GAME 7 • UCF VS. ALABAMA 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/rv) UCF KNIGHTS (5-1) Head Coach: Johnny Dawkins (Duke, 1986) Date ....................................................Thursday, Nov. 29 Record at UCF: 48-26 (3rd Season) Time ................................................................. 7 p.m. ET Overall Record: 204-141 (11th Season) Site ............................................................Orlando, Fla. VS Stadium ...........................................................CFE Arena Capacity ................................................................ 10,000 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (5-1) TV ..................................................................... ESPNU Head Coach: Avery Johnson (Southern, 1988) Play-by-Play .......................................Mike Morgan Record at Alabama: 62-47 (4th Season) : 62-47 (4th Season) Analyst ...................................... Daymeon Fishback Overall Record Radio .....................................FM96.9/AM740 The Game Play-by-Play ....................................... Marc Daniels UCFACTS Analyst ................................................Taylor Young Twitter ......................................................... @UCF_MBB SETTING THE SCENE Hashtag.......................................................... #ChargeOn • Last year, the UCF men’s basketball team was on a three-game losing skid before traveling to Tuscaloosa to take on No. 24 Alabama for the first time since 1994. SCHEDULE/RESULTS • The Knights woke up out of their slump, going on the road and beating the Crimson Tide by a score of 65-62 to earn their first road win over a ranked opponent in program history. O29 Flagler& W, 86-69 • This year, the Knights are prospering as winners of four in a row and receiving votes in both N6 Rider ESPN3 W, 84-70 national polls at 5-1 N11 FAU ESPN3 L, 80-79 • With an identical 5-1 record, Alabama travels to Orlando this time, for the first time. N15 vs. Cal State Fullerton# ESPN3 W, 68-52 N16 vs. Saint Joseph’s# ESPN2 W, 77-57 RAKING IN EARLY RECOGNITION • Winners of four in a row, the Knights are now receiving votes in both national polls for the first N18 vs. Western Kentucky# ESPN2 W, 78-62 time since the preseason N24 Northern Kentucky ESPN3 W, 66-53 • UCF has also climbed up to 25th in Andy Katz’ Power 36 for NCAA.com N29 Alabama ESPNU 7 p.m. • The most recent RPI rankings has the Knights at 20th and the first NET rankings from the NCAA D2 at Missouri ESPNU 3 p.m. have them listed at 49th overall D8 Grambling ESPN3 1 p.m. D11 Georgia Southern ESPN3 7 p.m. WE’RE GOING STREAKING! D16 Stetson ESPN3 3 p.m. • The Knights have won four in a row after taking home the Myrtle Beach Invitational and defeating Northern Kentucky at home on Saturday, marking the longest UCF win streak since D21 Illinois State ESPN3 7 p.m. Dec. 3-21 of last season J2 Temple* ESPNews 7 p.m. • In each of the four victories, UCF has had a different leading scorer (Cal State Fullerton, B.J. J5 at UConn* ESPNews 12 p.m. Taylor - 14; Saint Joseph’s, Terrell Allen - 22; Western Kentucky, Aubrey Dawkins - 21; Northern J13 ECU* ESPNU 4 p.m. Kentucky, Tacko Fall - 20) J16 at Wichita State* CBSSN 10 p.m. • During the stretch, the Knights have held their opponents to just 56.0 points per game J19 Tulsa* ESPNU 12 p.m. J23 at Tulane* ESPN3 8 p.m. TACKO TIME • Tacko Fall has scored in double figures in all four games of the Knights’ winning streak, including J27 at Memphis* CBSSN 4 p.m. a season high 20 in the win over Northern Kentucky J31 UConn* ESPN2/U 9 p.m. • The 7-foot-6 center was named to the Myrtle Beach Invitational’s All-Tournament Team F7 Houston* CBSSN 7 p.m. • Fall leads the nation with an 81.1 field goal percentage, leads the conference with 2.5 blocked F10 at SMU* ESPNews 2 p.m. shots per game, and ranks second in the league with 7.8 rebounds per contest F13 S. Florida* ESPNews 7 p.m. • A member of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Preseason Watch List, Fall needs just 18 blocked F16 Memphis* ESPN2/U 6 p.m. shots to become UCF’s all-time leader in the category, passing current record holder Keith F21 at Cincinnati* ESPN/2 7 p.m. Clanton (227). 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 ................................................... 5-1 • Give the Knights five straight wins. M9 at Temple* ESPN2/News 4 p.m. The American ........................................0-0 M14 AAC First Round% TBD TBD • Be the second straight win over Alabama. Non-Conference ....................................5-1 M15 AAC Quarterfinals% TBD TBD • Mark the Knights’ second 6-1 start in the last M16 AAC Semifinals% TBD TBD three seasons. Home ..................................................... 