Final
Culpepper scores 39, UTEP dominates UCF 96-59
Jan 24, 2010 - 12:34 AM ORLANDO(AP) -- Randy Culpepper scored 39 points and UTEP held Central Florida to 19 percent shooting in the second half as the Miners pulled away for a 96-59 victory on Saturday.UTEP (13-5, 4-1 Conference USA) won for the first time in three tries at Central Florida.
Culpepper, who made nine 3-pointers, scored 25 points in the second half as the Miners won for the third consecutive time and handed the Knights their worse conference loss since joining C-USA in 2005.
UCF's previous worse defeat came in a 94-61 loss to Memphis on January 28, 2006.
Arnett Moultrie finished with 15 points and nine rebounds for UTEP.
UCF (10-9, 2-3) went scoreless the first 5:04 of the second half, missing its first eight shots as UTEP extended a three-point halftime advantage to 52-41. An 8-0 run by Culpepper, including two 3-pointers, pushed the Miners lead to 60-45 with 12:12 left.
- NCAA BB
FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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UTEP 44 52 96
UCF 41 18 59 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: UTEP - RANDY CULPEPPER 39, ARNETT MOULTRIE 15,
THREE PLAYERS WITH 8
UCF - KEITH CLANTON 19, A.J. ROMPZA 13,
A.J. TYLER 12
Jan 23 7:05 PM - NCAA BB
HALFTIME 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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UTEP 44 44
UCF 41 41 HALFTIME
HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME
UTEP - RANDY CULPEPPER 14, ARNETT MOULTRIE 10,
DERRICK CARACTER 6
UCF - A.J. ROMPZA 11, KEITH CLANTON 10,
A.J. TYLER 8
Jan 23 6:03 PM
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