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Central Florida rolls to 88-58 victory over Illinois-Chicago

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Daiquan Walker scored 21 points and CentralFlorida rolled to an 88-58 victory over Illinois-Chicago on Saturday night.

Walker was 8 of 11 from the field. Justin McBride scored 14 points; A.J. Davis added 12 points and Adonys Henriquez chipped in 10 for UCF (3-3), which has won three of its last four games.

Dikembe Dixson scored 22 points on 8-of-20 shooting for Illinois-Chicago (1-5). Tai Odiase added 10 points.

McBride scored six points as the Knights started on a 13-1 run. Najeal Young's jumper pulled the Flames to 17-10 midway through the first half. McBride added six points in the final three minutes of the first half to help stretch the Knight's lead to 43-21 at halftime.

Henriquez and Matt Williams made back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 60-30 with thirteen minutes to play.

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