2-1 • Be the program’s fifth over a team from the SEC. M17 AAC Finals% TBD TBD Away ...................................................... 0-0 * American Athletic Conference contest • Give the Knights two in a row at home. & Exhibition contest • Be a whole lot of fun. Neutral................................................... 3-0 # 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 7 • UCF VS. ALABAMA BY THE NUMBERS KNIGHT NOTES KNIGHTS TIDE BEATING BAMA • Last year’s win over Alabama was the Knights’ first ever true road victory over a ranked 8 75.3 POINTS 77.0 opponent and just the fifth ever win over a ranked team in program history 62.3 8 DEFENSE 70.3 • It was Terrell Allen leading the way for UCF in the win back on Dec. 3, 2017, scoring 16 points +13.0 8 MARGIN +6.7 and dishing out six assists in the victory • The victory sparked a five-game win streak to close out non-conference play 48.2 8 FG% 45.2 37.8 8 FG% DEFENSE 45.8 TERRELL TERRIFIC 6.7 8 THREES 6.3 • Allen has had a stellar start to the 2018-19 campaign, averaging 10.5 points and ranking fifth in The American with 5.2 assists per game 8 35.7 3FG% 33.0 • With 31 assists and just four turnovers, Allen also ranks fourth in the nation with a 7.75 assist- 32.4 8 3FG% DEFENSE 34.3 to-turnover ratio 55.8 FT% 8 73.4 • He had a career day in the win over Saint Joseph’s in the semifinal of the Myrtle Beach Invitational, scoring a career-high 22 points on a career-best four three-pointers +7.2 8 REB MARGIN +6.3 14.7 8 ASSISTS 13.7 AWESOME AUBREY • Aubrey Dawkins was named the MVP of the Myrtle Beach Invitational and the American 11.3 8 TOS 14.3 Athletic Conference Player of the Week after scoring 21 points on five three-pointers in the 8 1.3 AST-TO 1.0 championship victory over Western Kentucky 5.5 8 STEALS 4.5 • After missing two seasons due to transfer rules and injury, Dawkins is averaging 15.2 points 4.8 8 BLOCKS 4.7 and 5.7 rebounds per game in 2018-19 • Dawkins has scored in double figures in each of his first six games as a Knight, the first player to do so in UCF’s Division I era SERIES INFORMATION BIG SHOT BARRY Overall: .................................................... Alabama, 3-1 • B.J. Taylor has led UCF in scoring each of his three seasons on the court, including his 15.9 points per game during an injury-riddled 2017-18 campaign. in Tuscaloosa: .......................................... Alabama, 2-1 • Taylor missed 16 games and played 16 games as a junior, suffering a broken foot. in Orlando: ................................................................. -- • The Orlando native was named the Preseason Player of the Year and Preseason First Team All- Conference in The American. at Neutral location: ................................. Alabama, 1-0 • With a knack of getting to the line, Taylor ranks ninth all-time at UCF with 305 free throws. Streak: ......................................................... UCF won 1 • Taylor leads UCF again in 2018-19, currently averaging 15.5 points per game Last meeting:......................... UCF 65, #24 Alabama 62 TAYLOR ALREADY IN THE CLUB ...................................................................Dec. 3, 2017 • Taylor became the 19th player in UCF history to join the 1,000-Point Club when he achieved Last Alabama win: ....................... Alabama 73, UCF 70 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 .................................................................Dec. 19, 1994 history behind Ken Leeks (1988-92) and Darryl Davis (1991-95). • He now has 1,185 in his career, passing former teammate Matt Williams and most recently UCF and Alabama have met four times on the hardwood, with Marcus Jordan for 15th place in program history. the Crimson Tide getting the better of the Knights in three out of four meetings. SEASON NUMBER THREE • The UCF men’s basketball team is in year three under head coach Johnny Dawkins. • The Knights have gone 43-25 in their first two seasons with Dawkins, the most wins in The first ever game between the two teams was on Dec. 28, consecutive seasons for the program since winning back-to-back ASUN Championships in 1987 when Alabama defeated UCF 65-54 in the Red Lobster 2003-04 and 2004-05. Classic. The Knights then went to Tuscaloosa and dropped an • Before Dawkins got to UCF, the Knights endured three straight losing seasons. 86-48 game on Dec. 18, 1988. TALKIN’ DAWKINS A third loss to the Crimson Tide came on Dec. 19, 1994, before • After the win on opening night, Johnny Dawkins now has over 200 wins in his career, having spent eight seasons at the helm of the Stanford Cardinal before arriving in Orlando.