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Kansas basketball vs. UCF recap: Jayhawks fumble big lead, fall to Knights in Big 12 play

ORLANDO — Kansas basketball’s 2023-24 regular season continued Wednesday with a Big 12 Conference road game against UCF.

The No. 3 Jayhawks came in off of a win at home against TCU. The Knights came in off of a loss on the road against Kansas State. It was the first time Kansas played UCF with UCF as a member of the Big 12.

The Knights secured their second ranked win in program history, while also winning the program's first Big 12 victory by downing the Jayhawks 65-60.

Here is what happened during the game:

Kansas game time, TV channel, betting odds for today’s game against UCF

Tip-off: 6 p.m. (CT) on Wednesday, Jan. 10

TV: Big 12 NOW on ESPN+

Betting odds: Kansas by 7 points

Kansas basketball vs. UCF recap

FINAL: UCF 65, Kansas 60

UCF leads 57-56 with 3:22 left in 2nd half

UCF leads 52-49 with 7:20 left in 2nd half

UCF leads 48-44 with 12:36 left in 2nd half

Kansas leads 40-36 with 15:49 left in 2nd half

HALFTIME: Kansas 37, UCF 29

Kansas leads 35-19 with 3:41 left in 1st half

Kansas leads 25-17 with 7:27 left in 1st half

Kansas leads 17-12 with 11:19 left in 1st half

Kansas and UCF are tied 7-7 with 15:25 left in 1st half

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Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He is the National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas for 2022. Contact him at jmguskey@gannett.com or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey.

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