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UCF beats West Virginia 72-59 behind Ibrahima Diallo's double-double

AP
Jan 23, 2024

ORLANDO (AP) Jaylin Sellers scored 18 points, Ibrahima Diallo had 14 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks, and UCF beat West Virginia 72-59 on Tuesday night.

UCF scored the opening eight points and added a 9-0 run for a 19-7 lead. The Knights led by double digits for the final eight minutes of the first half, taking a 37-24 lead on Thierno Sylla’s open 3-pointer from the corner as the horn sounded.

It was UCF’s first halftime lead in Big 12 play this season.

UCF led by as many as 21 points in the second half before West Virginia got as close as 66-56 with 1:36 remaining on Seth Wilson's 3-pointer. Diallo answered at the other end with a lob dunk off a pass from Antwann Jones, and Darius Johnson sealed it with four free throws.

Jones added 13 points for UCF (12-6, 3-3 Big 12), which was coming off its conference road win in program history against Texas. The Knights went 21 of 25 from the free-throw line making 17 straight.

West Virginia did not have a double-digit scorer until Josiah Harris made a 3-pointer with 6:15 remaining in the second half. Harris finished with 15 points on 5 of 8 shooting from 3-point range.

RaeQuan Battle, averaging a team-high 19.5 points, was held to five points on 2-of-6 shooting for West Virginia (7-12, 2-4), which was coming off a 91-85 victory over No. 3 Kansas on Saturday.

It was the second meeting between the teams - the first since the Mountaineers won 83-45 on Nov. 24, 2017.

UCF travels to Cincinnati for a Saturday contest. West Virginia plays at Oklahoma State on Saturday.

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1st Half
WV
Mountaineers
24
UCF
Knights
37

