GAME NOTES: After a two-game road trip, the UCF Knights return home to take on the Green Wave of Tulane in an American Athletic Conference clash at CFE Arena on Wednesday.

Tulane has won three of its last four games, which includes a 56-51 overtime victory against South Florida on Sunday. The Green Wave own a 12-4 record this season, which includes a 3-1 mark in conference play and a 3-1 ledger on the road.

UCF, on the other hand, has dropped three of its past four contests, with a 70-61 loss to SMU on Sunday sticking out as the most recent. The Knights are trying to avoid slipping to .500 with a loss (8-7 on the season). Playing at home hasn't been the difference-maker for them (7-4 at CFE Arena).

These two new conference rivals have met 10 times on the hardwood. UCF owns an 8-2 all-time record over Tulane, and won the most recent matchup between the programs back in 2013, 58-50, in New Orleans.

Tulane was able to overcome a .333 shooting percentage in the team's last contest against South Florida to earn the victory, thanks to a strong Green Wave defensive effort that held the Bulls to 35.6 percent shooting from the floor. Louis Dabney scored 25 points on 8-of-12 shooting to lead Tulane in the win, while Jay Hook chipped in with nine points. Kajon Mack grabbed a team- best seven rebounds for the Green Wave, who connected on 22-of-27 shooting from the free-throw line as a unit.

The Green Wave have built a sturdy foundation offensively with a core group of all-around players. Dabney leads Tulane in scoring with 13.0 ppg, but he's followed closely in the category by Jonathan Stark at 11.8 ppg and Hook's 11.1 ppg. Stark comes into the team's next match leading the squad with 66 assists and 24 steals on the year. Tre Drye tops the Green Wave in rebounding with a 4.7 rpg mark, though he's tailed by Dylan Osetkowski who grabs 4.6 boards per outing. Tulane averages 68.5 ppg this season offensively, which is good for second in the AAC in terms of scoring offense. The team is connecting on 45 percent of its field goal tries from the floor in 16 games.

UCF was outmatched against SMU on Sunday, although the Knights lost by a mere nine points despite shooting the ball considerably worse than the Mustangs in the contest. UCF hit on 36.2 percent of its tries from the field, while SMU made 57.1 percent shooting to take the victory. B.J. Taylor, Adonys Henriquez and Brandon Goodwin all scored 11 points to lead the team in the defeat, while Taylor added four assists to pace the squad. Henriquez and Kasey Wilson each pulled down four rebounds, which were team highs in the loss.

Taylor, a freshman, has played well this season, as the guard leads the team in scoring with 13.4 ppg on 40.7 percent shooting. Henriquez is the only other Knight to average a double-digit scoring figure this season at 12.0 ppg. UCF as a unit is scoring just 67.5 ppg - middle of the road in the conference rankings. But the team is surrendering 69.9 ppg to opponents, which checks in as the worst scoring defense in the AAC. Challengers have been shooting 44.3 percent against the Knights, which includes a 32.4 percent shooting touch from 3-point range.

UCF has had some real struggles staying consistent this season, and to change that more than just Taylor has to step up on a nightly basis. Tulane should be able to travel to Orlando and outshoot the Knights with relative ease.