UCF 73, USF 62: Kasey Wilson scored 18 points and tied a career high with 11 rebounds to lead the host Knights past the Bulls in American Athletic Conference play.

B.J. Taylor totaled 15 points and grabbed five boards for UCF (10-13, 3-9 AAC), which snapped a six-game losing streak. Staphon Blair added 14 points, seven rebounds and three blocks while Daiquan Walker scored 10 points for the Knights, who won at home for only the second time in 2015.

Corey Allen Jr. scored 15 points to lead the offense for USF (7-18, 1-11), which dropped its 10th straight game and fell to 2-17 since winning five of its first six to start the season. Troy Holston Jr. added 14 points while Bo Zeigler and Dinero Mercurius each finished with 10 for the Bulls, who shot 35.7 percent from the field, including a mere 4-of-21 from 3-point range.

The teams were evenly matched out of the gate before Adonys Henriquez's bucket snapped an early 10-10 tie, sparking a 16-1 surge that gave UCF a 26-11 edge with just over eight minutes remaining until halftime. USF fought back, using a 9-2 run that featured a 3-pointer from Mercurius to pull within 28-20 and managed to hit the locker room at the half facing a manageable 35-26 deficit, despite an 11-for-33 first-half shooting performance.

After the break, Zeigler and Anthony Collins connected early to pull the Bulls within 35-30 in the opening minutes before a 15-4 spurt from the Knights, led by nine points from Wilson, staked UCF to a 50-34 lead just ahead of the midway point of the period. A 3-pointer from Holston got USF back to within 61-52 with less than four minutes remaining, but Taylor answered with a three-point play and Blair had seven points in the final three minutes to help wrap things up for the Knights.

GAME NOTEBOOK: UCF has won five of the last eight meetings against USF. ... Allen has reached double figures for the Bulls in 13 of his last 15 games. ... Collins set a career mark with eight rebounds while scoring six points, dishing out five assists and plucking away three steals.