Taylor helps seal Knights’ victory
PHILADELPHIA — B.J. Taylor made the goahead jumper with 55 seconds to go and added a free throw with 3 seconds left to give the UCF Knights a 71-69 win over the Temple Owls on Wednesday night.
Taylor had 19 points and made 4 of 8 3-pointers for the Knights (18-10, 9-7 American), who needed a late run after trailing 61-57 with 5:35 left.
UCF had an 8-2 run to take a 65-63 lead. Temple answered and twice took the lead back with 3-pointers before Taylor closed it out in the final minute.
The Knights extended their win streak to three, while the Owls are in the midst of a three gameskid.
Obi Enechionyia had 17 point for the Owls (14-15, 5-11) and Shizz Alston Jr. added 15 points. Quinton Rose and Mark Williams added 11 points each.
Tacko Fall had 14 points, Matt Williams added 13, Nick Banyard had 11 and A.J. Davis 10 for UCF.
Fall also had 10 rebounds, setting the UCF Division I single-season rebounding record when he claimed his 269th board in the second half.
The Knights return home and will host No. 15 Cincinnati at 3 p.m. Sunday at CFE Arena. The game will air on CBS Sports Network.
Ole Miss will self-impose a one-year postseason bowl ban for 2017 after the school received a notice of allegations from the NCAA amid reports of misconduct by the football program.
The new accusations — eight in all — bring the total of allegations against the Rebels football program to 21, including the suggestion a boosters paid a player in violation of NCAA rules. An earlier notice issued in 2016 contained 13 football-related charges.
The school said Wednesday it is imposing the bowl ban in addition to previously announced self-imposed penalties, including the reduction of 11 scholarships.
Under the postseason ban, the school must forfeit its portion of the SEC postseason football revenue for next year. The Rebels’ share is expected to be about $7.8 million.
The notice of allegations by the NCAA states there is a lack of institutional control by the university and in particular football coach Hugh Freeze, an accusation that both the school and the coach vehemently deny.
“I am extremely disappointed to learn that any member of my staff violated any SEC or NCAA rules, and as the head coach, I regret those actions,” Freeze said.