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Patrick Suemnick vs. Ibrahima Diallo (Ibrahima Diallo gains possession)
19:36		Shemarri Allen turnover (bad pass) (Kerr Kriisa steals)
19:20		Patrick Suemnick turnover (lost ball) (C.J. Walker steals)
19:13	+3	Jaylin Sellers makes three point jump shot (C.J. Walker assists)	0-3
19:02		Ibrahima Diallo blocks Kobe Johnson's two point layup
19:00		Ibrahima Diallo defensive rebound
18:51		Patrick Suemnick shooting foul (C.J. Walker draws the foul)
18:51		C.J. Walker misses regular free throw 1 of 2
18:51	+1	C.J. Walker makes regular free throw 2 of 2	0-4
18:24		RaeQuan Battle misses two point jump shot
18:22		Jaylin Sellers defensive rebound
18:16	+2	C.J. Walker makes two point dunk (Shemarri Allen assists)	0-6
18:15		Mountaineers 30 second timeout
17:55		Kerr Kriisa turnover (traveling)
17:28		C.J. Walker misses two point hook shot
17:26		Ibrahima Diallo offensive rebound
17:22		Ibrahima Diallo misses two point layup
17:20		Ibrahima Diallo offensive rebound
17:16	+2	Ibrahima Diallo makes two point layup	0-8
16:54	+3	Kerr Kriisa makes three point jump shot (Kobe Johnson assists)	3-8
16:30		Jaylin Sellers misses two point jump shot
16:28		Kerr Kriisa defensive rebound
16:22		Jump ball. Kerr Kriisa vs. Ibrahima Diallo (Mountaineers gains possession)
16:14		Noah Farrakhan turnover (lost ball) (Jaylin Sellers steals)
16:09	+2	Jaylin Sellers makes two point dunk	3-10
15:57	+2	Quinn Slazinski makes two point jump shot	5-10
15:34		Noah Farrakhan personal foul
15:34		TV timeout
15:16		C.J. Walker misses three point jump shot
15:14		Quinn Slazinski defensive rebound
15:01		Ibrahima Diallo blocks RaeQuan Battle's two point layup
14:59		C.J. Walker defensive rebound
14:47		Darius Johnson misses three point jump shot
14:45		Noah Farrakhan defensive rebound
14:42		Jaylin Sellers blocks Patrick Suemnick's two point layup
14:40		Jaylin Sellers defensive rebound
14:36		RaeQuan Battle blocks Shemarri Allen's two point layup
14:34		Knights offensive rebound
14:25		RaeQuan Battle personal foul
14:13		C.J. Walker offensive foul
14:13		C.J. Walker turnover (offensive foul)
13:51	+2	Akok Akok makes two point layup (Noah Farrakhan assists)	7-10
13:35		Jaylin Sellers misses three point jump shot
13:33		Mountaineers defensive rebound
13:13		Jaylin Sellers personal foul
12:57		Noah Farrakhan misses two point layup
12:55		Jaylin Sellers defensive rebound
12:51		Seth Wilson shooting foul (Jaylin Sellers draws the foul)
12:51	+1	Jaylin Sellers makes regular free throw 1 of 2	7-11
12:51		Jaylin Sellers misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:51		Seth Wilson defensive rebound
12:39		Seth Wilson misses two point jump shot
12:37		Omar Payne defensive rebound
12:25		Jaylin Sellers misses three point jump shot
12:23		Antwann Jones offensive rebound
12:18	+3	Jaylin Sellers makes three point jump shot (Darius Johnson assists)	7-14
12:06		Noah Farrakhan misses two point layup
12:04		Thierno Sylla defensive rebound
11:50		Thierno Sylla misses three point jump shot
11:48		Akok Akok defensive rebound
11:36		Kerr Kriisa misses three point jump shot
11:34		Omar Payne defensive rebound
11:21		Jaylin Sellers offensive foul
11:21		Jaylin Sellers turnover (offensive foul)
11:21		TV timeout
10:56		Antwann Jones blocks Kobe Johnson's two point jump shot
10:54		Omar Payne defensive rebound
10:40		Omar Payne misses two point layup
10:38		Thierno Sylla offensive rebound
10:34		Thierno Sylla misses two point layup
10:32		Noah Farrakhan defensive rebound
10:27		Noah Farrakhan misses two point jump shot
10:25		Omar Payne defensive rebound
10:20	+3	Omar Payne makes three point jump shot (Shemarri Allen assists)	7-17
10:08		Quinn Slazinski misses two point jump shot
10:06		Darius Johnson defensive rebound
9:54	+2	Thierno Sylla makes two point layup (Antwann Jones assists)	7-19
9:54		Kobe Johnson shooting foul (Thierno Sylla draws the foul)
9:54		Thierno Sylla misses regular free throw 1 of 1
9:54		Quinn Slazinski defensive rebound
9:33		Patrick Suemnick misses two point layup
9:31		Omar Payne defensive rebound
9:08		Thierno Sylla misses three point jump shot
