National Basketball Association
Cincinnati 70, Connecticut 58
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 29, 2015
Where: Fifth Third Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio
Officials:
# James Breeding, # Jamie Luckie, # Brian O'Connell
Attendance:
11092
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Cincinnati 70, Connecticut 58: Freshman Gary Clark had 12 points, 10 rebounds and four steals in the Bearcats' wire-to-wire win against the visiting Huskies.
Troy Caupain had a career-high 20 points for Cincinnati (15-5, 6-2 American Athletic) before getting ejected with 2:24 left after his second technical foul for taunting. Jermaine Sanders added 10 points and the Bearcats recorded nine steals.
Ryan Boatright hit five 3-pointers and finished with 22 points for Connecticut (11-8, 4-3) despite a 0-of-6 first-half performance. Amida Brimah added 13 points, six rebounds and four blocks while Daniel Hamilton chipped in 11 points and six rebounds.
The Bearcats used a 9-4 run to build a 30-22 halftime lead and led by 11 before Hamilton's 3-pointer nearly three minutes into the second half ended UConn's seven-plus minute field-goal drought. Caupain's block and fast-break layup - which led to two technical fouls - was followed by Boatright's first field goal - a 3-pointer - to cut the Cincinnati lead to 44-35 with 13 minutes left.
The Bearcats used their defense to push the lead to as many as 14 - getting fast-break buckets from Sanders and Clark off turnovers - but Boatright hit three straight 3-point attempts to keep the Huskies close, the last cutting the lead to 60-50 with 4½ minutes left. Caupain's shot-clock beating bucket - which was followed by his second technical - pushed the lead back to 14 before Boatright scored six straight points to get UConn within 66-58 with less than two minutes remaining.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Caupain blocked Rodney Purvis' long 3-pointer and was fouled by Purvis on his fast-break layup before both players were given technicals - Caupain for taunting and Purvis for a push. Caupain briefly left the game because he got hit in the head on the drive. ... Cincinnati improved to 12-1 when leading at the half. ... The Bearcats have held 24 straight opponents to fewer than 70 points - the longest streak in the nation.
Top Game Performances
| Connecticut |
|
Cincinnati |
|
Ryan Boatright 22 |
Scoring |
Troy Caupain 20 |
|
Terrence Samuel 4 |
Assists |
Troy Caupain 2 |
|
Amida Brimah 6 |
Rebounds |
Gary Clark 10 |
|
Ryan Boatright 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Jermaine Sanders 5 |
|
Rodney Purvis 4 |
Steals |
Gary Clark 4 |
|
Amida Brimah 4 |
Blocks |
Troy Caupain 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Connecticut
|
58 |
32.8 |
8-26 |
12-16 |
10 |
30 |
4 |
8 |
17 |
| Cincinnati
|
70 |
48.9 |
5-11 |
19-28 |
11 |
30 |
8 |
9 |
15 |
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