Jeremy Foumena scored a career-high 18 factors off the bench, and UCF received for the fifth straight sport, rallying previous Quinnipiac 102-91 on Tuesday evening in Orlando, Fla.
The Knights (6-1) trailed by 5 at halftime and had been down 60-50 two minutes into the second half earlier than outscoring the MAAC college 52-31 the remainder of the best way.
The 6-foot-11 Foumena canned 8 of 11 photographs and had a season-high seven rebounds in 18 minutes. Riley Kugel had 16 factors and Jordan Burks had 13, whereas John Bol (13 factors) and Themus Fulks (13 assists) set profession highs.
UCF shot 52.9% from the ground and held a 54-22 edge in paint factors. It owned a 43-29 rebound margin because it hit the century mark for the primary time this season.
Quinnipiac (4-3) was led by Jaden Zimmerman’s 26 factors. Samson Reilly netted 17, whereas Amarri Monroe had 14 factors and 7 rebounds earlier than fouling out. Grant Randall scored 12 and Keith McKnight 11.
With each faculties coming off wins over Pitt, Kugel set the tone early with the primary 5 factors, however Randall’s 3-pointer and free throw at 15:33 gave the Bobcats their first lead.
The sport went forwards and backwards, with the guests capitalizing off quite a few turnovers by the Massive 12 college as they led 27-26 at 8:22.
Reilly got here off the bench and instantly drained two from deep for a 33-30 edge, and Zimmerman’s three from the road gave the Bobcats a 36-31 lead at 6:06. An 8-0 Quinnipiac run made it 47-39 earlier than Foumena’s layup with a minute left reduce the Bobcats’ result in 52-47 on the break.
Nevertheless, UCF rallied with a 12-0 run within the first seven minutes of the second half, first grabbing a 65-64 lead on Devan Cambridge’s two free throws at 13:08.
The Knights continued to feed Foumena, a switch from Mississippi State, to create an 84-70 lead at 5:36 on the large man’s quick hook shot as Quinnipiac went scoreless for greater than three minutes.
–Subject Degree Media