9:06		Quinn Slazinski defensive rebound
8:55	+2	RaeQuan Battle makes two point layup	9-19
8:55		Omar Payne shooting foul (RaeQuan Battle draws the foul)
8:55	+1	RaeQuan Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 1	10-19
8:32		Kobe Johnson blocks Shemarri Allen's two point layup
8:30		RaeQuan Battle defensive rebound
8:24		RaeQuan Battle turnover (lost ball) (Shemarri Allen steals)
8:18	+2	Antwann Jones makes two point layup (Shemarri Allen assists)	10-21
8:05		Patrick Suemnick turnover (lost ball) (Shemarri Allen steals)
7:55	+2	Ibrahima Diallo makes two point layup	10-23
7:35		Quinn Slazinski turnover (lost ball) (Thierno Sylla steals)
7:29		RaeQuan Battle shooting foul (Antwann Jones draws the foul)
7:29		TV timeout
7:29	+1	Antwann Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2	10-24
7:29	+1	Antwann Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-25
6:59		Kobe Johnson turnover (bad pass) (Shemarri Allen steals)
6:58		Seth Wilson personal foul (Shemarri Allen draws the foul)
6:58		Shemarri Allen misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:58		Ofri Naveh defensive rebound
6:37		C.J. Walker shooting foul (Ofri Naveh draws the foul)
6:37	+1	Ofri Naveh makes regular free throw 1 of 2	11-25
6:37		Ofri Naveh misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:37		Marchelus Avery defensive rebound
6:12		Patrick Suemnick personal foul (Ibrahima Diallo draws the foul)
6:12	+1	Ibrahima Diallo makes regular free throw 1 of 2	11-26
6:12	+1	Ibrahima Diallo makes regular free throw 2 of 2	11-27
5:54	+3	Quinn Slazinski makes three point jump shot (Kobe Johnson assists)	14-27
5:35		Quinn Slazinski shooting foul (Ibrahima Diallo draws the foul)
5:35	+1	Ibrahima Diallo makes regular free throw 1 of 2	14-28
5:35	+1	Ibrahima Diallo makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-29
5:17	+2	Noah Farrakhan makes two point jump shot	16-29
4:54		Shemarri Allen misses three point jump shot
4:52		Ofri Naveh defensive rebound
4:25		Kobe Johnson misses three point jump shot
4:23		Ibrahima Diallo defensive rebound
4:16	+3	Antwann Jones makes three point jump shot (Darius Johnson assists)	16-32
3:59		Shemarri Allen blocks Akok Akok's three point jump shot
3:57		Ibrahima Diallo defensive rebound
3:42		Ibrahima Diallo misses two point jump shot
3:38		Knights offensive rebound
3:38		Josiah Harris personal foul (Thierno Sylla draws the foul)
3:38		TV timeout
3:38	+1	Thierno Sylla makes regular free throw 1 of 2	16-33
3:38	+1	Thierno Sylla makes regular free throw 2 of 2	16-34
3:22		Ofri Naveh misses three point jump shot
3:20		Darius Johnson defensive rebound
2:52		Josiah Harris blocks Ibrahima Diallo's two point layup
2:50		Ofri Naveh defensive rebound
2:42		Josiah Harris misses three point jump shot
2:40		Ofri Naveh offensive rebound
2:30	+3	Kerr Kriisa makes three point jump shot (Ofri Naveh assists)	19-34
2:07		Akok Akok blocks Antwann Jones's two point layup
2:05		Josiah Harris defensive rebound
2:02		Ibrahima Diallo blocks Noah Farrakhan's two point layup
2:00		Mountaineers offensive rebound
1:57		Shemarri Allen shooting foul (Patrick Suemnick draws the foul)
1:57		Patrick Suemnick misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:57		Patrick Suemnick misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:57		Thierno Sylla defensive rebound
1:37		Darius Johnson misses three point jump shot
1:35		Patrick Suemnick defensive rebound
1:28	+3	Josiah Harris makes three point jump shot (Kerr Kriisa assists)	22-34
1:21		Knights 30 second timeout
1:09		Shemarri Allen turnover (bad pass)
0:59		Kerr Kriisa misses three point jump shot
0:57		Shemarri Allen defensive rebound
0:40		Darius Johnson misses two point layup
0:38		Josiah Harris defensive rebound
0:20		Omar Payne personal foul (Quinn Slazinski draws the foul)
0:20	+1	Quinn Slazinski makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-34
0:20	+1	Quinn Slazinski makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-34
0:03	+3	Thierno Sylla makes three point jump shot (Shemarri Allen assists)	24-37
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
WV
Mountaineers
35
UCF
Knights
35

