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The Knights will play a pair of games this week, both at the UCF Arena as part of the UCF Holiday Classic presented by EA Sports. UCF will open the event Wednesday at 7 p.m. against Furman. The squad will conclude the two-day tournament Thursday with a contest against either Northeastern or Princeton.<\/p>\n

Last Monday, UCF entered the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in school history at No. 24. Jones\u2019 team played just one game last week, but picked up an impressive 64-59 victory at UMass Wednesday.<\/p>\n

UCF is the lone program from Florida ranked in either poll. The team\u2019s 11-game winning streak to open the year is the longest at UCF since the 2003-04 squad won 14-straight contests.<\/p>\n

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