GAME 5 • UCF VS. WESTERN KENTUCKY 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 (-/rv) UCF KNIGHTS (3-1) Date .......................................................Sunday, Nov. 18 Head Coach: Johnny Dawkins (Duke, 1986) Time ............................................................ 6:30 p.m. ET Record at UCF: 46-26 (3rd Season) Site ............................................................ Conway, S.C. Overall Record: 202-141 (11th Season) Stadium .................................................. The HTC Center VS Capacity .................................................................. 3,212 WESTERN KENTUCKY (3-1) TV ......................................................................ESPN2 Head Coach: Rick Stansbury (Campbellsville, 1981) Play-by-Play ......................................................TBA Record at WKU: 45-29 (3rd Season) Analyst ..............................................................TBA Overall Record: 338-195 (17th Season) Radio .....................................FM96.9/AM740 The Game Play-by-Play ........................................ Scott Adams UCFACTS Twitter ......................................................... @UCF_MBB SETTING THE SCENE Hashtag.......................................................... #ChargeOn • After splitting a pair of home games to start the 2018-19 season, the Knights have looked solid away from home, winning the first two rounds of the Myrtle Beach Invitational. SCHEDULE/RESULTS • UCF defeated Cal State Fullerton, 68-52, before taking care of Saint Joseph’s 77-57. • The Knights are holding their opponents to just 54.5 points and 36.4 percent shooting from the O29 Flagler& W, 86-69 floor here in South Carolina. N6 Rider ESPN3 W, 84-70 N11 FAU ESPN3 L, 80-79 TACKO IN THE TOURNEY N15 vs. Cal State Fullerton# ESPN3 W, 68-52 • Tacko Fall has been a solid force in Myrtle Beach, averaging 12.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 3.5 blocked shots per game. N16 vs. Saint Joseph’s# ESPN2 W, 77-57 • Fall recorded his first double-double of the season in the win over Cal state Fullerton. N18 vs. Western Kentucky# ESPN2 6:30 p.m. N24 Northern Kentucky ESPN3 6 p.m. ALLEN ALL OVER THE HAWKS N29 Alabama ESPNU 7 p.m. • Terrell Allen had a career day in the win over Saint Joseph’s in the semifinals, scoring a career D2 at Missouri ESPNU 3 p.m. high 22 points on a career best four three-pointers. D8 Grambling ESPN3 1 p.m. • In all, Allen went 8-of-11 from the floor and 4-of-5 from three-point range. D11 Georgia Southern ESPN3 7 p.m. • The points guard had six assists and just one turnover, giving him 19 assists and only three turnovers on the season. D16 Stetson ESPN3 3 p.m. D21 Illinois State ESPN3 7 p.m. SEASON NUMBER THREE J2 Temple* ESPNews 7 p.m. • The UCF men’s basketball team is in year three under head coach Johnny Dawkins. J5 at UConn* ESPNews 12 p.m. • The Knights have gone 43-25 in their first two seasons with Dawkins, the most wins in J13 ECU* ESPNU 4 p.m. consecutive seasons for the program since winning back-to-back ASUN Championships in 2003- J16 at Wichita State* CBSSN 10 p.m. 04 and 2004-05. J19 Tulsa* ESPNU 12 p.m. • Before Dawkins got to UCF, the Knights endured three straight losing seasons. J23 at Tulane* ESPN3 8 p.m. TALKIN’ DAWKINS J27 at Memphis* CBSSN 4 p.m. • After the win on opening night, Johnny Dawkins now has over 200 wins in his career, having J31 UConn* ESPN2/U 9 p.m. spent eight seasons at the helm of the Stanford Cardinal before arriving in Orlando. F7 Houston* CBSSN 7 p.m. • The former Naismith Player of the Year at Duke also coached under his former Coach, Mike F10 at SMU* ESPNews 2 p.m. Krzyzewski, from 1998 to 2008. F13 S. Florida* ESPNews 7 p.m. • After his first season at UCF, Dawkins was named a finalist for both the Ben Jobe and Jim Phelan F16 Memphis* ESPN2/U 6 p.m. National Coach of the Year awards. F21 at Cincinnati* ESPN/2 7 p.m. 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 ................................................... 3-1 • Give the Knights three straight wins. M9 at Temple* ESPN2/News 4 p.m. The American ........................................0-0 M14 AAC First Round% TBD TBD • Be the first win for the Black and Gold over the Non-Conference ....................................3-1 M15 AAC Quarterfinals% TBD TBD Hilltoppers in four all-time meetings. M16 AAC Semifinals% TBD TBD • Give the Knights their first in-season tournament Home ..................................................... 1-1 championship away from home since winning the M17 AAC Finals% TBD TBD Away ...................................................... 0-0 * American Athletic Conference contest BP Top of the World Classic in 2004-05. & Exhibition contest • Make for a nice trip home to Orlando. Neutral................................................... 