{"id":5668,"date":"2026-06-27T18:02:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=5668"},"modified":"2026-06-27T18:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:02:48","slug":"former-ucf-guards-riley-kugel-themus-fulks-sign-with-l-a-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=5668","title":{"rendered":"Former UCF guards Riley Kugel, Themus Fulks sign with L.A. Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Former UCF guards Riley Kugel and Themus Fulks have both signed tryout contracts with the Los Angeles Clippers for the 2026 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=5666\">Check the $6M Windermere digs for Orlando\u2019s newest soccer star<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both players went undrafted in the NBA draft.<\/p>\n<p>Kugel, who attended Dr. Phillips High School, led the team in scoring with 14.4 points per game while starting 31 games this past season for the Knights. He averaged 3.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists while shooting 41% from the field and 38% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n<p>The Orlando native previously played two seasons at Florida before transferring to Mississippi State in 2024 and then to UCF in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Like Kugel, Fulks was one of 13 newcomers to join the roster in the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>He was second in the Big 12 in assists, averaging 6.6 per game while scoring 14 points per game. The North Carolina native appeared in all 33 games this season, shooting 46% from the floor and 39% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n<p>Fulks previously played at South Carolina State, Dodge City Community College, Louisiana and Milwaukee before arriving at UCF.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=5660\">Are you a Central Florida gardener? Here\u2019s your to-do list for July<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The NBA Summer League in Las Vegas begins on July 9 and runs for 11 days with all 30 teams participating.<\/p>\n<p> <!--Ad-Slot: outstream_video--><\/p>\n<p>UCF finished the regular season with a 20-10 record, including a program-best 9-9 mark in the Big 12. The Knights finished with five Quad 1 victories, with wins over Texas A&amp;M, No. 17 Kansas, No. 11 Texas Tech, No. 19 BYU and Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>The win over the Bearcats came in the Big 12 Basketball Tournament on March 11, effectively locking up a berth in the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>UCF earned an at-large bid and was a No. 10 seed in the 68-team tournament. UCF faced seventh-seeded UCLA in the first round at XFinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. It was the Knights\u2019 first appearance in the tournament since the 2018-19 season.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=5658\">Miss Manners: If a stranger holds the door for me, do I also go first in line?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A 75-71 loss to the Bruins ended UCF\u2019s season at 21-12.<\/p>\n<p> <!--Ad-Slot: cube_article--><\/p>\n<p><em>Matt Murschel can be reached at mmurschel@orlandosentinel.com<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kugel and Fulks, who both went undrafted, have signed with the Los Angeles Clippers for the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-sports","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former UCF guards Riley Kugel, Themus Fulks sign with L.A. 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