UCF, Temple and Tulane all won in American Athletic Conference action on Wednesday, January 4.

Wednesday, January 4
Tulane 93, Tulsa 77 - Box Score
UCF 64, East Carolina 61 - Box Score
Temple 68, South Florida 64 - Box Score

Tulane 93, Tulsa 77 - Box Score
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jalen Cook scored 24 points as Tulane beat Tulsa 93-77 on Wednesday night.

Cook had seven assists and three steals for the Green Wave (9-5, 2-1 American Athletic). Jaylen Forbes scored 20 points, shooting 7 for 12, including 5 for 10 from beyond the arc. Kevin Cross recorded 12 points and was 4 of 6 shooting and 4 of 4 from the free throw line.

Bryant Selebangue led the way for the Golden Hurricane (4-10, 0-3) with 22 points and 13 rebounds. Tulsa also got 15 points from Keyshawn Embery-Simpson. In addition, Sam Griffin finished with 15 points and five assists.

Cook led his team in scoring with 12 points in the first half to help put them up 46-38 at the break. Tulane extended its lead to 59-45 during the second half, fueled by an 8-0 scoring run.

UCF 64, East Carolina 61 - Box Score
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — CJ Kelly recorded 30 points as UCF beat East Carolina 64-61 on Wednesday night.

Kelly shot 9 for 13 (4 for 6 from 3-point range) and 8 of 10 from the free throw line for the Knights (11-4, 2-1 American Athletic Conference). Taylor Hendricks scored 12 points while shooting 4 of 9 from the field and 4 for 4 from the line, and added five rebounds. Darius Johnson went 3 of 8 from the field to finish with seven points.

Brandon Johnson led the Pirates (10-61-2) in scoring, finishing with 16 points. East Carolina also got 16 points from RJ Felton. Ezra Ausar also had 12 points.

Kelly scored 11 points in the first half and UCF went into the break trailing 27-25. Kelly scored 19 points in the second half to help lead UCF to a three-point victory.

Temple 68, South Florida 64 - Box Score
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Damian Dunn scored 19 points off of the bench to help lead Temple past South Florida 68-64 on Wednesday night.

Dunn added five rebounds for the Owls (9-7, 3-0 American). Khalif Battle scored 15 points while shooting 4 for 11 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free throw line. Hysier Miller shot 3 for 6 (1 for 3 from 3-point range) and 6 of 6 from the free throw line to finish with 13 points, while adding three steals.

Russel Tchewa led the way for the Bulls (7-8, 0-2) with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Keyshawn Bryant added 10 points for South Florida. Tyler Harris also had nine points.

Battle scored seven points in the first half for Temple, who led 30-24 at halftime. Temple pulled off the victory after a 10-2 second-half run erased a two-point deficit and gave them the lead at 68-62 with six seconds left in the half. Dunn scored 13 second-half points.