Themus Fulks scored 15 of his 20 points in the first half and 10 UCF players scored before halftime as the Knights beat Towson 86-61 on Sunday.
The Knights (8-1) never trailed.
“I think it was great for our guys to get back out there,” coach Johnny Dawkins said. “It’s been a long time between our last game, around eight days. And I thought it was really good for our guys to play against a team like Towson. They’ve had a lot of success over the years. And I feel like the guys really responded well. I thought we came out the first half. It may have been the most complete first half we’ve had this year. And that’s something that we need to be able to see so we can build doing it.”
Jamichael Stillwell scored 15 points and UCF’s bench scored 32 and nearly outscored Towson’s starters (37 points). The Knights shot 55% (31 of 56) despite a 29%-shooting effort from 3-point range (5 of 17).
Dylan Williamson scored 14 points and Tyler Tejada scored 13 for Towson (6-4).
UCF reached its first double-digit lead on Devan Cambridge’s layup that made it 15-5 a little more than seven minutes in. Chike Ndefo made a layup with 10:08 left before halftime for a a 20-11 advantage.
Carmelo Pacheco’s 3-pointer with 2:49 before halftime made it 41-21 and UCF went to intermission up 47-27. UCF finished the first half shooting 55% (17 of 31).
UCF led by double digits the entire second half, and Fulks’ three-point play with 4:06 left gave UCF its largest lead at 82-53
Up Next
Towson travels to face 21st-ranked Kansas on Dec. 16.
UCF hosts Mercer on Dec. 17.