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COL BKB: Central Fla. 68, Connecticut 63

NASSAU, Bahamas, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Marcus Jordan and Keith Clanton scored 20 points each Friday and Central Florida beat No. 4 Connecticut 68-63 to end the Huskies' winning streak at 16 games.

UCF (4-1) advanced to Saturday's title game in the Battle 4 Atlantis against Harvard, which upset No. 20 Florida State 46-41 in Friday's other semifinal game.

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The Knights, who were down by as many as 17 points early in the second half, outscored defending NCAA champion Connecticut (5-1) 39-25 in the half to hand the Huskies their first loss since March 5.

Connecticut got 15 points from Jeremy Lamb, 14 from Alex Oriakhi and 13 from Andre Drummond.

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