GAME 3 | FLORIDA STATE Assistant AD, Strategic Communications: Daniel Forcella | Cell: (207) 650-6790 | Email: [email protected] GAME INFORMATION UCF KNIGHTS (1-1, 0-0) Johnny Dawkins (Duke, 1986) Date ...........................................Saturday, December 19 Head Coach: Record at UCF: 84-49 (5th Season) Time ................................................................. 9 p.m. ET Overall Record: 240-164 (13th Season) Location ................................................. Tallahassee, Fla. VS Arena ......................................... Donald L. Tucker Center 15/15 (4-0, 1-0) Capacity ................................................................ 11,675 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES Head Coach: Leonard Hamilton (UT-Martin, 1971) Video ..........................................................ACC Network Record at FSU: 364-221 (19th Season) Play-by-Play ...................................... Mike Monaco Overall Record: 564-431 (33rd Season) Analyst ............................................... Chris Spatola Audio .................................................FM 96.9 The Game UCFACTS Play-by-Play ....................................... Marc Daniels DAWKINS ERA AT UCF Twitter ......................................................... @UCF_MBB • Johnny Dawkins has made an immedate impact as head coach for the UCF men’s basketball Hashtag.......................................................... #ChargeOn team, winning 84 games in just over four years at the helm. • Dawkins is 84-49 since starting with the Knights in 2016, a win percentage of .632, the second SCHEDULE/RESULTS best of any UCF coach (Torchy Clark, .754 from 1969-83). • He has the third most wins over any UCF coach, trailing Clark’s 274 and Kirk Speraw’s 247 from N28 Oklahoma ESPN+ PPD 1993-2010. N30 Auburn ESPN+ W, 63-55 • Dawkins has led UCF to its first NIT Final Four (2017), first at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament (2019) and first NCAA Tournament win (2019). D6 at Michigan BTN L, 80-58 D19 at Florida State ACCN 9PM COVID-19 SHORTENED 2019-20 SEASON • After making its first trip to the NCAA Tournament in over a decade in 2019, UCF finished 16-14 D22 Cincinnati* ESPN+ 2PM overall and 7-11 in a shortened 2019-20 season. • It was an up-and-down season as the Knights finished just over .500, but had key victories over D26 Houston* ESPN2 2PM Cincinnati and Tulsa, who tied for the regular season title in The American. D30 Tulane* ESPN+ 7PM • Collin Smith led the Knights with 12.6 points per game, while freshman Darin Green Jr. was second with 10.1 points per game and led The American with 41.7 percent 3-point shooting J2 at South Florida* ESPN+ 7PM and 2.3 threes made per game. J5 Memphis* ESPNU 9PM WHO IS BACK? J9 at Tulsa* ESPN+ 2PM • Most notably, Green. The now sophomore returns to potentially take on a larger role in year J13 at Temple* ESPN+ 7PM two at UCF. • Green averaged 10.1 points per game, shot 41.7 percent from long distance and set a UCF J17 at Houston* ESPNU 2PM freshman record with 68 threes made in 2019-20. J23 SMU* ESPNU 2PM • Additionally, senior Brandon Mahan, redshirt sophomore Dre Fuller Jr., senior Avery Diggs, redshirt junior Ibrahim Famouke Doumbia and sophomore Tony Johnson Jr. are all back for the J27 ECU* ESPN+ 7PM 2020-21 campaign. J30 at Wichita State* ESPNU 4PM WHO IS GONE? F3 at Memphis* ESPN+ 8PM • Again, most notably, it’s Smith. The team’s leading scorer had one year of eligibility left, but announced prior to the season that he had to step away from the game of basketball due to a F6 Tulsa* ESPN2/U TBA health concern. F10 Wichita State* ESPN+ 7PM • Ceasar DeJesus also moved on to start his professional career, while Dazon Ingram, Matt Milon and Frank Bertz are also gone after exhausting their eligibility. F14 at Cincinnati* ESPNU 1PM • Smith was second on the team with 6.3 rebounds and led the way with 19 blocked shots. F17 South Florida* ESPNU TBA • Ingram was the team’s leader in rebounding (6.9) and assists (109), while Milon hit 43 shots from beyond the arc in his only season with the Knights. F20 at Tulane* ESPNU 2PM F23 at SMU* ESPNU 7PM RECORD BREAKDOWN F27 Temple* ESPNU 4PM A UCF WIN WOULD M4 at ECU* ESPN2/U 9PM • Be better than a loss Overall ................................................... 1-1 • Put the Knights back above .500 on the season M11 AAC First Round% TBA TBA The American ........................................0-0 • Be Dawkins’ 85th as head coach at UCF M12 AAC Quarterfinals% TBA TBA Non-Conference ....................................1-1 • Give UCF its first win in 12 tries against Florida State M13 AAC Semifinals% TBA TBA Home ..................................................... 1-0 • Be the Knights’ first win in Tallahassee in nine games M14 AAC Finals% TBA TBA Away ...................................................... 0-1 • Mark UCF’s first road win of the 2020-21 season * American Athletic Conference contest • Give the Knights a 2-1 non-conference record Neutral................................................... 