Thursday, December 16, 2004
Contact: Stan Cole
Hot-Shooting UCF Defeats Campbell 90-73 In A-Sun Men's
Basketball
ORLANDO, FLA. –
Red-hot UCF made 61 percent of its shots and defeated visiting
Campbell 90-73 Thursday night in Atlantic Sun Conference men's
basketball action at UCF Arena.
Kingsley Edwards led
UCF (6-1, 1-1) with a career-high 19 points, making 5-of-8 threes
on the night. Anthony Williams added 18 on 9-of-10 from the floor,
while Gary Johnson had 13 and seven assists.
UCF hit 35-of-57 shots
on the evening, 23-of-31 from inside the three-point line, and
committed just seven turnovers. Campbell made 49 percent of its
shots, but just 38 percent (13-34) in the second half.
Freshman Ruell Pringle
topped the Fighting Camels (2-5, 0-2) with a season-high 25 points,
including five triples. Junior transfer Maurice Latham added 22,
plus seven rebounds and Anthony Atkinson 10.
The defending A-Sun
champion Golden Knights hit 11-18 three pointers (.611) in the
first half, then made 10 of their first 11 shots from 2-point range
in the first 11:55 of the second to stretch the gap to
74-54.
Edwards canned four
treys, while Peppers and Johnson added three each for UCF in the
first half. Edwards' triple from the right corner at the buzzer
gave UCF a 48-38 cushion at the break.
Campbell trailed by 10
at the half despite shooting 66.7 percent (14-21) from the field.
However, UCF made 62 percent of its shots (18-29) in the opening
stanza, 7-11 from 2-point range.
Latham had 15 points
and Pringle 10 in the first period.
UCF is ranked number-11
in this week's CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top-25 poll.
Campbell's Latham and UCF's
Williams were teammates the last two years at Indian Hills (Iowa)
CC where they helped lead their teams to a 47-17 record.
Campbell returns to action next
Thursday (Dec. 23) at Tennessee (7:30). [Box
Score]
