It was a successful week for head coach Kirk Speraw and his UCF basketball team as they own three of four games and finished things off at the Glenn Wilkes Classic with a 59-50 win over Drake on Sunday in Daytona Beach.

The Knights started the Classic with a home win against Howard on Tuesday night, 68-59, as guard Taylor Young led the Knights with 15 points and freshman forward Keith Clanton added 10 points and 10 rebounds off the bench in 25 minutes in front of 5,216 at the UCF Arena.

The Knights then played their next three games in Daytona, starting things off with one of the program’s biggest wins as they knocked off Auburn, 84-74, in front of a pro-UCF crowd dressed in black and gold. The win marked UCF’s first-ever victory over a team from the Southeastern Conference. Junior forward A.J. Tyler scored a career-high 19 points for the Knights.

“We had to come out and play strong, especially against an SEC Team,” said sophomore guard A.J. Rompza. “They are one of the better teams in their conference. We knew we had to come out and play strong, and we knew we had to come out and play as a team.”

The Knights jumped out on Auburn and took a 15-3 lead in route to a 41-24 advantage at halftime. The Knights eventually withstood a couple of Auburn runs in the second half as they went 8-for-8 from the free throw line late in the contest to help preserve their first triumph in 28 tries over an SEC school.

“It was a tough, hard-fought game,” said Speraw. “It’s a good win for this team. History? I don’t know. I’m just worried about this team.”

The Knights followed the Auburn win though with a loss to Niagara, 63-46, as turnovers did in UCF, who turned the ball over 23 times and shot only 31-percent from field in defeat.

UCF bounced back on Sunday with a nine-point win over Drake, 59-50, to go 3-1 in the tournament and improve to 4-1 on the season. The win to close out the tournament was also No. 350 all-time for Speraw. Sophomore guard Isaac Sosa led the Knights with 15 points as UCF shot 51-percent from the field while holding Drake to 31-percent from the floor before ending the game on a 15-4 run to pull away for good.

Up next for the Knights is a home game against Albany on Saturday at 5 p.m.

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– UCF vs. Auburn and Niagra at Central Florida Future

– UCF postgame quotes at Orlando Sentinel

– UCF vs. Auburn at UCF Today

– UCF vs. Niagra at Orlando Sentinel

– UCF vs. Drake at Sports News

– UCF around the Web at UCF Insider

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