Miami at UCF 11/12/19 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 11/11/2019 at 9:33 PM ET

The Miami Hurricanes visit Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday to play the UCF Knights. The Hurricanes are 1-1 on the season following a 74-60 victory over the FAU Owls on Friday. The Hurricanes were led in the win by Chris Lykes with 15 points. Miami lost its opening game of the season last week to Louisville 87-74, but bounced back nicely in the win on Friday.

Chris Lykes leads Miami in scoring and assists with averages of 16.5 points and 3.5 assists per game. Sam Waardenburgh leads the Hurricanes in rebounds with an average of 7.5 per game. Dejan Vasiljevic is the second leading scorer with an average of 12.0 points per game. Four Miami players are averaging double figures in scoring.

UCF (1-0) opened its regular season with a 73-69 victory on Saturday over Prairie View. The Knights were led by Dazon Ingram with 16 points. Collin Smith added 14 points, while Brandon Mahan chipped in with 12 and Ceasar DeJesus scored 11. The Knights led 36-25 at the half but were outscored in the second half and nearly lost.

Dazon Ingram leads the Knights in scoring and rebounding with averages of 16.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. Collin Smith is the second leading scorer and the leader in assists with averages of 14.0 points and 4.0 assists per game. Four players for Central Florida are averaging double figures in scoring.

Miami does not have a strong squad in comparison to recent years. The Hurricanes have a highly talented scorer and point guard in Chris Lykes, but lack talented players to surround him. UCF will hang close in this matchup on Tuesday and pull off an upset. The Knights Have covered 10 of their last 13 overall and 13 of their last 18 non-conference games. Final Score Prediction, UCF Knights win and cover ATS 76-74.

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