TicketsCINCINNATI – In the second of a three-game homestand to begin the 2018-19 regular season, University of Cincinnati women's basketball will welcome ETSU to Fifth Third Arena on Friday, Nov. 9, for a 7 p.m. tipoff.
// TICKETS
General admission tickets to the game are only $5, while tickets inside the Champions Club are just $7. Discounts for youth (ages 4-12) and seniors (ages 65+) include $3 general admission tickets and $5 Champions Club tickets. Tickets can be purchased by either calling 1-877-CATS-TIX, logging onto GoBEARCATS.com/Tickets, or by visiting the Fifth Third Arena ticket office on gameday.
// PARKING
Cash parking will be available at Corry Garage on campus for $5.
// GOING LIVE
A live video stream will be available – for free – on Bearcats TV, while live stats can be accessed here.
// GAME PROMOTIONS
Friday will mark the first rUCkus Rewards Priority Night for UC students.
// THE SERIES
The Bearcats lead the all-time series, 3-1. UC's lone loss in the series came last year – 87-77 -- at ETSU in both teams' regular-season opener. IImar'I Thomas (Oakland, Calif./Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep) scored a career-high 19 points in her collegiate debut. In the last meeting in Cincinnati, the Red & Black dominated the Blue & Gold, 82-58, on Nov. 23, 2005 inside Fifth Third Arena.
// LAST TIME OUT
UC (1-0) defeated the visiting Austin Peay Governors, 69-48, Tuesday night at Fifth Third Arena in both teams' regular-season opener. The Bearcats featured a balanced offensive attack against APU with five players scoring in double figures, led by 14 from junior guard Florence Sifa (Bujumbura, Burundi/Jacksonville College). Junior guard Antoinette Miller (Detroit, Mich./Southfield-Lathrup) added 13 points, six rebounds, and four steals, while senior guard Nikira Goings (Marietta, Ga./Osborne), junior guard Sam Rodgers (Cincinnati, Ohio/Lakota East), and Thomas each contributed 10 points. Though its offense was evenly distributed, the UC defense was the story of the night, holding the Governors to 31-percent shooting from the field and 60 points below their scoring output against Georgetown College on Nov. 2 in exhibition action.
// SCOUTING THE BEARCATS
UC returns three starters in 2018-19 from a team that won 19 games last year -- its best season in 15 years – and advanced to the semifinals of the American Athletic Conference Championship. With 68 percent of their scoring and 66 percent of their rebounding back, the Bearcats also boast the league's reigning Freshman of the Year in Thomas. UC's leading returning scorer from a year ago, Goings, is also back after averaging 11.2 points per game in 2017-18.
Leading UC this year will be head coach Michelle Clark-Heard who was an assistant at UC from 2002-05 and spent the previous six seasons as the head coach at Western Kentucky. In six seasons at WKU, Clark-Heard reached four NCAA Tournaments, won four conference tournament championships and two regular season conference titles while posting 154 wins, becoming the second-fastest Lady Topper coach to reach 100 victories with the program. She amassed a 154-48 (.762) record at WKU and a 178-80 (.690) career mark. Clark-Heard has led her teams to six-consecutive 20-win seasons and six-straight appearances in the postseason (four NCAA, two WNIT).
At American Athletic Conference Basketball Media Day on Oct. 15, UC was selected to finish fifth in the 12-team league. Chosen by the league's head coaches, the pick is the highest the Bearcats have ever been selected in their six years in the AAC. Five-time The American champion and 2018 NCAA Final Four participant UConn was, again, picked to win the conference title. USF earned one first-place vote and was chosen second. Houston followed in third ahead of UCF, Cincinnati, Temple, SMU, ECU, Tulane, Wichita State, Memphis, and Tulsa to round out the poll.
