UCF Part II

[Queens_NYC]

Sunday, February 19th, 2023
12:00 PM
Addition Financial Arena
ESPNU

The Bearcats (16-10 [8-6 AAC], NET #81, KenPom #67) look to get back on track this weekend at UCF (15-10 [6-7 AAC], NET #56, KenPom #56) - a place where UC has not won since January 2020.

Since the Bearcats' 73-64 victory over UCF on February 4th, UCF has defeated Wichita on the road (72-67) along with Tulsa at home (96-52), but most recently lost at Memphis midweek in heartbreaking fashion (64-63). Down 9 points with 10 minutes to go in the game, UCF went on a 12-2 run to take the lead with 3:10 to go. Neither team would score until there were 7 seconds left in the game when Memphis hit would what be the game-winning lay-up.

5th-year 7-foot center Michael Durr recently made his first appearance for the Knights since January 8th coming off the bench to play 10 minutes against Memphis. He scored 3 points and grabbed 6 rebounds (4 offensive).

While the Bearcats' postseason hopes have taken a huge hit since Viktor Lahkin's injury, a win over UCF would go a long way towards assuring a top 5 seed and first round bye in March's AAC tournament.

The Bearcats are currently 3.5-point underdogs.