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Still best and arena with a abundance of confidence, the 19th-ranked UCF Knights will action the Houston Cougars in a Conference USA affray today.

 All eyes will be on the Knights already again, as all Donnie Jones has done in his aboriginal division at UCF is advance the affairs to its first-ever actualization in the Top-25. The Knights confused to 14-0 with a 65-58 celebration over Marshall in Wednesday's C-USA opener. Strong aegis has been an accessible key to UCF's success, as the aggregation has accustomed added than 62 credibility aloof already appropriately far.

 Houston opened the alliance allocation of its agenda on Wednesday back it fell to Southern Miss by an 85-73 final. The Cougars are now 8-6 overall, but they do own a 7-1 mark at home and amount to comedy able-bodied today.

 The Cougars own a 7-4 alternation advantage over the Knights, but UCF won the best contempo activity by a 68-65 final aftermost season.

 UCF continues to await heavily on the duo of Keith Clanton and Marcus Jordan at the abhorrent end of the court. Jordan, the son of NBA fable Michael Jordan, is averaging 16.7 ppg on 50.7 percent acreage ambition efficiency, including 43.1 percent from abaft the arc. As for Clanton, he is applique 15.9 ppg on 53.2 percent cutting from the floor, and he is ripping bottomward 8.8 rpg to go forth with 31 blocks. The Knights are breeding 76.2 ppg on 49.6 percent acreage ambition efficiency, and they are captivation foes to 56.8 ppg on 35.9 percent shooting. Jordan has denticulate 26 credibility in back-to-back outings, and he pitched in six rebounds and bristles assists in the win over Marshall aftermost time out. Clanton added 14 points, eight rebounds and four blocks, while Isaac Sosa denticulate 13 points. The Knights played amazing aegis in that affair, captivation the Thundering Herd to 33.9 percent cutting from the field, including 2-of-17 from three-point range.

 Against Southern Miss aftermost time out, Houston affiliated on an absorbing 56.5 percent of its acreage ambition attempts. Unfortunately for the Cougars, they angry the brawl over 16 times while banishment alone eight giveaways. Also, they suffered a 26-22 airy disadvantage and acceptable Southern Miss to shoot 55.6 percent from the floor. Adam Brown played able-bodied in defeat, as he attempt 7-of-11 from the field, including 3-of-5 from abaft the arc, and led Houston with 20 points. On a bottomward note, he did about-face the brawl over bristles times after dishing out a distinct assists. Maurice McNeil tallied 12 points, and Zamal Nixon had 10 credibility and eight assists in the setback. Brown currently leads the band with 14.6 ppg, and he is animadversion bottomward 46 percent of his three-point attempts. McNeil tallies 13.4 ppg, and Kendrick Washington pitches in 11.5 ppg.

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