Cincinnati, the No. 19 ranked team in men’s college basketball, will travel to Cincinnati, Ohio, on Friday night. They will face off with in-state rival Dayton, the nation’s No. 22 ranked team, at the Heritage Bank Center in a neutral court battle. The Bearcats are 8-1 heading into this weekend before Christmas. They went undefeated in six games in November, though widely untested with only one power-four conference win against Georgia Tech. However, they did win that game by 23 points, led by 14 points from Dillon Mitchell.
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Game Date: Friday, Dec. 20, 2024
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After rising to the No. 14 team in the country, they lost their only game of the season against Villanova on the road in the Big 12-Big East Battle by eight points. They bounced back with a win over Howard and then a huge win in the Crosstown Shootout against Xavier by three points. Simas Lukosius led the team with 14 points, while Mitchell had the team’s only double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
The Flyers bounced into the top-25 rankings in the AP Poll after a win at home over former No. 6-ranked Marquette by eight points earlier this month. Zed Key, the Ohio State transfer, led the team with 15 points, while Nate Santos had 12 points and 13 rebounds in the team’s only double-double of that win.
They also took down former No. 2 UConn in the final game of the Maui Invitational in November. Their only two losses this season have come against No. 3 Iowa State and North Carolina, both in the Maui Invitational. Their last game ended in a close, one-point win over UNLV earlier this week.
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