Jacksonville Dolphins (6-5) at UCF Knights (8-2)
Orlando, Florida; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Jacksonville faces UCF after Robert McCray scored 22 points in Jacksonville’s 60-52 win over the East Tennessee State Buccaneers.
The Knights are 7-0 in home games. UCF has a 1-0 record in games decided by less than 4 points.
The Dolphins have gone 1-4 away from home. Jacksonville is fourth in the ASUN with 34.0 rebounds per game led by Stephon Payne III averaging 6.5.
UCF is shooting 42.4% from the field this season, 3.3 percentage points lower than the 45.7% Jacksonville allows to opponents. Jacksonville averages 71.2 points per game, 3.6 fewer than the 74.8 UCF gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Darius Johnson averages 2.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Knights, scoring 14.8 points while shooting 45.2% from beyond the arc.
Payne is averaging 7.3 points and 6.5 rebounds for the Dolphins.
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