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Ch. 59, SNY ; WTIC-AM 1080 CENTRAL FLORIDA Isaac Sosa, G, 6-3 Soph. -- Team's leading scorer , 50.9% 3pt; A.J. Tyler, C, 6-9 Jr.

Ahmad Starks admits there were times during the last couple of years when he wished he could let loose.

I finally made to El Paso, and it will take awhile to catch up on some blog updates.

The Knights threatened to pull a huge upset at No. 14 UConn Sunday afternoon, but UCF couldn't hold on for the win.

The 14th-ranked Connecticut Huskies welcome the UCF Knights to the XL Center today for a non-conference battle.

The UCF mena s basketball team lost their third game of the season Wednesday night, on the road to cross-state rival USF 69-65. The loss dropped UCF to 7-3 on the year.

For UCF sophomore Isaac Sosa, it was the game that got away. Sosa said if the Knights had brought a little more effort and enthusiasm, they would have had a better chance of toppling rival USF.

Dominique Jones had 27 points, six rebounds and five steals, leading South Florida to a 69-65 victory over Central Florida on Wednesday night.

Notable: With injured F Gus Gilchrist out, the Bulls must rely on G Dominique Jones, who averages 17.2 points and a team-best 5.0 assists.

In his spare time, Zach McCann cover the Orlando Magic for the blog Orlando Magic Daily .

Freshman guard Nik Garcia is leaving the UCF men's basketball program. He will likely be headed to a school closer to his family's home in Chicago.

On my way back from the Windy City ... posted by Iliana Limon on Dec 7, 2009 6:08:17 PM My apologies for the limited blog posts today.

"He worried me a lot. He impressed me with the way he's been playing all year long," Speraw said.

So why did A.J. Rompza, a point guard from Whitney Young, choose to play basketball at Central Florida? "I pretty much fell in love with the campus," he said.

A.J Rompza grew up in the shadow of the Notre Dame campus. Rompza was raised in Chicago, but his family is originally from South Bend.

UCF held off a late Auburn charge and made school history. The Knights used a balanced attack against the Tigers , beating Auburn 84-74 Friday night during the Glenn Wilkes Classic played at the Ocean Center.

DeWayne Reed splits UCF's P.J. Gaynor, left, and Marcus Jordan The Central Florida basketball team has finally beaten an SEC team -- and it came Friday night at Auburn's expense.

BKCNiagara-UCF,0159 Niagara rolls past Central Florida 63-46 Eds: APNewsNow. Niagara 63, Central Florida 46.

The Knights fed off an electric crowd and collected an 84-66 win over UMass in the season opener Friday night at UCF Arena.

The mistakes piled up, but UCF managed to claw its way to a 68-59 win against Howard Tuesday night.