The Florida State Seminoles and the UCF Knights meet in college basketball action from the Addition Financial Arena on Friday night.
The Florida State Seminoles will try to bounce back from an 83-74 upset loss to Stetson as 17-point favorites in their last game. Caleb Mills led the way with 17 points on 5 of 11 shooting while Matthew Cleveland had 16 points on 6 of 11 shooting with 7 rebounds. Cameron Corhen had 10 points on 4 of 5 shooting to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for FSU in the losing effort while Camron Fletcher added a team-high 9 rebounds as well in the loss.
The UCF Knights will look to rebound from a 98-95 OT loss to UNC-Asheville in their last game. Taylor Hendricks led the Knights in scoring with 23 points on 10 of 19 shooting with a pair of steals and 3 blocks while C.J. Kelly added 20 points. Brandon Suggs added 16 points with 3 assists and 4 steals and Ithiel Horton added 12 points and a team-high 9 rebounds while Michael Durr chipped in 11 points with 7 boards to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for the Knights in the losing effort.
Florida State is 1-6-1 ATS in their last 8 games following an ATS loss and 1-5-1 ATS in their last 7 games against a team with a losing record while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 games overall. UCF is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games overall and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 Friday games while the under is 9-2 in their last 11 home games.
I get the case to be made either way here, but I’m going to be on UCF here. They’re at home which is usually an advantage for UCF and I just didn’t like what I saw from FSU in the loss last time out. It’s going to take a while to get the bad taste out of my mouth from that loss to Stetson, if it even goes away at all. Give me UCF at home here.