ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Riley Kugel scored 17 points, Jordan Burks hit a late 3-pointer and finished with 15 points, and UCF Knights rallied to beat Arizona State Sun Devils 79-76 on Tuesday night.
UCF used a 14-2 run to tie it 72-all with 2:30 remaining. Burks’ 3 gave the Knights a 78-76 lead with 34 seconds left, and he forced a turnover on the next possession. Themus Fulks split a pair of free throws for UCF with six seconds to go before Bryce Ford missed a 3-pointer to end it.
Jamichael Stillwell added 14 points and Fulks finished with 12 for UCF (16-4, 5-3 Big 12). John Bol grabbed 10 rebounds, and Kugel and Stillwell had nine apiece.
Maurice Odum made three 3-pointers and scored 18 points for Arizona State (11-10, 2-6). Anthony Johnson scored 12 points and Ford added 11.
An Odum 3-pointer with about six minutes left in the first half sparked a 15-6 surge to give Arizona State a 33-28 advantage, and the Sun Devils took a 39-35 lead into the break. Arizona State used a 23-11 run to take its largest lead, 70-58, with 6:09 remaining.
It was Arizona State’s first game at Orlando in the series.
Arizona State: Hosts top-ranked Arizona on Saturday.
UCF: At home against No. 11 Texas Tech on Saturday.
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| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| M. Odum | 18 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| B. Ford | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| S. Trouet | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Diop | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| A. Grbovic | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| A. Johnson | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| A. Mukeba | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| N. Meeusen | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| A. Holiman | – | – | – | – |
| M. Adams Jr. | – | – | – | – |
| Q. McCoy | – | – | – | – |
| T. Best | – | – | – | – |
| V. Wallace | – | – | – | – |
| K. Polk | – | – | – | – |
| J. Icitovic | – | – | – | – |
| D. Salane | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 76 | 26 | 13 | 18 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| R. Kugel | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| J. Burks | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Stillwell | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
| T. Fulks | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| J. Bol | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| C. Johnson | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| C. Pacheco | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Cambridge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| J. Foumena | – | – | – | – |
| G. Beale Jr. | – | – | – | – |
| E. Hulsewe | – | – | – | – |
| P. Warakulnukroh | – | – | – | – |
| K. Parker | – | – | – | – |
| T. Jones | – | – | – | – |
| Z. Johnson | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 79 | 38 | 16 | 21 |