TicketsCINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati women’s basketball team opens Big 12 play at home, hosting Oklahoma State at 2 p.m. Sunday.
THE RUNDOWN
- Cincinnati (5-7) opens its third Big 12 season at home. The Bearcats showed growth in year two in the league, posting their most conference wins (7) since 2019-20.
- Senior Mya Perry has opened the season with 12 straight games in double figures — the longest season-opening streak by a Bearcat since Dayeesha Hollins’ 13 in 2012-13. She is 19 points shy of 1,000 for her career.
- Perry is averaging 18.2 points, 2.3 assists and 1.9 steals per game while shooting 40% from the field. She has led UC in scoring six times, steals seven times and assists four times. Nationally, she is one of only seven players with 215+ points and 30+ made three-pointers.
- Freshman Joya Crawford posted the first double-figure scoring performance of her career, finishing with 11 points, four assists and three rebounds against Howard. Nine different Bearcats have scored in double figures this season.
- Cincinnati has been without starting point guard Caliyah DeVillasee for the past two games. Overall, eight Bearcats have missed at least one game this season due to injury or illness.
- Alliance Ndiba delivered a career performance vs. UNLV, leading the Bearcats with career highs of 18 points and 13 rebounds while adding four blocks. The redshirt senior recorded the first double-double of her career and went 7-of-8 from the field.
- Ndiba became the first Cincinnati player to post at least 18 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks in a game since Debbie Merrill in 2003. She is one of just six players nationally to reach that stat line this season — and did so in the fewest minutes played (23).
- UC ranks fourth in the Big 12 and top 50 nationally in rebounds per game (41.8) and has outrebounded its opponent in all but one game this season. The Bearcats lead the Big 12 and rank 31st nationally in offensive rebounding (15.3).
- Perry ranks sixth in the Big 12 in scoring (18.2) and field goals made (75) and ninth in threes made (30). She has notched four 20-point games this season.
- Junior Reagan Jackson is averaging 12.3 points per game and leads UC with a 35% clip from three. She ranks eighth in the Big 12 in free throws made (41) and free throw percentage (.820).
- Mya Perry and Caliyah DeVillasee rank first and second, respectively, in the conference in minutes per game, each averaging more than 34 per contest.
- Nationally, DeVillasee ranks fourth among freshmen in scoring (16.2), second in assists (5.6) and fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.2). She has scored in double figures in all but one game, recorded two double-doubles and owns four 20-point performances, tied for the most by a Cincinnati freshman since 2002-03.
- DeVillasee has already earned three Big 12 weekly honors this season (Freshman of the Week twice, Starting Five once). She is one of only seven players nationally — and the only freshman — averaging at least 16 points, five assists and four rebounds per game. She ranks sixth in the Big 12 and 26th nationally in assists per game (5.6) and 11th in the league in scoring (16.2).
- Freshman Kylie Torrence leads UC in rebounds (84) and blocks (18) and is fourth on the team in scoring (8.4). Her 1.5 blocks per game rank seventh in the Big 12. She recorded the first double-double of her career with 15 points and 11 rebounds against Miami (OH) and has two double-digit rebounding performances this season.
- Cincinnati has made a habit of getting to the line, making 14 free throws a game. The Bearcats have owned the advantage at the line in eight games this season.
- Cincinnati and Oklahoma State have met four times, with the Cowgirls holding a 3-1 edge in the series and entering the matchup just outside the AP Top 25.