ORLANDO — Carmelo Pacheco hit 5 of 6 from 3-point range and finished with 17 points, Riley Kugel scored 16 and UCF never trailed Tuesday night as the Knights beat Florida A&M 97-60.
Kugel was 6-of-10 shooting, 3 of 3 from behind the arc. George Beale Jr. had 10 points for UCF (2-1) and Themus Fulks added six points, six rebounds and six assists.
Six different UCF players scored in a 17-1 run, which included back-to-back 3-pointers by Jamichael Stillwell and Kugel, that made it 19-3 just more than seven minutes into the game as the Rattlers missed nine consecutive field-goal attempts.