Overview
- Themus Fulks drilled the go-ahead jumper with 11 seconds left for a 73-72 UCF win after Baba Miller had put Cincinnati ahead at the 30-second mark.
- Jalen Celestine missed a potential winning 3-pointer at the buzzer as UCF held on after leading 71-66 with 2:22 remaining.
- Transfer Moustapha Thiam, booed throughout his return to Addition Financial Arena, scored a career-high 24 points on 10-of-15 shooting.
- Riley Kugel led UCF with 19 points and Fulks dished 12 assists as the Knights moved to 13-2 (2-1 Big 12) and Cincinnati fell to 8-8 (0-3).
- UCF shot 57.7% from the field while Cincinnati went 3-for-19 from 3-point range and generated 17 points off 14 turnovers; UCF guard Carmelo Pacheco sat out with illness and center John Bol’s status was uncertain after an early second-half exit.