ABOUT UCF • UCF brings an 18-12 overall record and 9-9 mark in The American into Sunday’s game. • Knights finished sixth in the American Athletic Conference standings and will compete as the No. 6 seed at the Championship. • UCF enjoyed a 60-51 home win in its regular-season finale against Tulane on March 4 in Orlando. • Against Tulane, guard B.J. Taylor led all players with 19 points, thanks to an 8-of-12 performance from the free throw line… Dayon Griffin came off the bench to post 13 points with five rebounds, while forward A.J. Davis added 11 points and tied with Taylor for team-high honors with six rebounds. • This season, Taylor leads UCF with 15.5 points per game… Davis ranks second on the team with 12.4 points per game but tops the Knights with 8.0 rebounds per contest… Terrell leads the team with 2.9 assists per game. • Head Coach Johnny Dawkins is in his second season at UCF and his 10th season overall as an NCAA collegiate head coach. • Has compiled a 42-24 record at UCF and is 198-139 during his career… Previously built a 156-115 record at Stanford (2008-16). • Dawkins is 2-2 against Houston during his career, including a 1-2 mark with UCF. • Dawkins 1-2 against Houston Head Coach Kelvin Sampson during their careers with all three previous meetings coming during Dawkins’ UCF and Sampson’s Houston careers. • 1986 graduate of Duke.
Branham says that tonight is the first time this season that the Coogs get to watch their intro video (H&PE arena didn’t have a video screen). Says the team is excited that they can see it before the game.
