Scouting report: Cincinnati Bearcats basketball gets road test at Villanova Tuesday

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They’ve tested themselves against the ACC, now they will give a Big East team a run.

The 6-0 Cincinnati Bearcats play Tuesday in Philadelphia against Villanova for the first time in more than 12 years dating back to when both teams battled in the Big East. After what Coach Wes Miller felt was a disappointing effort in Wednesday night’s 77-59 win over Alabama State, the Bearcats hope to duplicate the deep, dominating play they exhibited at Georgia Tech in a 23-point road win.

“There are controllable parts to a basketball game, I expect us to be 31-for-31,” Miller said. “I don’t expect us to shoot it well every night. There’s going to be things. But, the standard for approach has to be there and it wasn’t there. I’m disappointed. This team is capable of meeting that standard every night. They know they didn’t play to our standard.”

Miller didn’t care for the hurried shots which left them a season-low 32.3% from three-point range. Their 44.6% overall shooting percentage was the second-lowest just ahead of the 42.6% they shot at NKU. On the upside, the Bearcats outrebounded Alabama State by 17, 52-35.

Cincinnati Bearcats forward Dillon Mitchell (23) hits a layup in UC’s 77-59 win over Alabama State, Wednesday, Nov. 27.

Villanova just beat Rider 72-48 Wednesday to go to 4-4. All four wins have come at home at Finneran Pavilion where their only loss was Nov. 6 vs. Columbia. One of their losses was to in-town rival St. Joseph’s of the Atlantic 10 on their court with the other two coming in neutral site games to Virginia and Maryland of the ACC.

Cincinnati Bearcats’ non-conference schedule in December

Before the Big 12 slate begins Dec. 30 at Kansas State UC has a few challenges; specifically Xavier and Dayton. The Musketeers were ranked No. 22 before losing to Michigan Wednesday 78-53 in the Fort Myers Tip-Off. They did beat Siena and South Carolina in that tourney and were 6-1 entering Sunday.

The Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout is Dec. 14 at Fifth Third Arena.

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Publish date : 2024-12-02 01:00:00

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