Time		Play	Score
19:40		Shemarri Allen turnover (lost ball) (RaeQuan Battle steals)
19:20		Kerr Kriisa misses two point jump shot
19:18		C.J. Walker defensive rebound
19:06	+3	Darius Johnson makes three point jump shot (Jaylin Sellers assists)	24-40
18:43		Patrick Suemnick misses two point hook shot
18:41		Ibrahima Diallo defensive rebound
18:27		Jaylin Sellers misses two point jump shot
18:25		Akok Akok defensive rebound
18:02		Patrick Suemnick misses two point layup
18:00		Ibrahima Diallo defensive rebound
17:54		C.J. Walker misses three point jump shot
17:52		RaeQuan Battle defensive rebound
17:46	+3	Akok Akok makes three point jump shot (Kerr Kriisa assists)	27-40
17:20		Darius Johnson misses three point jump shot
17:18		Ibrahima Diallo offensive rebound
17:13	+2	Ibrahima Diallo makes two point layup	27-42
16:45		Patrick Suemnick turnover (bad pass) (Ibrahima Diallo steals)
16:35	+3	Jaylin Sellers makes three point jump shot (Shemarri Allen assists)	27-45
16:25		Mountaineers 30 second timeout
16:25		TV timeout
16:17		Akok Akok misses three point jump shot
16:15		Shemarri Allen defensive rebound
15:59		Thierno Sylla misses three point jump shot
15:55		Mountaineers defensive rebound
15:55		TV timeout
15:31		Thierno Sylla shooting foul (Noah Farrakhan draws the foul)
15:31	+1	Noah Farrakhan makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-45
15:31		Noah Farrakhan misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:31		Thierno Sylla defensive rebound
15:11		Thierno Sylla misses three point jump shot
15:09		Jaylin Sellers offensive rebound
15:02		RaeQuan Battle blocks Thierno Sylla's two point layup
15:00		Knights offensive rebound
14:55		Darius Johnson misses three point jump shot
14:53		Noah Farrakhan defensive rebound
14:45		RaeQuan Battle misses three point jump shot
14:43		Akok Akok offensive rebound
14:42	+2	Akok Akok makes two point layup	30-45
14:24		Jaylin Sellers misses three point jump shot
14:22		Shemarri Allen offensive rebound
14:21	+2	Shemarri Allen makes two point layup	30-47
14:05		Noah Farrakhan turnover (bad pass) (Shemarri Allen steals)
14:02		Shemarri Allen misses two point layup
14:00		Jaylin Sellers offensive rebound
13:58	+2	Thierno Sylla makes two point dunk (Jaylin Sellers assists)	30-49
13:26		Josiah Harris misses three point jump shot
13:24		Darius Johnson defensive rebound
13:23		Darius Johnson turnover (bad pass) (Kerr Kriisa steals)
13:20		Kerr Kriisa turnover (bad pass) (Darius Johnson steals)
13:15		Akok Akok blocks Jaylin Sellers's two point layup
13:13		Kerr Kriisa defensive rebound
13:05	+2	Noah Farrakhan makes two point jump shot	32-49
12:50		Darius Johnson misses three point jump shot
12:48		Josiah Harris defensive rebound
12:46	+2	RaeQuan Battle makes two point dunk (Josiah Harris assists)	34-49
12:36		Knights 30 second timeout
12:22		Thierno Sylla misses two point jump shot
12:20		Kerr Kriisa defensive rebound
12:04		Seth Wilson misses three point jump shot
12:02		Shemarri Allen defensive rebound
11:53		TV timeout
11:44		Shemarri Allen misses two point layup
11:42		Josiah Harris defensive rebound
11:38		Kerr Kriisa turnover (bad pass) (Antwann Jones steals)
11:14		Ibrahima Diallo misses two point layup
11:12		Patrick Suemnick defensive rebound
11:05		Patrick Suemnick misses two point layup
11:03		Patrick Suemnick offensive rebound
11:01		Jump ball. Patrick Suemnick vs. Shemarri Allen (Mountaineers gains possession)
10:59		Shemarri Allen blocks RaeQuan Battle's three point jump shot
10:57		Ibrahima Diallo defensive rebound
10:52		RaeQuan Battle personal foul
10:52		RaeQuan Battle technical foul
10:52		RaeQuan Battle technical foul
10:52	+1	Jaylin Sellers makes technical free throw 1 of 2	34-50
10:52	+1	Jaylin Sellers makes technical free throw 2 of 2	34-51
10:52		RaeQuan Battle technical foul