0-0 % The American Tournament - Fort Worth, Texas All times Eastern Twitter: @UCF_MBB | Instagram: UCF.MBB | Facebook: /UCFMensBasketball 1 2020-21 GAME NOTES GAME 3 | FLORIDA STATE BY THE NUMBERS KNIGHT NOTES KNIGHTS NOLES WHO IS NEW? • Let’s start with the immediately eligible transfers. C.J. Walker is a sophomore forward from 60.5 POINTS 8 78.0 Sanford, Fla., who spent his freshman season at Oregon, while Darius Perry is a senior guard, 67.5 DEFENSE 8 64.3 who played three seasons at Louisville before graduating. • Next there are the the two transfers who sat out last season, practicing with the Knights. Sean -7.0 MARGIN 8 +13.8 Mobley is a redshirt junior forward from Orlando, who played two seasons at VCU, including 35.9 FG% 8 45.1 an NCAA Tournament game against UCF. Moses Bol, a distant cousin of the late Manute Bol and current NBA Player Bol Bol, played at Colby Community College prior to arriving in DEFENSE 8 40.9 FG% 40.1 Orlando. 6.0 THREES 8 7.8 • Finally, there are the two true freshmen looking to make their mark. Isaiah Adams, a 6-foot-6 30.0 8 40.3 forward was named Mr. Basketball in the state of Florida out of Paxon in Jacksonville. Jamille 3FG% Reynolds, out of St. Petersburg, is a 6-foot-9, 285-pound forward. 26.2 8 3FG% DEFENSE 35.3 83.3 8 FT% 69.3 CHALLENGING NON-CONFERENCE SLATE • While one of their four non-conference games has already been canceled due to COVID-19 -11.5 REB MARGIN 8 +5.0 issues, the Knights had put together one of the most challenging non-conference schedules in 10.0 ASSISTS 8 15.5 the country for 2020-21. • UCF originally had out of league games slated at home with Oklahoma and Auburn, while 14.0 TOS 8 12.3 playing on the road at Michgian this game at Florida State. 0.7 AST-TO 8 1.3 • It marks the first time UCF will play only non-conference games against major conference opponents and the Knights are the only team in The American to do so in 2020-21. 8.5 STEALS 8.5 2.5 BLOCKS 8 3.8 TAKING OUT THE TIGERS • UCF opened up the 2020-21 season on Nov. 30, defeating Auburn 63-55 at home. SERIES INFORMATION • The Knights did it with defense, holding the Tigers to 32.3 percent shooting from the field and 20.6 percent shooting from 3-point range. Overall: ....................................................... Florida State, 11-0 • UCF recorded 12 steals and scored 14 points off of 22 Auburn turnovers. • The Knights had six players score eight points or more, including Dre Fuller Jr. (13), Brandon in Tallahassee: .............................................. Florida State, 8-0 Mahan (12) and Darin Green Jr. (10) in double figures. in Orlando: ................................................... Florida State, 3-0 GREEN IS GOOD • Darin Green Jr. made quite an impact as a true freshman last season. He was the team’s second leading scorer with 10.1 points per game, starting 14 times and playing in all 30 games. ............................................................ n/a at Neutral location: • He set a UCF freshman record with 68 made 3-pointers and led The American with 41.7 percent shooting from 3-point range and 2.3 threes made per game. Streak: .....................................................Florida State won 11 • Green was even better during league play, also leading the AAC with 45.5 percent shooting from distance and 2.5 made 3-pointers per game against conference opponents. Last meeting:..................................... Florida State 96, UCF 73 • He shot 83.3 percent from the free throw line, was named the league’s Freshman of the Week once and earned a spot on the AAC’s Weekly Honor Roll once. ........................................................ Dec. 6, 2014 - Tallahassee • Green scored 10 points in the win over Auburn, knocking down a pair of 3-pointers, and then scored nine points in the loss at Michigan. Last UCF win: ...................................................................... n/a FULLER FEELING FINE ............................................................................................ n/a • Dre Fuller Jr. said in a media availability prior to the start of the season that he was feeling 100 percent for the first time in a long time. • That was evident in the win over Auburn as he led the Knights with 13 points to go with seven rebounds and a career high five assists, starting at point guard. UCF RANKING SUMMARY • He only scored four points in the loss at Michigan, but grabbed three rebounds and dished out three assists. CATEGORY NCAA AAC Value • Fuller sat out his true freshman season while dealing with an injury and then missed 10 games Ast-to-TO Ratio 283 10 0.71 last season due to injury. Assists Per Game 299 9 10.0 • The 6-foot-5 multi-faceted guard averaged 6.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game while averaging just 19.0 minutes per contest a season ago. Blocks Per Game 224 9 2.5 • He was impressive in the month of December as a redshirt freshman, scoring in double figures Fewest Turnovers 25 1 28 in four straight games, which included 13 points and eight rebounds at Oklahoma.