National Basketball Association
Cincinnati 70, Connecticut 67
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Where: Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Connecticut
Officials:
# Jeff Clark, # Ed Corbett, # Ray Natalli
Attendance:
10167
By SportsDirect Inc.
Sean Kilpatrick hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2.5 seconds left as visiting Cincinnati posted an impressive 70-67 upset of No. 11 Connecticut Wednesday.
Kilpatrick finished with 16 points, and there was no bigger shot than his 3-pointer from the top of the key seconds after the Huskies’ Shabazz Napier tied it with an off-balance three.
After a timeout, Niels Giffey’s three-quarter court heave clanged off the back rim as time expired.
Cashmere Wright scored 13 points and Yancy Gates added 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Bearcats (15-4, 5-1 Big East). Cincinnati hit 11 3-pointers and survived a furious rally to hold on for its seventh straight Big East road win.
It was also the Bearcats’ 10th win in 11 games since an early-December brawl with crosstown rival Xavier. They showed their mettle after letting a nine-point halftime lead slip away, then squandering an eight-point lead in the final two minutes.
A 10-0 run gave Cincinnati a 65-57 lead with 1:35 left, but the Bearcats left the door open by missing four of their next six free throws. Napier hit three 3-pointers in 90 seconds –including the off-balance game-tying bomb with 10 seconds left. The sophomore finished with 27 points, seven assists and five rebounds.
Jeremy Lamb added 14 points for the Huskies (14-4, 4-3), who were without freshman guard Ryan Boatright for a second straight game. Boatright's eligibility is in question again after he was suspended for the first six games for receiving impermissible benefits while playing for an AAU team.
Top Game Performances
| Cincinnati |
|
Connecticut |
|
Sean Kilpatrick 16 |
Scoring |
Shabazz Napier 27 |
|
Cashmere Wright 5 |
Assists |
Shabazz Napier 7 |
|
Yancy Gates 12 |
Rebounds |
Jeremy Lamb 8 |
|
Yancy Gates 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Shabazz Napier 4 |
|
Sean Kilpatrick 2 |
Steals |
Shabazz Napier 2 |
|
Justin Jackson 1 |
Blocks |
Roscoe Smith 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Cincinnati
|
70 |
41.9 |
11-26 |
7-11 |
10 |
29 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
| Connecticut
|
67 |
44.1 |
6-16 |
9-12 |
15 |
38 |
4 |
2 |
11 |