UCF
Bearkats fall 86-70 at Central Florida
1/3/2009 1:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
ORLANDO, FL ? Corey Allmond scored 20 points to lead Sam Houston State as the Bearkats fell to Central Florida 86-70 in SHSU's final non-conference men's basketball game of the season.
The loss dropped the Kats to 6-7 for the year. UCF upped its season mark to 9-4.
Sam Houston took an early lead, going up 12-4 on a DeLuis Ramirez layup at the 11:42 mark in the first half. But UCF bounced back with a 18-0 run, going up 22-12 four minutes later. Sam Houston never got closer than eight points the rest of the game. The Kats trailed 33-21 at intermission and were out-scored 53-49 in the second half.
Jermaine Taylor led Central Florida with 26 points. A. J. Rompza added 15.
Preston Brown and Lance Pevehouse each had 12 points for Sam Houston State.
Central Florida totaled 37 rebounds to Sam Houston's 27 boards, turning those rebounds into 20 second chance points.
Sam Houston hit 46 percent from the floor with 23-of-50 shooting. Allmond hit four three-point baskets.
The Bearkats will open Southland Conference action Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. in Nacogdoches against Stephen F. Austin in a game to be regionally telecast on the Southland Conference TV network.
