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11/12/2023 | 12 PM
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CINCINNATI — Sixty first-half points on 62 percent shooting keyed the Bearcats to a resounding 93-61 victory over Detroit Mercy on Friday night.
Six Bearcats scored in double-figures, led by CJ Fredrick with 14 in his first start. John Newman III, Jizzle James, Dan Skillings Jr., Simas Lukosius and Day Day Thomas joined him.
Cincinnati never trailed and took a 16-3 lead in the first six minutes, holding the Titans to eight-straight field goal misses to open the game. Lukosius drilled a corner trey on his first offensive possession, and Fredrick knocked one down with a foul to highlight the run.
Twelve of the first 14 shots were assisted, with one of the two exceptions coming on Day Day Thomas’ breakaway steal and open dunk.
Josh Reed got into the scoring column with a deep ball from Skillings, giving the Bearcats a 37-17 lead at 5:36. An 8-0 run over 1:19 put the Bearcats ahead 52-23 with 1:39 to go before the break, eventually leading to 60-27 at the break.
The Bearcats extended their lead to 40 on Viktor Lakhin’s put-back at 11:17 in the second.
UC continues the Cincinnati Basketball Tournament, presented by Allegiant Air, Sunday at 12 p.m. against defending Big Sky champ Eastern Washington.
FROM WES MILLER
“I do think that we played well in the first half. We had 17 assists and only had three turnovers in the first half. It was good to see our guys make some shots. I think after watching on Monday night, we went 5-for-25 and people are wondering if we are going to make shots this year? I told you guys I wasn’tworried about that. You have all seen that we have some guys that can really shoot the basketball, so I was happy to see that tonight. I was pretty pissed off about the second half. I thought I was going to have an aneurysm because I was so mad. I will tell you all though thatMike Davis is a hell of a basketball coach. He’s coached in a national championship game. He just has a young team and a new team. It’s going to take them a little bit of time to get there. I have all the respect in the world for him.”
NOTABLE
-UC made 16 three-pointers on the night. Five of the top-nine-such games in program history have come under Miller.
-Cincinnati had 23 assists, the 12th time under Wes Miller it had 20 or more (eight in 2022-23).
-It was UC’s second half scoring 60 or more points in the Miller tenure, with the other coming in the second against Arizona in the 2022 Maui Invitational (63).
-Josh Reed’s 12 rebounds were a career-high and most by a Bearcat in the young season.
-CJ Fredrick earned his first start of the season.
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