OVIEDO, Fla. (Interstat) — The West Virginia Mountaineers used a strong second half to defeat the UCF Knights 74-67 in a Big 12 Conference men’s basketball game Saturday at CFE Arena.

UCF led 29-28 at halftime, but West Virginia surged after the break behind 21 points from Honor Huff and 17 from Jasper Floyd. Themus Fulks led UCF with 19 points and seven assists.

West Virginia (16-9) shot 16 of 19 from the free-throw line and outrebounded UCF (17-7) 11-7 on the offensive glass. The Knights’ John Bol blocked five shots in the loss before an announced crowd of 8,081.