GAME THREAD — MBB vs. Cincinnati

[Terry Webster]

Please win today and make my life a bit easier up here. Thats all. Thanks.

[tristatecoog]

Students are back and it’s Greek bid day but running to houses has already occurred. On the sorority front, no Theta rush this year unless you count The Society club with no house. Theta house being used for regular student housing due to overflow demand.

Hope some folks make their way the couple blocks to Moody.

Tulane is out rebounding UCF by six at the half. Maybe that bodes well for Pony rebounding today vs UC. Any idea when Phelps is back?

[PonyPride]

Zhuric Phelps is on the floor, warming up with his teammates, and SMU men's basketball has tweeted he will be part of the starting lineup

[PonyPride]

Cincinnati Starting Lineup
POS # NAME Class GP PPG RPG APG
G 2 Landers Nolley II 18 15.0 4.8 2.3
G 3 Mike Adams-Woods 18 10.1 2.9 3.4
G 5 David DeJulius 18 14.7 2.0 3.9
F 30 Viktor Lakhin 18 12.8 7.6 0.6
F 33 Ody Oguama 18 3.3 4.1 0.4

SMU Starting Lineup
POS # NAME Class GP PPG RPG APG
G 1 Zhuric Phelps 15 17.5 3.9 2.5
G 2 Jalen Smith 17 3.9 1.4 1.8
G 10 Zach Nutall 17 13.6 2.5 2.6
F 11 Samuell Williamson 17 8.7 7.1 2.6
F 23 Efe Odigie 17 9.7 6.7 0.8

[PonyPride]

Bearcats enter today's game with a record of 12-6 overall, 3-2 in AAC games

Cincinnati has won 6 of its last 8, including an 83-55 pounding of ECU in its last outing

[PonyPride]

Bearcats have five players averaging more than 10 points per game, led by:

G Landers Nolley (15.0)
G David DeJulius (14.7)
F Viktor Lahkin (12.8...)

Cincinnati outrebounds its opponents by an average of 37.7-33.8 — Lahkin leads the team with an average of 7.6 per game

[PonyPride]

Mustangs and Bearcats have combined to start 0 for 7 from the floor

0-0 after 2 minutes

[PonyPride]

Just like that, Williamson breaks the drought with a jumper off the glass

2-0

[PonyPride]

Koulibaly replaces Phelps, but it will be a brief rest for Phelps, who sat in Rob Lanier's seat on the bench for about 3 seconds before heading back to the scorer's table

Cincinnati scoreless stretch ends 3:55 into the game

2-2

[Charleston Pony]

Hot start shooting for both teams...not!

[PonyPride]

FG shooting

SMU 2/9 (20%)
Cincinnati 2/12 (16.7%)

4-4

[PonyPride]

Odigie with baby hook, Cincinnati's Mike Adams-Woods answers with a 3

Cincinnati leads, 10-6

[Charleston Pony]

Neither team can hit shots today with Cincy hitting 25% and SMU less than 22. Our guys missing too many shots in the paint. Cincy's Adams Woods is the only guy who can make shots today

[PonyPride]

Emory Lanier decked while shooting a 3 — hits 2 of 3 FTs

Cincinnati 12, SMU 8

[PonyPride]

Odigie baby hook

14-10