NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Isaiah Sykes had 20 points and nine rebounds, and Central Florida overcame a seven-point halftime deficit to defeat Tulane 58-50 on Wednesday night.
Kasey Wilson scored 12 points, and Keith Clanton had eight points and 10 rebounds for the Golden Knights (15-5, 5-1 Conference USA), who have won four in a row and six of their past seven.
Josh Davis accumulated 18 points and nine rebounds, and Ricky Tarrant scored 10 points for the Green Wave (14-7, 2-4), who coming in had won 12 of 13 at home this season.
Trailing 28-21 at halftime, UCF took a 32-31 lead on Wilson's layup at 15:02 and made it 42-36 on Wilson's jumper at 8:54. The lead reached 51-41 at 1:55 on a layup by Sykes, who has scored at least 20 points in four consecutive games.
Tulane committed 19 turnovers, and Central Florida beat Tulane 26-9 in points off turnovers.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| UCF (15-5) « | 21 | 37 | 58 |
| Tulane (14-7) | 28 | 22 | 50 |
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| UCF Knights | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| I. Sykes, F | 40 | 8-21 | 3-4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| T. Spurlock, F | 24 | 0-3 | 4-6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| K. Clanton, G | 39 | 2-9 | 4-6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| C. Newell, G | 35 | 3-9 | 2-5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| D. Walker, G | 20 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Wilson | 27 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| M. Williams | 15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| S. Blair | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-57 | 14-23 | 40 | 11 | 14 | 58 | |
| 35.1% | 60.9% | ||||||
| Tulane Green Wave | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Davis, F | 39 | 7-14 | 4-5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| K. Timmons, F | 33 | 3-11 | 1-2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| T. Drye, F | 29 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| R. Tarrant, G | 35 | 3-10 | 2-3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| J. Callahan, G | 31 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Dabney | 10 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| B. Cherry | 8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| L. Nwogbo | 7 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Hook | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Bruha | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Thomas | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Mack | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-54 | 8-14 | 42 | 11 | 21 | 50 | |
| 35.2% | 57.1% | ||||||
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