UC hosted the Connecticut Huskies on Wednesday night in a Big East battle of first-time opponents. The Bearcats had the game in their hands and let it slip through their fingers. They lost 84-83. That's a lot of points for this Cincinnati team to score. As usual, Deonta Vaughn led them in scoring with 34 points. After leading by 12 midway through the second half, the Cats found themselves up one with 9.8 seconds on the clock. Freshman Rashad Bishop was called for a foul on the inbound play. UConn scored both free throws and UC missed a good shot at the buzzer.
Xavier hosted Dayton on Thursday night and the Flyers were without their two forwards. Xavier smoked the highly rated A-10 leaders 69-43. This one was over quickly. The Musketeers were on top of their game. The scoring was spread out all the way down the bench.
The Bengals hired Jeff Fitzgerald as their linebackers coach replacing Ricky Hundley. Fitzgerald comes here from the Baltimore Ravens. One of the two treats he will have is trying to figure out if he will have Odell Thurman, who, this week, the league has allowed to resume practicing. The other is David Pollack who is working out at a high level and may be cleared to play again.
In prep boys basketball, Fenwick is now 2-12 with a win over Monroe this week; Hamilton is now 3-13; and Wilmington is 13-3. Number 1 in the city, Moeller defeated #3 Withrow 60-57 at the losers home court. UC recruit Yancey Gates had 20 points and 10 boards for Withrow.
Xavier and Cincinnati both played at noon on Sunday. The Musketeers were in Amherst, Massachusetts playing UMass and the Bearcats were in Newark, New Jersey playing Seton Hall. XU jumped out on the Minutemen and held their lead to the end for a 77-65 win. Drew Lavender led the Muskies with 19 points. UC jumped out to a 9-0 lead but gave it up when the youngsters couldn't handle the pressure. They fought all the way but lost 64-61 to the Pirates. Deonta Vaughn had 15 points but shot a poor 6 for 16 from the field.
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