UC welcomes three newcomers in 2018-19 in transfer guards Addaya Moore (Granite City, Ill./Granite City/Illinois), Monique Thompson (Long Beach, Calif./St. Anthony/Northwest Christian), and Sifa. Moore transferred to UC from Illinois and will sit out this season due to NCAA transfer rules with three seasons of eligibility remaining in Clifton, beginning with the 2019-20 season. Thompson is a graduate transfer from NAIA Northwest Christian in Eugene, Oregon and is eligible to play this season. Sifa comes to UC from the JuCo ranks at Jacksonville College in Jacksonville, Texas and will be an important contributor for the Bearcats in 2018-19.
The Bearcats' home schedule features 16 regular-season home games, highlighted by the annual Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout against Xavier on Sunday, Dec. 16 and a matchup with perennial national power UConn on Saturday, Feb. 2. View the complete 2018-19 schedule here.
// SCOUTING THE BUCCANEERS
A preseason pick to win the Southern Conference, ETSU (0-0) returns three starters from a team that went 20-13 last season. The 2017-18 Bucs were the runner-up in the SoCon and advanced to the Postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament. (WNIT). Leading ETSU's returners is sophomore guard Erica Haynes-Overton who was a 2018-19 Preseason All-SoCon selection after averaging 14.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 3.6 steals per game last year. The guard's stellar freshman season culminated in her being tabbed SoCon Freshman and Defensive Player of the Year. Furthermore, forwards Brittney Snowden and Raven Dean are back after averaging 7.3 and 6.3 points, respectively, a season ago.
// FIFTH THIRD ARENA REOPENS
After a 20-month, privately funded, $87-million renovation, Fifth Third Arena reopens in 2018-19. With the arena under renovation, the Bearcats played the 2017-18 season off campus at both Saint Ursula Academy (16 games) and Cincinnati State (two games). UC posted a 12-6 home mark last year.
// SEASON TICKET INFO
Catch the exciting start of Clark-Heard era and the reopening of Fifth Third Arena by purchasing your 2018-19 University of Cincinnati women's basketball season tickets now! The prices for standard Bearcats season tickets are $65 for adults and $50 for youth, seniors, UC faculty and staff and current or former military members. Courtside season tickets are on sale for $100. Click here for more information on season tickets. Click here to purchase today.
// TICKETS
General admission tickets to the game are only $5, while tickets inside the Champions Club are just $7. Discounts for youth (ages 4-12) and seniors (ages 65+) include $3 general admission tickets and $5 Champions Club tickets. Tickets can be purchased by either calling 1-877-CATS-TIX, logging onto GoBEARCATS.com/Tickets, or by visiting the Fifth Third Arena ticket office on gameday.
// PARKING
Cash parking will be available at Corry Garage on campus for $5.
// GOING LIVE
A live video stream will be available – for free – on Bearcats TV, while live stats can be accessed here.
// GAME PROMOTIONS
Friday will mark the first rUCkus Rewards Priority Night for UC students.
// THE SERIES
The Bearcats lead the all-time series, 3-1. UC's lone loss in the series came last year – 87-77 -- at ETSU in both teams' regular-season opener. IImar'I Thomas (Oakland, Calif./Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep) scored a career-high 19 points in her collegiate debut. In the last meeting in Cincinnati, the Red & Black dominated the Blue & Gold, 82-58, on Nov. 23, 2005 inside Fifth Third Arena.
// LAST TIME OUT
UC (1-0) defeated the visiting Austin Peay Governors, 69-48, Tuesday night at Fifth Third Arena in both teams' regular-season opener. The Bearcats featured a balanced offensive attack against APU with five players scoring in double figures, led by 14 from junior guard Florence Sifa (Bujumbura, Burundi/Jacksonville College). Junior guard Antoinette Miller (Detroit, Mich./Southfield-Lathrup) added 13 points, six rebounds, and four steals, while senior guard Nikira Goings (Marietta, Ga./Osborne), junior guard Sam Rodgers (Cincinnati, Ohio/Lakota East), and Thomas each contributed 10 points. Though its offense was evenly distributed, the UC defense was the story of the night, holding the Governors to 31-percent shooting from the field and 60 points below their scoring output against Georgetown College on Nov. 2 in exhibition action.
