Cincinnati Greets UCF on Thursday at Fifth Third Arena

UCF (13-11, 4-8 AAC) at CINCINNATI (17-8, 10-3 AAC)
Wednesday, Feb. 19 // 7 p.m. ET
Fifth Third Arena // Cincinnati, Ohio
SERIES INFO: 15th meeting; Cincinnati leads 12-2 overall; Cincinnati leads 5-0 at home; 
Cincinnati leads 5-2 in Orlando;
Cincinnati leads 2-0 at neutral sites
STREAK: Cincinnati - 1
LAST MEETING: Cincinnati won 68-54 on Jan. 11, 2020 in Orlando, Fla. 
COACHES: John Brannen is in his first season at Cincinnati (17-8); fifth season overall (99-60)
Johnny Dawkins is in his fourth season at UCF (80-45); 12th season overall (236-159)
AP/USA TODAY RANKINGS (FEB. 17): Cincinnati (RV/RV); UCF (--/--)
RADIO: 700 WLW; Dan Hoard provides play-by-play with color analyst Terry Nelson;
TV: ESPNU; Kevin Brown provides play-by-play with color analysts Mark Adams
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// GAME PREVIEW 

• Cincinnati (17-8, 10-3 American) plays host to UCF (13-11, 4-8) on Wednesday. Tipoff is 7 p.m. ET on ESPNU and 700 WLW. Tickets are available at GoBearcats.com. 
• The Bearcats claimed their seventh win in eight games Sunday, escaping East Carolina with a 70-67 overtime victory. Keith Williams scored six of his game-high 17 points in overtime to spark Cincinnati. Trevon Scott recorded his third consecutive double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds to go with three blocks. Chris Vogt and Jarron Cumberland tallied 13 points each. Mika Adams-Woods added 10 points, six rebounds and four assists.  
• UCF hasn't played since seeing its two-game win streak end with a 75-58 home loss to Wichita State on Feb. 13. Matt Milon and Darin Green Jr. tallied 13 points each to lead the cause. 
• Cincinnati claimed a 68-54 win at UCF earlier this season on Jan. 11. Keith Williams tallied 16 points while Trevon Scott contributed 14 points and 11 rebounds. 
• The Bearcats lead their series with UCF 12-2 overall, including a 5-0 mark in the Queen City. 
• UP NEXT: Cincinnati remains home to battle Wichita State on Sunday, Feb. 23. The contest tips at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN and 700 WLW. 

// CINCINNATI STORYLINES

• Trevon Scott was named both the AAC Player of the Week and the College Sports Madness National Player of the Week on Monday.
• Scott averaged 19.5 points and 15.5 points while shooting 65.2 percent (15 of 23) and 50.0 percent (3 of 6) from 3-point range in a pair of overtime wins last week that have Cincinnati (17-8, 10-3 AAC) tied with Houston for first place in The American.  
• Scott has played in 105 team wins during his career, tied with Virginia's Mamadi Diakite and Michigan's Jon Teske for most in the nation. 
• Over the last nine games, Jarron Cumberland has led the Bearcats in scoring five times, averaging a team-best 17.7 points and 6.0 assists.
• Chris Vogt entered Monday's action ranked second in the nation, shooting 67.0 percent (128 of 191) from the field. 
• The Bearcats have played in three overtime games with four of five contests determined in the final seconds this month.
• Cincinnati's six overtime games (4-2 record) this season are an AAC record and are tied for the most in school history (1966-67; 5-1 record). 
• With a win over UCF on Wednesday, UC's John Brannen would register his 100th career victory as a head coach.

// SCOUTING UCF

• UCF saw its two-game win streak end with a 75-58 home loss to Wichita State on Feb. 13.
• The Knights are 4-8 away from home this season, including a 2-4 mark in league road contests. 
• Junior forward Collin Smith (12.2 points, 6.0 rebounds) and junior guard Cesar DeJesus (10.5 points and team-high .508 shooting percentage) both average double figures for UCF. 
• Freshman guard Darin Green Jr. is averaging 9.3 points and a team-best 2.1 3-pointers per game. 
• UCF went 24-9 overall and 13-5 in the AAC a year ago, advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.  It returns 19.7 percent of its scoring from a year ago, the fourth lowest percentage in the nation. 

// UCF SERIES HISTORY

• Cincinnati owns an 12-2 lead in its series with UCF, having won all five matchups in Cincinnati; five of seven meetings in Orlando and both games at neutral sites.
• The Bearcats are 11-2 against UCF since the teams became members of the American Athletic Conference.
• Earlier this season, UC posted a 68-54 victory at UCF on Jan. 11. 
• Last season the two teams split a pair of meetings with the home team winning each game. Cincinnati earned a 60-55 win in Cincinnati (Feb. 19, 2019) while UCF posted a 58-55 victory in Orlando, Fla., on Mar. 7, 2019.  
• UC won the first eight meetings in the series and had won three in a row until the loss at UCF a year ago. 

// TIP-INS

• GOING FOR CAREER WIN NO. 100: With a win over UCF on Wednesday, UC's John Brannen would register his 100th career victory as a head coach. Brannen compiled 81 wins the past four season at Northern Kentucky (2016-19), captured one victory in two games as interim head coach at Alabama (2014-15) and enters Wednesday with 17 wins leading Cincinnati's program this season.  
• BRANNEN IN FEBRUARY: Since the start of the 2016-17 season, John Brannen-coached teams are 22-7 (.759) in the month of February, including an 18-6 mark at Northern Kentucky and 4-1 record at Cincinnati. 
• HOME SWEET HOME: The Bearcats are 60-4 (.938) at home since the start of 2016-17, including a 31-2 (.939) mark against AAC teams.
• BONUS BASKETBALL: Cincinnati has tied a school record and set an AAC record, playing in six overtime games (4-2 record) this season. The flurry of overtime contests matches the 1966-67 squad (5-1 record) for most in school history. 
• The Bearcats have played three consecutive overtime games for the second time this season, becoming the first Division I team in the last 20 years to play into overtime in three straight games two different times in the same season according to StatsbyStats. 
• The NCAA record for most consecutive overtime games in a season is four set by Jacksonville (1982), Illinois State (1985) and Dayton (1988). 
• The NCAA record for most overtime games in a season is eight set by Western Kentucky (1978), Portland (1984) and Valparaiso (1993).
• Only 25 games into his UC coaching tenure, John Brannen already has tied Ed Jucker (4-5 in overtime games from 1960-65) for the fourth most overtime wins by a coach in school history (see page 11 of notes). 
• Trevon Scott owns the school record, having played in 10 overtime games (8-2 record) during his career. Jarron Cumberland has played in nine OT games (7-2 record) as a Bearcat, having sat out the Valparaiso (11/25) OT affair earlier this season due to injury.
• WILD MONTH FOR THE BEARCATS: The month of February has featured three overtime games and four of five contests determined in the final seconds: Cincinnati held off then-No. 21 Houston 64-62 on Feb. 1 when Cougar guard Caleb Mills missed a 20-footer just before the buzzer ... Five days later, Jarron Cumberland connected on a three-point play with 3.5 seconds left to give UC an 80-79 win at Wichita State on Feb. 6 ... Cumberland couldn't get a shot off before the buzzer as Cincinnati fell at UConn, 72-71, in OT on Feb. 9 ... The Bearcats rallied from a 10-point deficit to Memphis (Feb. 13) with 6:11 left in regulation to later win in overtime, 92-86 ... Keith Williams scored six of his game-high 17 points in overtime and ECU's Jayden Gardner missed a running 30-footer at the buzzer as UC held off the Pirates for a 70-67 OT road win on Sunday.