Darius Perry, Brandon Mahan lead UCF past Tulsa

Darius Perry scored 18 points with five 3-pointers and Brandon Mahan posted 15 points, all from behind the arc, as UCF topped Tulsa 65-58 on Saturday night.

Perry and Mahan made 10 of UCF’s (5-9, 3-8 American Athletic Conference) 13 3-pointers as the Knights did more than half their shooting from distance, 22 of 53 overall, 13 of 28 from deep.

Elijah Joiner had 14 points, six rebounds and five assists for the Golden Hurricane (9-8, 6-6). Darien Jackson added 12 points. Keyshawn Embery-Simpson had 10 points.

“I thought we defended,” UCF coach Johnny Dawkins said. “We finally got back to playing UCF defense. We held them to 58 points and that’s always our goal, to defend really well. We…