Darius Johnson hits milestone as UCF tops Tennessee Tech

Darius Johnson reached 1,000 career points at the UCF, Keyshawn Hall scored a game-high 20 points and the Knights stayed unbeaten with an 80-69 win over Tennessee Tech on Tuesday in Orlando.UCF went undefeated during its season-opening homestand, winning four games by a combined 27 points. The 4-0 mark ties the Knights’ best start under Johnny Dawkins, now in his ninth season as head coach.The Tuesday game not only represented a scheduling tie-in associated with the Greenbrier Tip-Off, but it also marked the first meeting between the two schools since 2006. Johnson became the 21st player to score 1,000 points at UCF when the senior guard made a 3-pointer with 12:14 remaining in the game.UCF ended the first half on a 24-10 run.The Knights’ Dallan “Deebo” Coleman, a Georgia Tech transfer who finished with a season-high 14 points after netting six total points through the opening three games, started the run with a 3-pointer at the 8:39 mark. Hall’s layup just before the halftime buzzer pushed the lead to 47-32.Trailing 52-32 early in the second half, Tennessee Tech ripped off a 15-3 surge capped by back-to-back 3-pointers from Kyle Layton and Ray Glasgow. Following a timeout, UCF countered with seven straight points that included Johnson’s milestone triple.

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