Memphis closed out UCF in Orlando, Fla., to pick up its 16th straight conference road victory. G Joe Jackson led the Tigers with 17 points and five rebounds and five  assists, while G Isaiah Sykes posted 24 points, 12 rebounds, and five assists for UCF. Memphis shot 23-of-45 from the field (.511), including 7-of-12 (.583) from 3-point range.

Temple raced a 20-point lead in the second half, and held off Rutgers to prevail 88-82 at the Liacouras Center. The Owls, who snapped their longest losing streak in 38 years (eight games), got 21 points from G Will Cummings and 20 from G Dalton Pepper. F Kadeem Jack had 18 points and eight rebounds for Rutgers.

Two more games are on tap for Thursday night, highlighted by a showdown between the teams at the top of the conference standings.

No. 13/15 Cincinnati meets No. 12/7 Louisville at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN from the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville. The game features the top two scorers in the conference with Cincinnati G Sean Kilpatrick (19.1 ppg) facing Louisville G Russ Smith (18.1 ppg). Louisville has the conference’s top-scoring offense (83.2 ppg), while Cincinnati brings the league’s stingiest defense (56.9 ppg). Louisville leads the all-time series 55-42 and has won the past two meetings.

The second game of the night features Houston at UConn (9 p.m. ET, CBSSN) at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn. The game is a rematch from the opening day of conference play when the Cougars upended the Huskies 75-71 in Houston on New Year’s Eve. The Cougars will play in Gampel Pavilion for the first time since a 72-70 UConn win in 2000. UConn G Shabazz Napier averages a league best 21.9 points in conference games, while Houston F TaShawn Thomas has averaged 16.4 points and 8.8 rebounds per game this season.