Central Florida and Florida Atlantic Basketball Preview - 11-12-2024 UCF will open their 2024-23 campaign under new head coach John Jakus, an accomplished championship coach whose resume includes stops at Baylor and Gonzaga as assistant and director of operations respectively. He has implemented similar methods with Florida Atlantic's Owls program which are off to an undefeated start after victories over Indiana State and Coastal Georgia and are third nationally for rebounding defense with 49 per game while forcing 22.5 turnovers each game!
UCF has faced two difficult opponents this season, defeating an experienced Texas A&M squad in its opener before rallying past Purdue Fort Wayne 75-68 at home on Friday. UCF's home win against Purdue Fort Wayne marked its second straight against an opponent with a winning record; another win against Florida Atlantic on Tuesday would cement UCF as the sole unbeaten team in AAC play thus far.
Florida Atlantic has outrebounded opponents 98-62 through two games, but understand that the Knights will present quite the rebounding challenge with forward Amir Thiam averaging 10.5 rebounds through both contests.
The Knights will speed up their pace and create turnovers against an FAU offense that has struggled all season with scoring (69.5 ppg) and shooting (34.8%) outside free throw attempts. Expect this game to feature low scoring; thus enabling over to stay at its highest point possible score.
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