Three Man Weave: Bearcats Post First Big 12 Win Of 2025-26 Season Against Colorado

CINCINNATI — The Bearcats sewage disconnected nan large 12 mat connected Wednesday nighttime amidst a 77-68 triumph complete Colorado to move to 8-1 all-time against nan Buffaloes.

Cincinnati focused connected nan interior onslaught and sewage a great all-around outing from Baba Miller (24 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists). His detonation helped powerfulness nan wire-to-wire that showed what this offense's ceiling could beryllium if it tin pat into accordant showings.

It was Cincinnati's first Big 12 triumph of nan 2025-26 play and a needed assurance boost for a squad welcoming successful No. 3 Iowa State to Fifth Third Arena connected Saturday. The triumph is besides UC's first Quad 1 aliases Quad 2 triumph (1-7 successful those games this season).

The Bearcats held a Colorado discourtesy averaging complete 85.5 points per crippled to conscionable 45% shooting and forced 17 turnovers.

Bruising Down Low

The Bearcats couldn't bargain an extracurricular changeable for astir of this win that stretched from 21-point leads in nan first half, down to five in nan last 10 minutes.

The Bearcats sewage immoderate person plays retired of Day Day Thomas (nine points, 4 assists) to pat into that rarity this season, but nan overgarment activity built nan instauration for this win. Miller and Moustapha Thiam (15 points, 2 rebounds) mixed to beryllium nan violative motor connected Wednesday.

It's thing Cincinnati should astir apt thin into nan remainder of nan play and extremity trying to sprout truthful galore threes arsenic a ground of nan offense. They were conscionable extracurricular nan top-300 teams nationally successful three-point percent entering this game, and that's going to autumn further (19% connected Wednesday).

At home, connected nan road, and at neutral sites, it hasn't mattered for this team. It's clip to attraction connected crushing nan paint, getting to nan foul statement more, winning nan violative glass, and doing all you can to flooded nan nonaccomplishment of ratio that awesome three-point shooting brings a team.

Cincinnati changeable little than 38% from nan level successful nan 2nd half aft 43 points successful nan first half. The full-game inconsistencies are still there, but maybe conscionable maybe Miller and Thiam tin commencement consistently carrying nan discourtesy wrong to flooded nan extracurricular shooting.

Bearcats Player Of The Game: Baba Miller

The move guardant showed his full paper of skills for nan first clip against a tougher opponent this season. Miller recovered businesslike adjacent looks adjacent nan rim and was important successful keeping nan gait pushed up aft his rebounds aliases forced turnovers.

Miller has been hyper-efficient pinch his changeable action during large outings this season, and that was existent again tonight. He went 7-8 successful nan first half, only missing a three-pointer, and had different monolithic ratio people (29).

He scored conscionable astir each measurement you tin successful nan paint, and helped Cincinnati easy lavation distant different unsmooth extracurricular shooting night.

Colorado sports a beautiful middling defense (128th nationally successful adjusted protect ratio connected KenPom), truthful this isn't a monolithic accomplishment to deliberation nan play will get saved from present connected retired pinch immense Miller games each contest, but it was a bully sign. Those person been difficult to travel by this season.

Miller and his teammates sewage to bask nan fruits of their difficult activity crossed 40 minutes and time off nary uncertainty on nan way. It marked his 5th profession 20-plus constituent game.

Cincinnati battles Iowa State astatine 2 p.m. ET connected Peacock.

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