American Athletic Conference foes will lock horns when the Tulane Green Wave (8-15) face the UCF Knights (10-9) at Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse. Action begins at 8:00 pm ET on Thursday, Feb. 4 and can be seen on ESW and ES3.
The Green Wave are hoping to rebound after their 62-48 loss to Tulsa in their last matchup. Louis Dabney was the team’s leading scorer with 17 points. The Knights, meanwhile, are feeling some disappointment after their demoralizing 67-41 loss against Connecticut in their last game. Matt Williams led the team in scoring with 10 points.
The Green Wave may have trouble getting to the line in this one. They’re 307th in the nation in FTA rate (31.4), while UCF is among the nation’s least foul-prone squads (yielding a FTA rate of just 24.1, fourth in the country).
Notes
In its last game, UCF lost by a margin of 26 points. Tulane is 3-4 in games decided by a margin of 18 points or more. UCF has a 2-1 record in blowouts.
UCF has an average field goal percentage of 45.7%. Tulane is an abysmal 1-6 when opponents have a similar or higher field goal percentage.
Tulane attempts an average of 20.0 three pointers per game and UCF attempts 20.0. In games where they have 20 or more three point attempts, the Tulane Green Wave have a subpar 3-12 record while the UCF Knights have a 6-4 record.
Tulane ranks 82nd in rebounds per game with 38.5 and UCF ranks 52nd with 39.5 rebounds per game.
On average, UCF makes 4.6 steals per game. Tulane is a losing 7-14 when it allows at least 4 steals.