10:52	+1	Jaylin Sellers makes technical free throw 1 of 2	34-52
10:52	+1	Jaylin Sellers makes technical free throw 2 of 2	34-53
10:41	+2	Antwann Jones makes two point jump shot (C.J. Walker assists)	34-55
10:18	+3	Josiah Harris makes three point jump shot (Seth Wilson assists)	37-55
10:00	+2	Antwann Jones makes two point jump shot (C.J. Walker assists)	37-57
9:52	+2	Seth Wilson makes two point layup (Kerr Kriisa assists)	39-57
9:40		Patrick Suemnick blocks Ibrahima Diallo's two point layup
9:38		Ibrahima Diallo offensive rebound
9:36		Ibrahima Diallo turnover (traveling)
9:16		Kerr Kriisa misses three point jump shot
9:14		C.J. Walker defensive rebound
8:56	+2	Antwann Jones makes two point jump shot	39-59
8:34		Seth Wilson misses three point jump shot
8:32		Josiah Harris offensive rebound
8:12	+2	Seth Wilson makes two point layup	41-59
7:52		C.J. Walker misses two point jump shot
7:50		Josiah Harris defensive rebound
7:33		Kerr Kriisa misses three point jump shot
7:31		Omar Payne defensive rebound
7:25		Antwann Jones misses two point layup
7:23		Josiah Harris defensive rebound
7:13	+3	Josiah Harris makes three point jump shot (Kobe Johnson assists)	44-59
6:48	+2	C.J. Walker makes two point layup (Antwann Jones assists)	44-61
6:48		Patrick Suemnick shooting foul (C.J. Walker draws the foul)
6:48		TV timeout
6:48	+1	C.J. Walker makes regular free throw 1 of 1	44-62
6:33		Darius Johnson personal foul
6:14	+3	Josiah Harris makes three point jump shot (Kerr Kriisa assists)	47-62
5:58		Knights turnover (5-second violation)
5:54		Noah Farrakhan misses three point jump shot
5:52		C.J. Walker defensive rebound
5:22	+2	Jaylin Sellers makes two point layup	47-64
5:02	+3	Josiah Harris makes three point jump shot (Noah Farrakhan assists)	50-64
4:27		Darius Johnson misses two point layup
4:25		Josiah Harris defensive rebound
4:10	+2	Noah Farrakhan makes two point layup	52-64
4:10		Jaylin Sellers shooting foul (Noah Farrakhan draws the foul)
4:10	+1	Noah Farrakhan makes regular free throw 1 of 1	53-64
4:03		Knights 30 second timeout
4:03		TV timeout
3:53		Jaylin Sellers turnover (lost ball) (Kerr Kriisa steals)
3:29		Patrick Suemnick misses two point layup
3:27		Patrick Suemnick offensive rebound
3:23		Ibrahima Diallo personal foul
3:21		Kerr Kriisa misses two point jump shot
3:19		C.J. Walker defensive rebound
2:51		Noah Farrakhan personal foul
2:36		Patrick Suemnick shooting foul (Ibrahima Diallo draws the foul)
2:36	+1	Ibrahima Diallo makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-65
2:36	+1	Ibrahima Diallo makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-66
2:21		Josiah Harris misses three point jump shot
2:19		C.J. Walker defensive rebound
1:55		Jaylin Sellers offensive foul
1:55		Jaylin Sellers turnover (offensive foul)
1:35	+3	Seth Wilson makes three point jump shot (Kerr Kriisa assists)	56-66
1:26		Knights 60 second timeout
1:17	+2	Ibrahima Diallo makes two point dunk (Antwann Jones assists)	56-68
1:01		Noah Farrakhan misses two point layup
0:59		Ibrahima Diallo defensive rebound
0:44		Seth Wilson personal foul (Darius Johnson draws the foul)
0:44	+1	Darius Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	56-69
0:44	+1	Darius Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-70
0:44		Mountaineers 30 second timeout
0:35	+3	Kerr Kriisa makes three point jump shot (Noah Farrakhan assists)	59-70
0:27		Darius Johnson turnover (out of bounds)
0:18		Noah Farrakhan misses two point layup
0:16		Darius Johnson defensive rebound
0:13		Patrick Suemnick personal foul (Darius Johnson draws the foul)
0:13	+1	Darius Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-71
0:13	+1	Darius Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-72
0:08		Kerr Kriisa misses three point jump shot
0:06		Ibrahima Diallo defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Ibrahima Diallo defensive rebound