ORLANDO — For the second year in a row, UCF made history when hosting Kansas for its Big 12 men's basketball opener. Last January, the Knights scored their biggest upset in program history ...
The Cougars have won their last nine head-to-head meetings with UCF and are 20-3 in Big 12 regular-season conference games.
The Knights are coming off one of the worst losses in program history but have little time to wallow as they host Colorado on Wednesday.
Hunter Dickinson scored 21 of his 27 points in the first half and No. 7 Kansas posted the second-largest margin of victory in program history, beating UCF 99-48 in a Big 12 game.
The UCF Knights (10-2) look for their seventh straight win, and second this year at home against a ranked opponent.
The KU All-American had 27 points as the Jayhawks handed the Knights one of their worst losses in the Johnny Dawkins’ era.
KU big man Hunter Dickinson led the way with 27 points. The Knights' leading scorer was Keyshawn Hall with 12 points. The Jayhawks shot 50.6% from the field while holding UCF to 20.6%. Kansas cruises. It claims its first Big 12 win of the season and hands ...
The Kansas Jayhawks try to get back on track after a loss to West Virginia in the conference opener on Tuesday. Standing in their way is the team that might have pulled off the biggest upset last season, the UCF Knights. Kansas travels to Orlando for the second time in Big 12 play today.
The Jayhawks forced eight turnovers in the first half alone. Kansas did an excellent job of swarming UCF’s players in the paint and held Knights star Keyshawn Hall to 11 points on 2-for-7 shooting.
Dickinson, who labored through a knee bruise in last year's trip to UCF, opened the scoring and provided 18 of the Jayhawks' first 29 points. True freshman Flory Bidunga dominated in the second half, providing the night's major highlight with a block of Benny Williams at one end and a fastbreak dunk at the other.