Davis Scores 42, Tigers Fall to Knights in 2OT Thriller

Wednesday, January 11

Orlando, Fla.

6 p.m.

University of Memphis

12-5,2-2AAC

104

107

UCF

13-4,4-1AAC

OT 1

OT 2

Memphis

104

UCF

107

Davis Scores 42, Tigers Fall to Knights in 2OT Thriller

Jan 11, 2023 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

ORLANDO, Fla. - The Memphis Tigers fell in double overtime Wednesday night inside Addition Financial Arena to the University of Central Florida Knights, 107-104. With the loss, Memphis moved to 12-5 overall and 2-2 in the American Athletic Conference (AAC).

Fifth year-guard Kendric Davis scored a career-high 42 points - one point shy of former Tiger Jeremiah Martin's AAC record set in 2019. Davis' 42-point total is tied for the fifth-most in a game in program history.

The Tigers saw a late lead evaporate as UCF (13-4, 4-1) hit a three-point shot with under 30 seconds to play in regulation to tie the score at 78-78 and force overtime.

Davis was responsible for the first seven points for the Tigers in overtime before redshirt-senior guard Keonte Kennedy came up with a steal and a dunk to tie the game once again at 87-87 with 15 seconds left in the OT period. UCF missed the ensuing three-point attempt and the game moved to double overtime. Kennedy ended the night with a season high-tying 14 points.

In the second OT period, redshirt-freshman guard Johnathan Lawson nailed a contested three-point shot from the corner to make the score 104-105 and get Memphis within one with 14.7 seconds to play. The Knights ultimately hung on to win after the Tigers' failed buzzer-beater attempt to force a third overtime.

The overtime contest marked the first OT game for the Tigers since they won at Tulane, 74-67, on Feb. 29, 2020.

Memphis finished the night shooting 50.7 percent overall (35-69) and 90.3 percent from the free throw line (28-31). The Tigers also connected on 6-of-18 attempts from deep (33.3%).

UCF shot 42.0 percent from the floor (29-69) and drained 45.7 percent from long range (16-35), while going 33-of-37 at the charity stripe (89.2%).

Ithiel Horton led the Knights with 30 points after going 5-of-10 from three-point range and a perfect 9-for-9 at the free throw stripe.

UP NEXT
Memphis stays on the road Sunday for a 2 p.m. CT matchup at Temple on ESPN2 before returning home to welcome Wichita State on Jan. 19 at 6 p.m.

GAME NOTES

Kendric Davis was a free throw machine on the night, converting 21-of-23 attempts at the line. That is the most free throws made in a single-game in almost 66 years when Win Wilfong set the school record with 22 makes against Oklahoma State on Feb. 18, 1957.
Davis' 23 free throw attempts tied Wilfong's school mark from the same game.
Elijah McCadden produced his best game as a Tiger, scoring a season-high 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting. He also grabbed a team-high seven rebounds in 37 minutes.
DeAndre Williams kept his 13-game double-digit scoring streak alive with 10 points, five rebounds and four assists in 32 minutes.
Damaria Franklin recorded six points, five rebounds and matched the team high with four assists.
The Tigers shot over 50.0 percent from the floor for the seventh time this season. They are 6-1 in those contests.
With the defeat, Memphis snapped a 30-game win streak when scoring 100-plus points. The last time it loss when reaching the century mark was Jan. 30, 1991 against East Tennessee State (105-102, 2OT).
UCF won the battle on the boards, 41-36, including a 17-11 edge on the offensive end.
The 16 three-pointers and 33 free throws allowed were season highs for the Tigers.

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