2-0 # Myrtle Beach Invitational % American Athletic Conference Tournament All times Eastern Twitter: @UCF_MBB | Instagram: UCF.MBB | Facebook: /UCFMensBasketball 1 2018-19 UCF GAME NOTES GAME 5 • UCF VS. WESTERN KENTUCKY BY THE NUMBERS KNIGHT NOTES KNIGHTS WKU DOMINATING DEFENSE • The Knights have been dominant on defense the last two seasons under Johnny Dawkins, 8 77.0 POINTS 71.8 holding opponents to a combined 38.10 percent from the floor, which led the nation during 64.8 8 DEFENSE 68.0 that period. +12.2 8 MARGIN +3.8 • 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 48.5 FG% 43.8 • The Knights led the nation in defensive field goal percentage in 2016-17, holding opponents to 38.6 8 FG% DEFENSE 38.9 36.5 percent, and in 2017-18 they ranked ranked third in the nation in scoring defense at 61.7. 6.3 8 THREES 5.3 • So far in 2018-19, the Knights haven’t had similar success, allowing 75.0 point per game. 8 32.1 3FG% 37.5 HIGH EXPECTATIONS 34.4 3FG% DEFENSE 8 26.4 • With B.J. Taylor and Tacko Fall sidelined for half the season each (playing one total game 60.6 FT% 8 67.3 together), and Aubrey Dawkins missing the entire season in 2017-18, the Knights fought their way to a 19-13 record in 2017-18. 8 +6.3 REB MARGIN +2.0 • With those three back and healthy, and every integral piece aside from A.J. Davis returning, 13.5 8 ASSISTS 11.8 the expectations for UCF were extremely high in the preseason. • The Knights were picked to win The American by the league’s coaches, a first for the program 12.0 8 TOS 14.0 in its Division I history. Even after four ASUN Championships, UCF had never before been 8 1.1 AST-TO 0.8 picked to win the league by the coaches. 6.3 STEALS 8 8.8 5.3 BLOCKS 8 5.5 NATIONAL RECOGNITION • For the first time in program history, UCF was receiving votes in both national polls heading into the season, garnering 15 votes in the AP Top 25 Poll and five votes in the USA Today SERIES INFORMATION Coaches Poll. • Last season was the first time the Knights had been receiving votes in any national poll during Overall: ...........................................................WKU, 3-0 the preseason, collecting one vote in the AP Poll. • NCAA.com ranked UCF 23rd in its preseason power rankings, while CBS Sports has ranked the in Bowling Green: ..........................................WKU, 1-0 Knights 31st overall heading into the 2018-19 season. in Orlando: .....................................................WKU, 1-0 BIG SHOT BARRY at Neutral location: ........................................WKU, 1-0 • B.J. Taylor has led UCF in scoring each of his three seasons on the court, including his 15.9 Streak: ........................................................WKU won 3 points per game during an injury-riddled 2017-18 campaign. Last meeting:...................................... WKU 73, UCF 68 • Taylor missed 16 games and played 16 games as a junior, suffering a broken foot. • The Orlando native was named the Preseason Player of the Year and Preseason First Team All- .................................................................Dec. 19, 2005 Conference in The American. Last UCF win: .............................................................. -- • With a knack of getting to the line, Taylor ranks ninth all-time at UCF with 293 free throws. • He has started 2018-19 hot, averaging 25.5 points per game and earning American Athletic .................................................................................... -- Conference Weekly Honor Roll accolades after week one. UCF and Western Kentucky have met three times in the TAYLOR ALREADY IN THE CLUB all-time series between the two teams, with the Hilltoppers • Taylor became the 19th player in UCF history to join the 1,000-Point Club when he achieved coming out on top on all three occasions. the feat Feb. 21, 2018 at Tulsa. • Taylor scored 1,000 points in just 66 games, believed to be the third fastest in UCF’s Division I history behind Ken Leeks (1988-92) and Darryl Davis (1991-95). The first meeting was on Feb. 10, 1992 when Western • With 51 points in his first two games of 2018-19, he now has 1,162 in his career, passing Kentucky won 81-78 in overtime in Orlando. The Hilltoppers former teammate Matt Williams for 17th place in program history. then won 83-47 in Bowling Green 19 days later. TACKO TIME In the last meeting, WKU won 73-68 in the Fiesta Bowl Classic • Tacko Fall missed 16 of UCF’s 32 games last season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn back on Dec. 19, 2005. labrum midway through the year. • The former American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year is back and healthy for his senior season. • Fall was named to The American’s Preseason Second Team All-Conference and is on the Preseason Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Watch List for the best center in the nation.