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Jaylin Sellers, Mikey Williams make returns as UCF routs Jacksonville

Keyshawn Hall and Jordan Ivy-Curry combined to score 40 points as UCF closed out its nonconference portion of its season with an 86-66 win over visiting Jacksonville on Saturday.

The Knights also saw the return of guards Jaylin Sellers and Mikey Williams, who were making their season debuts.

Sellers, a senior, went down with an undisclosed injury in an exhibition game against Florida Gulf Coast on Oct. 20. Williams, a redshirt freshman, was wearing a boot on his left foot for the first few games and only recently has been seen without one.

The Knights (9-2) leaned on their defense early, turning four early Jacksonville turnovers into a 5-0 lead. The Dolphins (6-6) didn’t score their first points until the 15:32 mark in the first half.

Sellers entered the game at 12:56 in the first half and made an immediate impression, scoring on an alley-oop dunk from teammate Keyshawn Hall 23 seconds later. It was his first point since UCF’s loss to USF in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament on March 5.

He played about three minutes before coming out of the game on a substitution.

The Knights expanded their lead to 18 late in the first half thanks to Ivy-Curry and Hall, who would combine to score 24 points in the final 10 minutes.

UCF would hold that double-digit advantage throughout much of the second half.

Williams entered the game with 3:11 left.

Hall finished with 21 points, 10 points from the free-throw line, while Ivy-Curry had 19 points on 5 of 9 shooting on 3-pointers. Darius Johnson had 12 points and Moustapha Thiam added 10.

Sellers scored 7 points in 12 minutes of play with a rebound, an assist and three turnovers.

The Knights kick off Year 2 in the Big 12 on the road at Texas Tech on Dec. 31 before returning home to host No. 5 Kansas on Jan. 5.

Matt Murschel can be reached at moc.lenitnesodnalro@lehcsrumm

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