TicketsCINCINNATI – University of Cincinnati women's basketball welcomes Temple for their American Athletic Conference home opener inside Fifth Third Arena on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.
This is the first of four home games for the Bearcats in the month of January. Cincinnati is 3-2 at home this season. The Bearcats are averaging 71.6 points and allowing 61.4 points per game in home contests, a +10.2 margin.
Saturday marks the 17th-ever meeting between the conference opponents. The Bearcats trail in the all-time series 10-6 and 4-3 in Cincinnati. Cincinnati is looking to snap a three-game losing streak to the Owls and earn their first conference home opener win since an 81-64 victory over UCF on Jan. 12, 2020.
Cincinnati and Temple each rank in the top-five in the conference in three-point field goal percentage as the Bearcats stand in third at 34.4 percent followed by the Owls in fourth at 33.6 percent from behind the arc. Owls' Aleah Nelson and Bearcats' Mya Jackson rank first and second in the conference in terms of minutes played.
The Owls rank third in the conference with only 15.3 turnovers per game, while the Bearcats have excelled on the defensive end all season with top-five conference averages in turnovers forced, steals, and blocks.
Cincinnati looks to rebound from a 61-49 loss at Wichita State in its conference opener on Dec. 30. Cincinnati is 5-2 after a loss this season. The Bearcats totaled a program-record 14 blocks, propelled by an individual program-record seven blocks from junior forward/center Malea Williams. The 14 blocks broke an almost 40-year record of 12 blocks vs. Miami (OH) on Dec. 3, 1983. The block total was a Charles Koch Arena record and ties the sixth most in American Athletic Conference history.
Cincinnati is averaging 5.1 blocks per game, which ranks first in the conference and 21st nationally as of Jan. 5.
Williams also finished with a team-high 11 points, her second double-digit scoring game of the season. Senior forward Jadyn Scott followed with a season-high 10 points in 15 minutes, while Braylyn Milton dished out a team-high five assists.
Temple enters the contest 6-8 overall, 1-1 in the AAC in its first season under head coach Diane Richardson. Temple is 1-6 on the road this season, scoring 61.0 points per game in those contests. Senior guard Aleah Nelson leads the Owls with 15.6 points and 4.4 assists in a conference-high 36.6 minutes per game.
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This is the first of four home games for the Bearcats in the month of January. Cincinnati is 3-2 at home this season. The Bearcats are averaging 71.6 points and allowing 61.4 points per game in home contests, a +10.2 margin.
Saturday marks the 17th-ever meeting between the conference opponents. The Bearcats trail in the all-time series 10-6 and 4-3 in Cincinnati. Cincinnati is looking to snap a three-game losing streak to the Owls and earn their first conference home opener win since an 81-64 victory over UCF on Jan. 12, 2020.
Cincinnati and Temple each rank in the top-five in the conference in three-point field goal percentage as the Bearcats stand in third at 34.4 percent followed by the Owls in fourth at 33.6 percent from behind the arc. Owls' Aleah Nelson and Bearcats' Mya Jackson rank first and second in the conference in terms of minutes played.
The Owls rank third in the conference with only 15.3 turnovers per game, while the Bearcats have excelled on the defensive end all season with top-five conference averages in turnovers forced, steals, and blocks.
Cincinnati looks to rebound from a 61-49 loss at Wichita State in its conference opener on Dec. 30. Cincinnati is 5-2 after a loss this season. The Bearcats totaled a program-record 14 blocks, propelled by an individual program-record seven blocks from junior forward/center Malea Williams. The 14 blocks broke an almost 40-year record of 12 blocks vs. Miami (OH) on Dec. 3, 1983. The block total was a Charles Koch Arena record and ties the sixth most in American Athletic Conference history.
Cincinnati is averaging 5.1 blocks per game, which ranks first in the conference and 21st nationally as of Jan. 5.
Williams also finished with a team-high 11 points, her second double-digit scoring game of the season. Senior forward Jadyn Scott followed with a season-high 10 points in 15 minutes, while Braylyn Milton dished out a team-high five assists.
Temple enters the contest 6-8 overall, 1-1 in the AAC in its first season under head coach Diane Richardson. Temple is 1-6 on the road this season, scoring 61.0 points per game in those contests. Senior guard Aleah Nelson leads the Owls with 15.6 points and 4.4 assists in a conference-high 36.6 minutes per game.
FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For all the latest information on Cincinnati women's basketball, visit GoBEARCATS.com and follow @GoBearcatsWBB on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.