Cincinnati Falls on Street to No. 16 Texas Tech – College of Cincinnati Athletics

LUBBOCK, Texas — The Cincinnati males’s basketball workforce fell on the street, 80-68, to No. 16 Texas Tech at United Supermarkets Arena on Tuesday night time.

With the loss, Cincinnati drops to 15-13 total and 7-8 in Big 12 Conference play, whereas Texas Tech improves to 21-7 on the season and 11-4 in convention motion.

The Bearcats began the night time sizzling, connecting on their first 9 photographs from the sector — together with all 4 makes an attempt from behind the arc — to construct a 23-16 lead after a Jalen Celestine triple on the 12:40 mark of the primary half. Cincinnati couldn’t maintain the momentum, nevertheless, because the Red Raiders responded with a 15-2 run to grab management heading into halftime. Texas Tech methodically prolonged its benefit within the second half, with a Luke Bamgboye layup pushing the result in a game-high 78-61 with 4:23 remaining to place the competition out of attain.

Christian Anderson powered the Red Raiders with 31 factors, 11 rebounds and 7 assists. The Bearcats had been led by sophomore Moustapha Thiam, who recorded his fourth double-double of the season with 21 factors and 10 rebounds. Three different Bearcats reached double figures: Celestine added 15 factors, whereas senior Baba Miller and junior Jizzle James every contributed 12.

Texas Tech dominated the glass, outrebounding Cincinnati 40-24 total and 28-13 on the defensive finish. The Red Raiders additionally shot a formidable 52% (27-of-52) from the sector and 40%(10-of-25) from 3-point vary.

After constructing their early 23-16 benefit, the Bearcats related on simply one among their subsequent seven photographs as Texas Tech trimmed the deficit to 25-23 on a pair of Bamgboye free throws with 10:48 to play within the half. Cincinnati pushed its lead again to 32-27 on a Miller three with 5:34 remaining, however the Red Raiders closed the half on a 15-2 spurt — fueled by a pair of Donovan Atwell threes — to take a 42-34 benefit into the break. After their sizzling begin, the Bearcats went simply 4-of-21 from the sector and 1-of-10 from deep for the rest of the half.

Miller and Thiam led Cincinnati with 9 factors apiece on the break, whereas Anderson paced Texas Tech with 12 factors, six rebounds and 5 assists.

A Thiam slam within the opening minutes of the second half ignited a fast Cincinnati surge, with Celestine following with back-to-back layups earlier than Thiam capped the run with a mid-range jumper. Texas Tech answered with a 10-3 run fueled by seven straight factors from Anderson, extending the result in 59-46 with 11:22 remaining.

A Celestine 3-pointer on the 6:33 mark briefly bought the Bearcats again inside 10, however a LeJuan Watts layup and an Anderson long-range shot pushed the rating to 71-58 with 6:08 left. The Red Raiders by no means seemed again, with a Bamgboye layup stretching the result in 78-61 with 4:23 on the clock to shut out the victory.

The Bearcats return dwelling to tackle Oklahoma State at 2 p.m. Saturday at Fifth Third Arena.