From: saji@thor.ece.uc.edu (Sandeep  Aji)
Subject: UC beats UMASS 
Keywords: UC, Bearcats, UMass
Organization: University of Cincinnati
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 15:48:31 GMT

 I know this poting is a bit late. but I guess there are Bearcat fans around 
 the country, starved for UC News.

 Actually I was waiting for David Moore to post the game summary ( I guess 
 he is out of town)

 So I am posting this game summary from the NewsRecord :


		 	UC  TROUNCES  UMASS 64-53
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 The Bearcats proved once again that they belong in the Top - 25 and are headed
 for the top 10. In front of a national audience, Cincinnati defeated Mass. 64-53
 in Bearcat fashion Thursday night at Springfield Civic Center. U Mass (ranked 
 No. 22 in the AP poll) was favored to win by 5. 
	Senior guard Nick Van Exel led the way with a career-high 27 points. 
 He was 9 of 17 from the floor. He was 7 of 12 beyond the 3 point stripe. 
 The University of Cincinnati improves to 8-1 on the season as it heads into 
 Great Midwest Conference action at St. Louis on Saturday. Massachusetts drops 
 to 6-3 on the season. 
	Cincinnati (ranked No. 16 in the AP poll) used a 9-0 run in the first 
 half to hold a commanding 31-17 halftime lead. Bostic scored the first five
 points to jump start the Cats. He scored eight eight first-half points. Bostic 
 ended with 10 points as he sat out most of the second half with four fouls.
	UC made 5 of 7 first half three pointers while U Mass was 0 for 4. The
 Minutemen opened the contest with a 1-for-10 shooting performance from the 
 floor. UC's biggest lead was 16 points with a 29-13 first half advantage. 

						-- NewsRecord, UC


 Towards the end of the game it turned ugly with UMass fouling UC w/o wasting 
 much of the clock and UC going to the foul line. Reminded me of last years 
 game against Michigan State (regular season). But this time the Cats were 
 shooting the free throws and did not let UMass come close. Looks like they are
 a much better free throw shooting team this year than the past 3 years. If 
 guys like Nelson are shooting free throws, then the Cats have really improved.
 Martin and Bostic got into foul trouble pretty early and played a combined 
 38 minutes. Martin has this knack of picking up stupid fouls. He is not showing 
 the promise he showed at the end of the year. If Mike Harris stops making errors
 look for Martin to be benched soon.
	 First of all UC lacks height and on top of that we have forwards who
 cannot stay they there for long. I guess Huggins is asking them to make big
 plays defensively which make them collect all these fouls. Hopefully we should
 have some more depth when (please NCAA !!!) Blount comes in. 

 Nicky regained his touch with this game and is looking better by the day. He had 
 atleast 3  three pointers from the NBA line. Durden looked good for the first 
 time in the season. I think he gets too nervous during the game and tries to 
  force his shots. I have seen this guy shoot almost all 3 pointers during 
 warmup. He will have to step up his game next year as AD, Nicky and Tarrance 
 will be leaving and Durden will be the most experienced guard we will have. I 
 don't know how good Burton is (amongst top-100 high-school recruits) and if he
 will get the grades to make it to UC.  

 Today UC plays St. Louis which may not be such a bad team as last year. They 
 are 5-1 at home this season and have beaten Southern Cal. It is such games 
 which can take you out of top-25. This game will be broadcasted on SportsChannel.
 I don't if it is for the whole country or just Midwest. (2:00 p.m Sat.)

 I will try to post a game summary at the end of this game. 


 Aji

 Real basketball in Cincinnati is played only in Clifton !!!
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  | 	Sandeep A. Aji			| saji@thor.ece.uc.edu      |
  |     University of Cincinnati   	| saji@hagar.ece.uc.edu     |
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