TicketsCINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati women's basketball team continues its homestand with a Wednesday night contest vs. Davidson. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. inside Fifth Third Arena.
THE RUNDOWN
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THE RUNDOWN
- Cincinnati went 2-0 during its opening week with wins over UIC (66-54) and Delaware State (83-46). The Bearcats will look to open the season 3-0 for the first time since the 2015-16 campaign.
- Fifth year forward Jillian Hayes was named Big 12 Player of the Week on Monday. She becomes the first Bearcat to win a weekly Big 12 women's basketball honor in program history. She averaged a double-double across two wins, recording 20.5 points and 11.0 rebounds per game while shooting 61.5% from the field.
- Hayes was one of two Big 12 players to record multiple double-doubles during the first week of the season, tied for the most among all players nationally.
- Hayes posted her 25th career double-double vs. Delaware State. She dropped a career-high 30 points to go along with 11 rebounds while shooting 70.6% from the field (12-17 FG). She became the first Bearcat to post a 30-point game since IImar'I Thomas did so on March 8, 2021, and is one of four Big 12 players to reach the 30-point mark this season.
- Hayes ranks second in the Big 12 in rebounding (11.0), seventh in scoring (20.5) and 12th in field goal percentage (.615).
- With 11 rebounds against Delaware State, Hayes moved up to fourth on UC's career rebounding list with 866, surpassing Doris Scott (1995-99). She is just seven rebounds shy of tying Ilmar'I Thomas (2018-21) for third place with 873.
- Redshirt junior Alliance Ndiba opened her season with back-to-back games of 10 rebounds. The Arizona Western transfer previously tallied double-digit boards in 36 of her 57 JUCO games.
- Junior A'riel Jackson posted 13 points (5-10 FG), five rebounds, and tied her career-high with five assists in the win over Delaware State. This marked her 14th career game in double figures and her second straight.
- Cincinnati won the rebounding battle vs. Delaware State, owning a plus-21 advantage on the glass (50-29). This marks the fourth game in the Merriweather era at Cincinnati with 50 rebounds or more. Across her career, Merriweather's teams have achieved this feat in 46 games.
- Cincinnati shot 45.9% from the field (34-74 FG) and 36.8% from beyond the arc (7-19 3FG) against Delaware State, recording 19 assists on 34 made field goals. It marked the Bearcats' highest assist total since dishing out 21 against Howard on December 13, 2023.
- The Bearcats blocked eight shots in the win, their highest total since recording 11 against Tulane on March 6, 2023. Hayes, Ndiba and Byrd each recorded two stuffs.
- Delaney Snyder and Ramiyah Byrd each recorded personal bests with six rebounds against Delaware State. Byrd contributed five points, while Snyder added four.
- Senior transfer point guard Tineya Hylton scored a career-high 20 points on 6-of-12 shooting in the season opener at UIC. She is currently averaging 14.0 points, 5.0 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game.
- Freshman Chloe Mann averaged 8.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game in the first week of her career.
- In the program's record books, Hayes sits third in blocks (129), fourth in free throws made (412), fifth in rebounds (866), eighth in steals (183) and 14th in scoring (1,340).
MILESTONE WATCH
- Hayes is two blocks away from a second-place tie with IImar'I Thomas (2018-21) with 131 career blocks.
- Hayes moved up to fourth all-time in UC's career rebounds list (866), surpassing Doris Scott (1995-99). She is seven boards away from a third-place tie with Ilmar'I Thomas (2018-21).
- Among active career leaders in Division I, Hayes is seventh in FT made (406), 18th in rebound (866) and 29th in doubles-doubles (25).