Knights take sizeable win

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ORLANDO — Host Central Florida took an 89-69 American Athletic Conference win over East Carolina on Saturday, dropping the Pirates to 0-5 in league play.

Caleb White led ECU (8-10) with a game-high 20 points and B.J. Tyson added 19. Kentrell Barkley and Prince Williams scored eight points each.

The Knights had a balanced attack with five players reaching double figures.

Scoring 13 points each for UCF (9-6, 3-1) were A.J. Davis, Adonys Henriquez and Daquan Walker.

The Knights got 12 points apiece from 7-feet, 6-inch Tacko Fall and 325-pound Justin McBride.

"We didn't have any kind of answer inside for them," said ECU coach Jeff Lebo.

The hosts made 32 of 59 field goal attempts for 54.2 percent and were 12 of 27 beyond the arc for 44.4 percent. UCF made 13 of 24 free throws.

ECU hit 27 of 66 from the field (40.9 percent) and nine of its 34 attempts on threes for 26.5 percent. The Pirates dropped six of their nine foul shots.

ECU was beaten 48-27 on the boards. Tyson had eight rebounds for the Pirates.

Barkley had 10 assists.

ECU committed just seven turnovers.

After trailing 60-32 at the half, the Pirates held a 37-29 scoring advantage over the final 20 minutes.

"Our guys kept battling," Lebo said.

ECU will be home to play Tulsa at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

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