// SCOUTING THE BEARCATS
UC returns three starters in 2018-19 from a team that won 19 games last year -- its best season in 15 years – and advanced to the semifinals of the American Athletic Conference Championship. With 68 percent of their scoring and 66 percent of their rebounding back, the Bearcats also boast the league's reigning Freshman of the Year in Thomas. UC's leading returning scorer from a year ago, Goings, is also back after averaging 11.2 points per game in 2017-18.
Leading UC this year will be head coach Michelle Clark-Heard who was an assistant at UC from 2002-05 and spent the previous six seasons as the head coach at Western Kentucky. In six seasons at WKU, Clark-Heard reached four NCAA Tournaments, won four conference tournament championships and two regular season conference titles while posting 154 wins, becoming the second-fastest Lady Topper coach to reach 100 victories with the program. She amassed a 154-48 (.762) record at WKU and a 178-80 (.690) career mark. Clark-Heard has led her teams to six-consecutive 20-win seasons and six-straight appearances in the postseason (four NCAA, two WNIT).
At American Athletic Conference Basketball Media Day on Oct. 15, UC was selected to finish fifth in the 12-team league. Chosen by the league's head coaches, the pick is the highest the Bearcats have ever been selected in their six years in the AAC. Five-time The American champion and 2018 NCAA Final Four participant UConn was, again, picked to win the conference title. USF earned one first-place vote and was chosen second. Houston followed in third ahead of UCF, Cincinnati, Temple, SMU, ECU, Tulane, Wichita State, Memphis, and Tulsa to round out the poll.
UC welcomes three newcomers in 2018-19 in transfer guards Addaya Moore (Granite City, Ill./Granite City/Illinois), Monique Thompson (Long Beach, Calif./St. Anthony/Northwest Christian), and Sifa. Moore transferred to UC from Illinois and will sit out this season due to NCAA transfer rules with three seasons of eligibility remaining in Clifton, beginning with the 2019-20 season. Thompson is a graduate transfer from NAIA Northwest Christian in Eugene, Oregon and is eligible to play this season. Sifa comes to UC from the JuCo ranks at Jacksonville College in Jacksonville, Texas and will be an important contributor for the Bearcats in 2018-19.
The Bearcats' home schedule features 16 regular-season home games, highlighted by the annual Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout against Xavier on Sunday, Dec. 16 and a matchup with perennial national power UConn on Saturday, Feb. 2. View the complete 2018-19 schedule here.
// SCOUTING THE BUCCANEERS
A preseason pick to win the Southern Conference, ETSU (0-0) returns three starters from a team that went 20-13 last season. The 2017-18 Bucs were the runner-up in the SoCon and advanced to the Postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament. (WNIT). Leading ETSU's returners is sophomore guard Erica Haynes-Overton who was a 2018-19 Preseason All-SoCon selection after averaging 14.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 3.6 steals per game last year. The guard's stellar freshman season culminated in her being tabbed SoCon Freshman and Defensive Player of the Year. Furthermore, forwards Brittney Snowden and Raven Dean are back after averaging 7.3 and 6.3 points, respectively, a season ago.
// FIFTH THIRD ARENA REOPENS
After a 20-month, privately funded, $87-million renovation, Fifth Third Arena reopens in 2018-19. With the arena under renovation, the Bearcats played the 2017-18 season off campus at both Saint Ursula Academy (16 games) and Cincinnati State (two games). UC posted a 12-6 home mark last year.
// SEASON TICKET INFO
Catch the exciting start of Clark-Heard era and the reopening of Fifth Third Arena by purchasing your 2018-19 University of Cincinnati women's basketball season tickets now! The prices for standard Bearcats season tickets are $65 for adults and $50 for youth, seniors, UC faculty and staff and current or former military members. Courtside season tickets are on sale for $100. Click here for more information on season tickets. Click here to purchase today.