ORLANDO, Fla. -- Gary Clark scored 17 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to help No. 12 Cincinnati to a 49-38 victory over Central Florida.
Jacob Evans added 10 points for the Bearcats (16-2, 5-0 American Athletic Conference), who won their ninth straight game.
UCF (12-6, 3-3) got seven points apiece from Tacko Fall, Terrell Allen and Dayon Griffin, but struggled the entire game to get inside the Bearcats defense. UCF shot just 30 percent for the game and committed 14 turnovers.
It was expected to be a defensive game and both teams played up to that for the entire 40 minutes.