd Season) Time ...................................................................... 7 p.m. Overall Record: 218-145 (11th Season) Site .......................................................Cincinnati, Ohio VS Stadium ................................................ Fifth Third Arena (rv/25) Capacity ................................................................ 12,012 CINCINNATI BEARCATS (21-4, 10-2) Head Coach: Mick Cronin (Cincinnati, 1997) TV ......................................................................ESPN2 Record at Cincinnati: 289-144 (13th Season) Play-by-Play ........................................ Kevin Brown Overall Record: 358-168 (16th Season) Analyst ........................................... Tim McCormick Radio .....................................FM96.9/AM740 The Game UCFACTS Play-by-Play ....................................... Marc Daniels Twitter ......................................................... @UCF_MBB SETTING THE SCENE • The Knights look for their fourth straight win on Thursday, as they head to Cincinnati for one of Hashtag.......................................................... #ChargeOn two games against the Bearcats in the next two weeks. • UCF won on the road at SMU and then topped South Florida and Memphis at home to improve SCHEDULE/RESULTS to 19-5 overall and 9-3 in American Athletic Conference action. O29 Flagler& W, 86-69 • The Knights are in third place in The American standings and will look to move into a tie for N6 Rider ESPN3 W, 84-70 second with Cincinnati with a win on Thursday. • At 19-5, it is UCF’s best 24-game start since the 2003-04 campaign and at 9-3 in league play, it’s N11 FAU ESPN3 L, 80-79 the Knights’ best ever 12-game start to AAC action. N15 vs. Cal State Fullerton# ESPN3 W, 68-52 N16 vs. Saint Joseph’s# ESPN2 W, 77-57 BATTLE WITH BEARCATS N18 vs. Western Kentucky# ESPN2 W, 78-62 • Cincinnati has had the Knights’ number over the years, holding a 10-1 advantage in the all-time series and winning all four games played in Ohio since 2014. N24 Northern Kentucky ESPN3 W, 66-53 • UCF’s only victory over the Bearcats came in 2017 when the Knights won 53-49 on Senior Day N29 Alabama ESPNU W, 70-64 against then No. 15 Cincinnati. D2 at Missouri ESPNU L, 64-62 (ot) • Last season, Cincinnati defeated UCF 49-38 in Orlando in the only game of 2017-18 that BJ D8 Grambling ESPN3 W, 70-45 Taylor and Tacko Fall played together, and then won 77-40 in Highland Heights, Ky. D11 Georgia Southern ESPN3 W, 95-88 THREE IN A ROW D16 Stetson ESPN3 W, 90-65 • The Knights have won three straight games and have had a different leading scorer in each of D21 Illinois State ESPN3 W, 77-56 the three games. J2 Temple* ESPNews W, 78-73 • Aubrey Dawkins led UCF to the win in Dallas, scoring a season-high 26 points on 9-of-12 J5 at UConn* ESPNews W, 65-53 shooting from the field against SMU. • It was Tacko Fall leading the way in the win over South Florida, scoring a season-high 21 points J13 ECU* ESPNU W, 76-65 with nine rebounds and five blocked shots. Fall set a UCF record with 21 free throw attempts. J16 at Wichita State* CBSSN L, 75-67 • On Saturday, BJ Taylor led the Knights to the win over Memphis with 25 points , five rebounds J19 Tulsa* ESPNU W, 64-62 and five assists. J23 at Tulane* ESPN3 W, 75-50 OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY J27 at Memphis* CBSSN L, 77-57 • Known for their defense the last few years under Johnny Dawkins, the Knights have been J31 UConn* ESPNU W, 73-67 extremely efficient offensively in 2018-19. F7 #12/12 Houston* CBSSN L, 77-68 • UCF is only seventh in The American with 73.6 points per game, but the Knights lead the league F10 at SMU* ESPNews W, 71-65 in field goal percentage, shooting 46.8 percent from the floor. • The Knights have shot over 50 percent nine times and under 40 percent just twice this season. F13 S. Florida* ESPNews W, 78-65 • In the win over Temple on Jan. 2, the Knights shot a season-high 60.4 percent from the field. F16 Memphis* ESPN2 W, 79-72 • Last season, UCF held a 0.8 assist-to-turnover ratio, but in 2018-19, the Knights have a 1.2 F21 at Cincinnati* ESPN2 7 p.m. assist-to-turnover ratio. F24 SMU* CBSSN 12 p.m. F27 at S. Florida* ESPN3 7 p.m. A UCF WIN WOULD RECORD BREAKDOWN M2 at Houston* ESPN/2/U 4 p.m. M7 Cincinnati* ESPN/2 7 p.m. • Be better than a loss Overall .................................................19-5 • Top last year’s overall and conference win total M9 at Temple* ESPN2/News 4 p.m. The American ........................................9-3 M14 AAC First Round% TBD TBD with five regular season games to play • Give the Knights their second ever win over Non-Conference ..................................10-2 M15 AAC Quarterfinals% TBD TBD Cincinnati and their first on the road M16 AAC Semifinals% TBD TBD Home ...................................................13-2 • Be the program’s best 25-game start since going M17 AAC Finals% TBD TBD 20-5 to start the 2003-04 season Away ...................................................... 