Bearcats handle Morehead State, 83-56

The Bearcats improved to 2-0 on Friday night following their 83-56 victory over Morehead State which was Head Coach Wes Miller’s 250th career win as head coach.

The Bearcats were led by Dillon Mitchell who finished with a game high 14 points and nine rebounds on a perfect (7-7) shooting. The Texas transfer was the difference maker in this one and stepped up in a huge way for the Bearcats with the absence of Dan Skillings.

“Guys, Dillon Mitchell was terrific tonight.” Head Coach Wes Miller told reporters. “You look down and see +37, and everyone knows I am not a big +/- guy because that stuff can be misleading. However, it wasn’t misleading tonight. I thought he was the difference maker on both ends of the court. I thought he looked great defensively and on the glass with nine rebounds.”

The Bearcats also saw big nights from Simas Lukosius (14 points, 6 assists on 6-7 FG), Aziz Bandaogo (12 points, 5 rebounds on 5-6 FG), Jizzle James (14 points, 12 of which came in the second half, on 6-10 shooting).

The Bearcats also saw a career night from Southern California transfer Arrinten Page, who finished with a career high 13 points on (3-4 FG, 7-8 FT), while grabbing five rebounds along the way.

Cincinnati’s size and physicality was too much to handle for the Eagles tonight as the Bearcats outscored Morehead state 48-26 on points in the paint. I was very impressed with the offensive games between the likes of Mitchell, Page and Bandaogo, and Cincinnati is going to need performances like that pending the severity of Skillings knee injury.

How it happened

The Eagles jumped out to an early 3-2 lead over the Bearcats before Cincinnati rattled off seven unanswered to force a Morehead State timeout leading 10-3 with 15:59 remaining in the first half behind six quick points from Aziz Bandaogo. The Eagles would eventually cut the lead to three behind four quick points from Dionte Miles, but that would be the closets they’d get the rest of the night.

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Publish date : 2024-11-09 03:52:00

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