HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Elijah Pittman led four starters in double figures with 20 points and Nigel Spikes scored 10 of his 11 points in the second half of Marshall's 75-71 win over Central Florida on Saturday.
D.D. Scarver, the only Conference USA player to make at least one 3-pointer in every game, added 16 points for Marshall (10-12, 3-4) and Dennis Tinnon had 13. DeAndre Kane dished out 12 assists for Marshall, which snapped a three-game losing streak.
Spikes, who had just one point in the first half, broke a 55-all tie with four straight free throws with just over 6 minutes remaining. The center sandwiched two layups around two Scarver free throws to put Marshall up for good, 68-64, with 1:16 left to play.
Keith Clanton had 24 points and nine rebounds for UCF (15-6, 5-2) but had six of the Knights' 12 turnovers. UCF had its four-game winning streak snapped.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| UCF (15-6) | 33 | 38 | 71 |
| Marshall (10-12) « | 32 | 43 | 75 |
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| UCF Knights | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Clanton, F | 40 | 9-15 | 5-8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 24 |
| T. Spurlock, F | 38 | 2-10 | 5-6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| C. Newell, G | 33 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| I. Sykes, G | 32 | 4-15 | 2-3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| D. Walker, G | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Wilson | 31 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| M. Williams | 14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| S. Blair | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Horodyski | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-63 | 13-20 | 41 | 13 | 20 | 71 | |
| 41.3% | 65% | ||||||
| Marshall Thundering Herd | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Pittman, F | 36 | 7-12 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| D. Tinnon, F | 35 | 6-9 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| N. Spikes, C | 25 | 3-5 | 5-6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| D. Kane, G | 40 | 2-10 | 1-3 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 6 |
| D. Scarver, G | 32 | 5-10 | 5-8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Goff | 15 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| D. Boykins | 8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| T. Manning | 5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Y. Mbao | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-52 | 16-25 | 29 | 17 | 18 | 75 | |
| 51.9% | 64% | ||||||
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