Robinson scored 23 of his points in the second half, helping UConn (7-2) overcome a 9-point deficit.

Jerome Dyson added 16 points, despite hitting just five of 15 shots from the floor.

Ater Majok, a much heralded 6-foot-11 forward with 7-7 wingspan, had a less than auspicious debut, scoring a single point and grabbing 3 rebounds. The former refugee from Sudan had not been eligible until the end of the 2009 fall semester.

Freshman guard Marcus Jordan, the son of Michael Jordan, led Central Florida (7-4) with a season-high 13 points. A.J. Tyler had 12, but fouled out with just under 3 minutes left.

Connecticut, which had not played since a 64-61 loss to No. 3 Kentucky on Dec. 9, came out of the gate slowly, turning the ball over 13 times and making just five of 14 shots in the first half.

The Huskies were booed going into the locker room, down 25-20.

UConn trailed 31-22 before Robinson sparked the Huskies. His alley-oop dunk tied the game at 35, and a pair of foul shots with just under 12 minutes left gave UConn its first lead of the second half, 39-37.

His putback dunk with under a minute left made it 58-49.

UConn was outrebounded by the Knights 36-34, and the Huskies had just nine offensive boards. Dave Diakite had 12 rebounds for Central Florida. Gavin Edwards had 11 for UConn.

Majok started and received a standing ovation when he was introduced. He played just 2 1/2 minutes and got a seat on the bench after his man, Keith Clanton, scored four quick points.

He received another ovation when he made a free throw with just over 4 1/2 minutes left in the first half, his only point of the game.

That was the highlight of his night. He left the game for the final time late in the second half after Calhoun used an expletive and told him to sit down.

Majok committed to UConn in May 2008 and has been practicing with the team since January. He fled civil war in Sudan with his family when he was just 5 years old and spent eight years in an Egyptian refuge camp before his family moved to Australia in 2001 with the help of the United Nations.

UCF has lost 11 consecutive times to Top 25 teams.

It was the Knights' third game of the season against a Big East team. They lost 90-72 at Notre Dame on Dec. 6 and fell 69-65 to South Florida on Wednesday.