The Good, Bad, And Ugly From Cincinnati’s Statement Win Over No. 15 Texas Tech

Breaking down everything good, bad, and ugly from the statement win Cincinnati needed

Author:
Caleb Sisk
Updated:
Feb 4, 2024 10:00 AM EST

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TUNNEL HILL — Cincinnati Basketball pulled off the unexpected, defeating the talented No. 15 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball squad on the road 75-72. The Bearcats were underdogs in this matchup and came out victorious.

The game was very close in a tense matchup as Cincinnati snapped Texas Tech's 11-0 home winning mark to start the season. Wes Miller's team is building the resume for March.

"I’m proud of my team tonight,” Miller said. “And if we would’ve lost one possession versus winning one more possession, I would still be proud. I thought we did not approach it over 40 minutes the way that we that we set a standard to play at West Virginia a couple night ago. But tonight I thought we responded and bounced back and had a great approach against a great team in a very, very, very difficult place to play.

“I have never been here before. I’ve heard that this is an underrated place (to play). That is understated because this is a very difficult place to play. What an environment. (Texas Tech head coach) Grant (McCasland) is obviously doing as good a job as anybody in college basketball this year – getting this program to where it is. I am tremendously happy with the win. I was blown away with this environment.“

Here are our good, bad, and ugly moments of the game.

The Good: There are many good things about this game that you can point out with ease.

The assists and rebounds played a factor in this one, as they were ahead in both categories. The shooting percentage from the field and behind the line were both in favor of Cincinnati in this game, and that went a long way toward the success of the Bearcats. Simas Lukošius had big minutes for the victorious team as he shot 4-of-7 from behind the line and had 16 points, four rebounds, two assists, and two steals.

The Bad: There weren’t many bad things in this game, but one did stick out. The performance by star big Viktor Lakhin was once again uncharacteristic across 17 minutes, as the talented player only put up 4 points after shooting 1-of-6 from the field and 0-of-1 from behind the line.

Fans await another strong performance from the talented player, and although he hasn’t had his best stretch of games, he will likely turn it around soon after starting the season strong.

The Ugly: Foul trouble hurt Cincinnati.

Many players picked up four fouls on the night as the team had 18 altogether, which didn’t help them down the stretch. The Bearcats had two players with four fouls, two players with three fouls, and two players with two fouls. Even though this didn’t determine the game in terms of win or loss, it did play a factor during key minutes of the game.

Cincinnati will now move on to their next matchup returning home to face No. 4 Houston as underdogs again.

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