TicketsPHILADELPHIA -- A tough shooting day was too much for Cincinnati to overcome on the road, falling 70-61 to Temple on Sunday afternoon.
The Bearcats (10-5, 1-1 AAC) were 23-of-60 from the field (38.3 percent) in losing its bid for a fifth-straight win, and they trailed just a combined 10:01 during that prior stretch.
As the teams jockeyed over the first 12 minutes, Mika Adams-Woods weaving, short jumper gave Cincinnati its largest lead at 24-20 before Jeremiah Davenport's corner trey forced a Temple timeout at 7:16, trailing 27-20. The Owls responded with a 15-0 run through the 2:37 mark, eventually leading 37-29 at the half.
Jumpers by Landers Nolley II and David DeJulius pulled the Bearcats within 46-44 at 13:11, but Temple responded with nine of the next 11 points to open a 55-46 advantage that Cincinnati could not overcome.
Nolley led UC in scoring with 15 points on the heels of his team-high 23-point performance Thursday against Tulane. Temple boasted a 20-2 advantage in bench points, a category in which Cincinnati had previously found success, to go with a 46-28 margin on the boards.
FROM WES MILLER
"You try not to talk to teams too much after losses right away. It's emotional. We'll look at the tape. We got beat 46-28 on the boards, and we talked about that. Viktor's foul trouble was a factor in the game, and that's an important part. That stretch where they went on the 15-0 run, he's sitting on the bench and you try to put him back in to get yourselves back in the game, and he picks up a third foul late in the half...if you give up 15-0 runs on the road, you're gonna be in a big hole and it'll be harder than it needs to be."
UP NEXT
Cincinnati will hit the road again this week for a Thursday night battle at Wichita State (9 p.m. ET on ESPN2/U).
NOTABLE
-Cincinnati entered with five wins out of its last six games in the Liacouras Center.
-Viktor Lakhin scored in double-figures for a team-best 11th-straight game.
-David DeJulius's 13 points gives him 895 in his three-year Cincinnati career.
The Bearcats (10-5, 1-1 AAC) were 23-of-60 from the field (38.3 percent) in losing its bid for a fifth-straight win, and they trailed just a combined 10:01 during that prior stretch.
As the teams jockeyed over the first 12 minutes, Mika Adams-Woods weaving, short jumper gave Cincinnati its largest lead at 24-20 before Jeremiah Davenport's corner trey forced a Temple timeout at 7:16, trailing 27-20. The Owls responded with a 15-0 run through the 2:37 mark, eventually leading 37-29 at the half.
Jumpers by Landers Nolley II and David DeJulius pulled the Bearcats within 46-44 at 13:11, but Temple responded with nine of the next 11 points to open a 55-46 advantage that Cincinnati could not overcome.
Nolley led UC in scoring with 15 points on the heels of his team-high 23-point performance Thursday against Tulane. Temple boasted a 20-2 advantage in bench points, a category in which Cincinnati had previously found success, to go with a 46-28 margin on the boards.
FROM WES MILLER
"You try not to talk to teams too much after losses right away. It's emotional. We'll look at the tape. We got beat 46-28 on the boards, and we talked about that. Viktor's foul trouble was a factor in the game, and that's an important part. That stretch where they went on the 15-0 run, he's sitting on the bench and you try to put him back in to get yourselves back in the game, and he picks up a third foul late in the half...if you give up 15-0 runs on the road, you're gonna be in a big hole and it'll be harder than it needs to be."
UP NEXT
Cincinnati will hit the road again this week for a Thursday night battle at Wichita State (9 p.m. ET on ESPN2/U).
NOTABLE
-Cincinnati entered with five wins out of its last six games in the Liacouras Center.
-Viktor Lakhin scored in double-figures for a team-best 11th-straight game.
-David DeJulius's 13 points gives him 895 in his three-year Cincinnati career.