3-3 * American Athletic Conference contest & Exhibition contest • Give the Knights a 10-3 record in the AAC, their Neutral................................................... 3-0 # Myrtle Beach Invitational best start since joining the league % American Athletic Conference Tournament All times Eastern Twitter: @UCF_MBB | Instagram: UCF.MBB | Facebook: /UCFMensBasketball 1 2018-19 UCF GAME NOTES GAME 25 • UCF AT CINCINNATI BY THE NUMBERS KNIGHT NOTES KNIGHTS CATS DOMINATING DEFENSE • It’s the defense that has dominated under Dawkins though, holding opponents to a combined 73.6 POINTS 8 74.0 38.10 percent from the floor the previous two seasons, which led the nation during that time. 64.9 8 DEFENSE 61.8 • Only two teams in the nation were ranked in the top six in scoring defense in both 2016-17 and 2017-18, UCF and Virginia. 8 +8.8 MARGIN +12.2 • The Knights led the nation in defensive field goal percentage in 2016-17, holding opponents to 46.8 8 FG% 44.6 36.5 percent, and in 2017-18 they ranked ranked third in the nation in scoring defense at 61.7. • UCF ranks second in The American in field goal percentage defense (39.6) and third in scoring 8 DEFENSE 39.6 FG% 40.2 defense (64.9), having held seven opponents to less than 60 points. 6.7 THREES 8 6.9 • The Knights are 9-0 when allowing 63 points or less and 7-0 when holding opponents to less than 36 percent shooting from the field. 34.9 8 3FG% 35.7 31.8 8 3FG% DEFENSE 35.2 HOLDING THE LEAD 63.7 FT% 8 69.9 • The veteran group for UCF has been solid in holding a lead in 2018-19. • UCF is a perfect 19-0 when leading with two minutes remaining in the game. +1.4 REB MARGIN 8 +5.6 • Conversely, the Knights are 0-5 when tied or trailing with two minutes left on the clock. 13.5 ASSISTS 8 14.2 TAKING CARE OF THE BALL 8 11.4 TOS 10.4 • UCF is one of the best in the nation at not turning the ball over, ranking 21st in all of NCAA 1.2 8 AST-TO 1.4 Division I with just 277 turnovers. • With 11.5 turnovers per game, the Knights would destroy the program record for fewest 8 6.2 STEALS 6.8 turnovers per game in a season if it ended today (13.0). 4.8 8 BLOCKS 4.7 • UCF has had five games this season with single digit turnovers, including a season-best of six against Stetson. SERIES INFORMATION TACKO TIME • Tacko Fall leads The American and ranks eighth in the nation with 2.63 blocks per game. Overall: .................................................Cincinnati, 10-1 • He also leads the league with a 75.9 field goal percentage and would lead the nation if he made enough field goals per game to qualify. in Cincinnati: ..........................................Cincinnati, 4-0 • Accumulating 258 blocks in his career, Fall has taken over the all-time lead in career blocks at in Orlando: .............................................Cincinnati, 5-1 UCF, passing Keith Clanton (227). • The 7-foot-6 center was named to the Myrtle Beach Invitational’s All-Tournament Team and at Neutral location: ................................Cincinnati, 1-0 was on the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Preseason Watch List for the nation’s best center. • The Knights are 14-1 this season when Fall scores in double figures. Streak: ................................................ Cincinnati won 2 • Fall became the 20th member of UCF’s 1,000-Point Club with 13 points against Houston. Last meeting:..........................#6 Cincinnati 77, UCF 40 • In the win over South Florida, Fall scored a season-high 21 points and set a UCF record with 21 free throw attempts. ................................................................... Feb. 6, 2018 Last UCF win: ........................UCF 53, #15 Cincinnati 49 FALL FACTS • Among the 40 tallest living human beings in the world. ................................................................. Feb. 26, 2017 • At 7-foot-6, he is the tallest player in NCAA Division I basketball and taller than any NBA player. • Hand Length: 10.5 inches | Wingspan: 8 feet, 4 inches | Shoe Size: 22 UCF and Cincinnati first met on the hardwood back in 1983 • Successfully won all 24 tipoffs this season and each of the last 28 dating back to last season. when the Bearcats won 62-48 in Orlando. AWESOME AUBREY • Aubrey Dawkins has been named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week twice, The two teams didn’t meet again until they both joined the and earned American Weekly Honor Roll accolades once this season.