{"id":15802,"date":"2019-03-05T20:25:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T20:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/?p=15802&post_type=story"},"modified":"2020-07-01T13:55:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T13:55:16","slug":"ucf-basketballs-season-remember","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/ucf-basketballs-season-remember\/","title":{"rendered":"Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Basketball\u2019s Season to Remember"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spring 2019 | By Jenna Marina Lee\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t

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\n\t\tThe men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball teams kept the momentum rolling from Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s stellar football season with exceptional performances of their own this year.

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\n\t\t\t\t\tUnder the leadership of head coaches Johnny Dawkins and Katie \r\nAbrahamson-Henderson, the programs produced two of the winningest \r\nseasons in Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ history, and the nation noticed.
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\n\t\t\t\t\tThe men\u2019s team broke \r\nthrough the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2011, and the women\u2019s \r\nprogram consistently received votes in the national polls throughout the\r\n season.
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\n\t\t\t\t\tJunior guard Kay Kay Wright, senior center Tacko Fall and senior guard BJ Taylor \u201918<\/strong> each surpassed the 1,000 career points milestone.\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\tBoth men\u2019s and women\u2019s head coaches Johnny Dawkins and Katie Abrahamson-Henderson have achieved 50+ wins at Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2014 the fastest achieved by head coaches since 1984.\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\tÂ鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ outscored USF by 41 points in the Knights\u2019 four combined wins this season for a clean sweep of the War On I-4 Rivalry Series.
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\n\t\t\t\t\tBoth programs earned at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament this year for the first time, combining for a total of 14 postseason appearances (NCAA or NIT\/WNIT tournaments) in Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s Division I history.\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\tHouston was ranked No. 6 nationally when the men\u2019s basketball team upset the Cougars on the road March 2, marking the Knights\u2019 second-highest ranked win in school history.\r\n
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[blockquote source=”BJ Taylor \u201918<\/strong>, senior guard” \r\ncite=”” color=”#000″ css_class=””]\u201cIt\u2019s been an honor to represent Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ \r\nthese last five years. Being from Orlando, I\u2019m proud to be able to lead \r\nthe city\u2019s hometown team and give it our all for the \r\ncommunity.\u201d[\/blockquote]<\/div>
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