First UCF Men's B-Ball game on tonight 7pm
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Special WWE NXT Promo for UCF Season Opener.
http://ucfknights.com/index.aspx?path=mbball
UCF's opponent, Nicholls St won at Boston College on Friday Night...and they have a lot of 4th/5th year guys that make them an experienced team.
First 1,000 UCF Students get a free t-shirt.
Season Tix holders...don't forget your voucher for your free UCF Bobblehead.
There are some special $20 for 2 tix and 2 concession stand voucher deals (believe on ticketmaster.com)
This is the only game for UCF prior to their tough 3 game tournament up in Charleston starting this Thursday.
Monday Night Ball
http://ucfknights.com/news/2016/11/11/-m-basketball-monday-knight-ball.aspx
http://ucfknights.com/index.aspx?path=mbball
UCF's opponent, Nicholls St won at Boston College on Friday Night...and they have a lot of 4th/5th year guys that make them an experienced team.
First 1,000 UCF Students get a free t-shirt.
Season Tix holders...don't forget your voucher for your free UCF Bobblehead.
There are some special $20 for 2 tix and 2 concession stand voucher deals (believe on ticketmaster.com)
This is the only game for UCF prior to their tough 3 game tournament up in Charleston starting this Thursday.
Monday Night Ball
http://ucfknights.com/news/2016/11/11/-m-basketball-monday-knight-ball.aspx
For any and all tv info...just go to ucfknights.com and basketball schedule...as its always noted there (tonight is ESPN3)
http://ucfknights.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball
BJ just makes the team better. (2 early 1st half fouls had him sitting the bench).
Big knight for Matt Williams, Tacko, Tank and BJ.
Banyard looks good and great addition.
Chad Brown could be great. He needs to develop an offensive game.
Tacko blocked weakly by their 7-foot Aussie, so Tacko merely grabbed it back and scored anyway. He went to the floor several times to get the ball. Loved his failed attempt to lead the fast break. three dribbles covered half the length of the court. A pretty assist by Laing off his drive for a Tacko dunk. Tacko and B.J. both called for a couple ticky-tack offensive fouls.
Tacko was very aggressive at defense and offense. UCF played sloppy first half but really turned it up in the 2nd. UCF likes to shoot the 3. Doesn't look like any hesitation to shoot if you are open. They do look to feed it into Tacko on a set up offense play.
Williams hits 6 3s to send UCF past Nicholls St 80-56
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Matt Williams scored 20 points -- 18 coming on 3-pointers -- and all five Central Florida starters scored in double figures in an 80-56 win against Nicholls State on Monday night.
Tacko Fall, currently the tallest player in NCAA basketball at 7 feet 6 inches, scored 16 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, Nick Banyard had 10 points and 12 boards, while Tanksley Efianayi had 16 points and 9 rebounds.
But Central Florida (1-0) only led 33-30 at the half, and Tre O'Neal's steal and layup for Nicolls (1-1) with 15:08 to go tied it at 43. After a TV timeout, Williams made two 3s and Banyard hit a jumper in less than two minutes.
Later, another Williams 3 pushed it to 64-51. Jahvaughn Powell's 3 cut the deficit to 10 with 5:54 to go, but the Knights used a 16-2 run to seal it.
Johnathan Bell led Nicholls with 15 points and 12 rebounds.
from espn.com
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Matt Williams scored 20 points -- 18 coming on 3-pointers -- and all five Central Florida starters scored in double figures in an 80-56 win against Nicholls State on Monday night.
Tacko Fall, currently the tallest player in NCAA basketball at 7 feet 6 inches, scored 16 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, Nick Banyard had 10 points and 12 boards, while Tanksley Efianayi had 16 points and 9 rebounds.
But Central Florida (1-0) only led 33-30 at the half, and Tre O'Neal's steal and layup for Nicolls (1-1) with 15:08 to go tied it at 43. After a TV timeout, Williams made two 3s and Banyard hit a jumper in less than two minutes.
Later, another Williams 3 pushed it to 64-51. Jahvaughn Powell's 3 cut the deficit to 10 with 5:54 to go, but the Knights used a 16-2 run to seal it.
Johnathan Bell led Nicholls with 15 points and 12 rebounds.
from espn.com
pretty good recap coverage of game on ucfathletics.com
http://ucfknights.com/news/2016/11/14/-m-basketball-dawkinsdebut-dub.aspx
http://ucfknights.com/news/2016/11/14/-m-basketball-dawkinsdebut-dub.aspx
Situations like that will be key come conf play (or in any of the tough 3 games this weekend), as neither can afford to get into foul trouble.
I wonder if last night's game was the first time that UCF had to use 2 walk-ons in the first half (at the same time too).
As Jones had told him last season, Dawkins also said last night that he shouldn't try to block every shot. I'm more concerned about B.J. getting beat up like Jordan used to be by driving the middle (I'd rather he pull up more for his very accurate looping shot). Chance didn't have that problem because he was so quick and got so high. B.J. doesn't get the elevation nor is his ball handling and acceleration good enough (yet?) to bring the ball up without working so hard (I wish he'd look to pass into the frontcourt). I know, it's just his first game back, but he's still a 2-guard in a point guard's body.
I had to google his name to learn more about the dude. He played pretty good. I think I saw him make one bad pass, but basically was a pretty good relief point guard last night.
Walk-on Nathan Laing set to make an impact for UCF basketball
From graduate assistant to walk-on: Nathan Laing is set to make an impact for UCF basketball.
http://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...ing-set-to-make-an-impact-for-ucf-basketball/
Walk-on Nathan Laing set to make an impact for UCF basketball
From graduate assistant to walk-on: Nathan Laing is set to make an impact for UCF basketball.
- by Juan Toribio
- Nov 14, 2016 • 5 min read UPDATE Nov 14, 2016, 4:15pm
http://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...ing-set-to-make-an-impact-for-ucf-basketball/
What a sensational article! And it just got a lot better Monday night. No way Nate or anyone else in the world expected he'd be playing most of the first half. He's the only one without a name on his jersey, and his number 30 wasn't listed on the program. I'm asked everyone sitting around me.
When B.J. gets two bad calls for offensive fouls, in Nate comes. He immediate slips on the court face down. Suddenly he's the only guy on the court for UCF with the ball handling skills to take on the constant full court pressure by Nicholls' quick and physical guards. The maturity and leadership calmed his teammates after B.J. had trouble shaking off the cobwebs of a season off. He played within his abilities and size. Helped the team maintain its small lead throughout the half.
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His name was on the program, just under another #.
Everyone seems to be talkimg him up, but I was not impressed with his play. He looked a little lost on the floor. I would rate him average for a walk on at best (after 1 game).
We're not saying he's an all star, just that we've been without a natural point guard for two seasons (even B.J. averaged 34 pts in high school and did all the shooting). A grad asst. flunkie makes the team, forced to play big minutes against a team that just trounced BC at home, and us with zero depth. Everyone in the arena including me feared disaster when he was forced into service. This is better than Rudi, not Field of Dreams. If we salvage wins in the weeks before A.J. returns, it's gonna be because we now know Nate can spell Matt or B.J. without the roof falling in.
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