Darius Johnson scored a career-high 42 points, including the 3-pointer that forced overtime, and UCF rallied to advance to Sunday’s championship round of the inaugural College Basketball Crown with a 104-98 defeat of Villanova on Saturday in Las Vegas.The win sends UCF (20-16) to face Nebraska, which beat Boise State in Saturday’s first semifinal, 79-69.Johnson knocked down one of his three made 3-pointers with nine seconds remaining, tying the game at 88 after Villanova (21-15) led for most of the final five minutes in regulation.Johnson scored 10 points in overtime, including the first points of the extra session on a layup, preceding Jordan Ivy-Curry’s 3-pointer with the next possession after Johnson rebounded a Wooga Poplar miss.Poplar, who led the Wildcats with 32 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, also missed a shot at the rim just before time expired at the end of regulation.With its quick five points to start the extra frame, UCF controlled the five-minute period.Villanova pulled within two points when Eric Dixon, the program’s all-time career leading scorer, made his first 3-pointer after missing his first 10 attempts from beyond the arc.Dixon’s shooting woes loomed large early, as UCF built an 11-point lead in the second half amid Dixon missing 11 of his first 12 field-goal attempts. He regrouped, however, going for 8-for-12 the rest of the way to 29 points.