It has been more than five years that a basketball team from Cincinnati Bearcats beat the Houston Cougars. On February 1, 2020, Jarron Cumberland collected 17 points and Trevon Scott added 16 points and 11 rebounds when UC came from 10 points at halftime to eliminate Houston 64-62.
Apart from that, the cougars of coach Kelvin Sampson experienced a workforce on the bearcates, winning the last eight and nine of the last 10. When Sampson became cougars head coach in 2014, the bearcates had a ridiculous advantage of 22-1 in the series.
Wes Miller’s men had narrow calls. Last year, in the fifth third arena, UC led the cougars by three at halftime but lost 67-62. In 2022 in Houston, UC led by seven at halftime, by 10 with 11 minutes to do and maintained its last lead with five and a half minutes to play. A pointer of David Dejulius equaled the match with 1:19 to play, but Houston converted six franc throws at the end for the 75-69 victory.
“I don’t need to rent them,” said Miller. “They are already champions of what I think is a ridiculously difficult league. For me, and I think our team feels the same thing, what a great opportunity to go there and compete with the team that has already won a championship.”
Houston obtains an additional day to work on UC
Cougars No. 4 beat Iowa State No. 8 in Houston on Saturday, then faced a Texas N ° 9 technology in Lubbock on Monday evening, winning 69-61. The Red Raiders still have the only victory on the cougars of the Fertitta Center this season.
The bearcates welcomed Baylor on Tuesday with the two teams that fight for their living in the playoffs. UC lost its 13-point lead at halftime, but maintained to beat the Bear which had been listed in numerous supports in the playoffs. Just say that a victory over Houston No. 4 would be a major boost for the Bearcats CV.
3 keys for cincinnati bearcats to win in Houston cougars
1. UC must mark 70 points or more
Houston holds an average of adversaries below 60. In their four defeats, they abandoned 74 in Auburn, 85 in Alabama (in overtime), 73 in San Diego State (in overtime) and 82 in Texas Tech (also in overtime). The Kansas Jayhawks scored 86 on the cougars at Allen Fieldhouse and lost in extension 92-86. An UC team has not exceeded 70 points on Houston since January 31, 2018 when Mick Cronin’s bearcates were n ° 8 in the country and beat the cougars 80-70 when the matches were played in Nku due to the renovation of the fifth third arena. Kyle Washington led four two -digit bearcates with 19 points.
2. In a twist, UC must hope for a closely official game
The defenders of Houston play as if they had three arms and in an aggressive style that Kelvin Sampson admits that he took old UC teams who beat his teams. When Texas Tech gave cougars their lonely seasonal defeat at home, they were sent to the free throw line 34 times, which is 24 years. Houston drew their fair share in the course of 18 for 27. In the loss of UC at Iowa State, the cyclones were rewarded with 30 francs at 11 for the bearcates. This kind of arithmetic arbitrator will not fly in favor of the UC.
3. It can be used to play again “dodgeball-loose”
Miller did not care about all the attention that his dodgeball relief match of stress received, but that made the bearcates broke a skid of four games. They mounted and descended on the ground on UCF for 93 points. For what it is worth, the knights almost beaten Houston this season in Orlando, falling at only 69-68. If Houston is exhausted by playing at Iowa State and Texas Tech, it may serve UC. If they watch Monday’s home match with Kansas, maybe it serves UC. The best bet is to put the ball into the hole, convert free throws and throw the ball into those who wear your colors. Houston is n ° 5 as a percentage of goals in the field and n ° 1 in defense of rating. There is a reason why Sampson has more than 700 career victories between the state of Washington, Oklahoma, Indiana and cougars.
Cincinnati Bearcats in Houston Cougars
Advice: 4:30 p.m., Saturday (Fertitta Center, 7,000)
TV / Radio: CBS / 700WLW
Series: Cincinnati leads 33-14 (Houston won on 67-59 February 27, 2024)
Houston Cougars screening report
Save: 24-4 (16-1 Big 12)
Coach: Kelvin Sampson (11th season, 288-83)
Offense: 74.9 PPG
Defense: 57.8 ppg
Planned starting line
(Position, height, statistics)
LJ Cryer (G, 6’1 “, 14.6 ppg)
Milos Uzan (G, 6’4 “, 11.1 ppg)
Emanuel Sharp (G, 6’3 “, 11.9 ppg)
I Wan Roberts (F, 6’8 “, 11.4 ppg)
Joseph Tugler (F, 6’8 “, 5.8 ppg)
Cincinnati Bearcats Scouting Report
Save: 17-11 (7-10 Big 12)
Coach: Wes Miller (fourth season, 80-54, a total of 265-189)
Offense: 71.6 ppg
Defense: 65 ppg
Projected start range
(Position, height, statistics)
Josh Reed (F, 6’7 “, 4.2 ppg)
James James (G, 6’3 “, 12.6 ppg)
Dillon Mitchell (F, 6’8 “, 10.2 ppg)
Day of the day Thomas (G, 6’1 “, 8.8 ppg)
Aziz Bandaogo (C, 7 ‘, 7.7 ppg)
Players to watch
From Katy, Texas, LJ Cryer has started each match for Houston in the past two seasons and has led them by scoring 14.6 points per game. He obtained peaks of 30 points against Alabama this season and against Creighton last season. It draws more than 40% near or depth and reaches more than 90% of its free throws. Cryer had 22 against the bearcates last season at the Fertitta Center. Texas Tech held it five points on Monday but still lost by eight.
Although UC certainly needs the defense to have a chance, someone should score with a certain regularity. The state of the Iowa has made 12 3 points to descend the cougars in this gymnasium, so that any Jharge James combination, the day of the day Thomas or Dan Skillings Jr. can offer will be necessary against Houston’s power guards. Lukošius healthy simas would help things as well as solid games on the glass of Aziz Bandaogo and Dillon Mitchell. No one can overcome Houston alone.
“It’s like every match,” said James about Houston’s preparation. “Simply follow the match plan. We are preparing throughout the week. When the match day arrives, be ready. I think confidence is high. We only make stacking games, stacking days in training. This simply leads to W’s on the field. We are just happy to see all this by paying.
Classification
Kenpom.com: Houston is n ° 3, cincinnati n ° 53
NCAA.NET: Houston is n ° 3, cincinnati n ° 46
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: How Cincinnati Bearcats basketball can upset Houston on the road in Big 12
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