East Carolina defeats Central Florida 74-62

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jontae Sherrod scored 21 points and had nine rebounds as East Carolina handed Central Florida its third straight defeat, beating the Knights 74-62 on Wednesday night.

Erin Straughn hit four 3-pointers and scored 12 points for the Pirates (10-8, 2-2 Conference USA).

Isaac Sosa led the Knights (14-3, 1-3) with 16 points, Keith Clanton contributed 12 and Marcus Jordan 11.

Straughn drilled his fourth 3-pointer to cap a 16-4 run that gave East Carolina a 62-45 lead with 10:47 left.

The Knights cut the deficit to 63-55 on Taylor Young’s 3-pointer with 3:46 to play, but that was as close as UCF would get.

East Carolina led 25-14 after hitting its first six 3-point attempts, including three by Straughn. The Pirates turned their attack inside and built the lead to 41-26 after Darrius Morrow’s layup with 2:17 left in the half.