After a rough week with losses against Houston followed by Wichita State, Cincinnati bounced back to dismantle UCONN 77-52. Gary Clark led the way with an efficient 17 points in 20 minutes on 6-7 from the floor. Other game standouts have to go to Kane Broome. Broome tallied 13 points with 4 assists and no turnovers off of the bench. Broome Iced the cake with a great steal and dunk to end the first half. Netting himself a standing ovation. Broome is making it very difficult on Mick to choose the starting point guard after Brooms recent performance. Jenifer must be feeling that seat getting hot.
Gary Clark is showing students and alumni alike why they will truly miss the senior ending hot on what is a magical season. While the Cat’s 25 point win seems like a route. The game seemed to be even further out of reach than the score states for the huskies. Kevin Ollie’s team went into a slow paced defense to stop the bleeding as soon as the second half started. It’s sad to see at some point, the demise of Uconn. With the Huskies as one of the top teams in college basketball in the past twenty years, their downward spiral hurts the AAC. One of the biggest marks against Cincinnati’s tournament resume over the past few years has been strength of schedule. Those extra two competitive games would be huge for the bearcats tourney resume. Next up the bearcats play host to Tulsa in the senior night for Gary Clark and Kyle Washington’s last game in Clifton.
Overall I had a great time at the game. My only complaint was missing the tipoff from the lack of parking at NKU campus. Northern Kentucky University is just flat out not large enough to house the numbers that Cincinnati games draw from a parking and traffic perspective. All this will be solved next year as the re vamping of fifth third arena is completed.