For half-hour Wednesday night time, UCF basketball regarded like a group affected by whiplash.
Three days faraway from an embarrassing 51-point dwelling loss to Kansas on Sunday, the Knights regarded out of types. However a surge within the remaining 10 minutes helped them surge previous visiting Colorado, 75-74.
Dallan Coleman’s free throw, which capped the scoring with 35 seconds remaining, helped to elevate UCF (11-3, 2-1 Huge 12) to the win.
It’s the second consecutive win over the Buffaloes for the Knights, who beat CU 79-74 within the Nationwide Invitation Event on March 15, 2017.
Colorado (9-5, 0-3 Huge 12) has dropped three straight video games and stays winless in convention play in its first season again within the Huge 12 since 2011.
It was a depressing begin for UCF, which missed its first 10 shot makes an attempt, together with 5 misses on one possession and didn’t rating its first factors till practically 5 minutes into the sport when Jordan Ivy-Curry’s floater from the free-throw line banged into the basket.
Curry would carry the Knights, scoring the group’s first seven factors earlier than Darius Johnson added a pair of free throws.
Colorado, in the meantime, took a web page from Kansas’ playbook and attacked the center, scoring six of their first 11 factors within the paint.
UCF took its first sport lead (12-11) on a skyhook by heart Moustapha Thiam on the 12:36 mark. Thiam adopted it up with a block of Buffaloes guard Julian Hammond III, which led to a 3-pointer by Ivy-Curry.
The groups traded runs earlier than Colorado grabbed a 37-34 halftime benefit.
The Knights went greater than 4 minutes on the finish of the half with out a discipline aim.
Colorado shot 50% (10 of 20) from the sector within the first half and had been 14 of 18 from the free throw line.
The Buffaloes opened the second half on hearth, connecting on seven of their first eight pictures and utilizing a 16-10 run to push their result in 9 at 53-44 with 14:38.
However the Knights began chipping away with a 12-5 run that lower the result in 58-56 with 9:34 left.
Darius Johnson went down arduous onto the courtroom whereas making an attempt to defend towards CU’s Assane Diop and was known as for a foul. After a video evaluate, the foul stood and Diop was assigned a flagrant foul.
Ivy-Curry, who shot the 2 free throws for the injured Johnson, tied the sport at 58.
The Knights took their first lead because the 12:02 mark within the first half at 60-58 earlier than each groups traded baskets.
Keyshawn Corridor, Ivy-Curry and Johnson helped spark the second-half comeback by scoring 33 of UCF’s 41 factors.
The Knights went practically 4 minutes with out a discipline aim however nonetheless managed to tie the sport at 74 with 1:05 left.
Colorado missed a shot and Dallan Coleman was fouled whereas rebounding the ball.
He missed the primary free throw and hit the second, giving UCF a 75-74 lead with underneath 30 seconds.
The Buffaloes missed on a 3-point try, however the Knights had been known as for a 5-second violation on the inbounds play with 4 seconds left. Colorado’s Elijah Monroe’s shot on the buzzer was blocked by Johnson, preserving the victory.
Matt Murschel may be reached at mmurschel@orlandosentinel.com
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UCF at Arizona
10 p.m., Saturday, McKale Memorial Middle (Tucson)
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