Cincinnati Bearcats (10-2) vs Evansville Aces (10-2)
2023-12-29 19:00:00 EDT
The Line: Betting Odds: Cincinnati Bearcats -17 -- Over/Under: 150
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The Evansville Aces and the Cincinnati Bearcats meet in college basketball action from the Fifth Third Arena on Friday night. A pair of 10-2 teams go head-to-head in this one, who comes out on top? Let’s dive in and find out with our Evansville vs. Cincinnati Prediction.
Evansville Team Preview
The Evansville Aces come into this one looking to build on their current three-game win streak after an 82-51 win over Tennessee Tech last time out. Ben Humrichous leads the Aces in scoring with 16.3 PPG along with 5.6 RPG while Yacine Toumi has 10.2 PPG with a team-high 6.2 RPG to lead the Aces on the glass. Chuck Bailey III has 10.7 PPG to finish off the scoring in double figures for Evansville up to this point in the year. Kenny Strawbridge Jr. has 9.7 PPG while Tanner Cuff’s added a team-high 3.5 APG to lead the Aces in the assist department this season. As a team, Evansville is averaging 82.5 PPG on 48% shooting from the field, 32.3% from three and 73.1% from the foul line this season.
Cincinnati Team Preview
The Cincinnati Bearcats come into this one looking to build on back-to-back wins after an 83-75 win over Stetson last time out. Viktor Lakhin leads the Bearcats in scoring and rebounding with 13.8 PPG and 8.5 RPG while Day Day Thomas has 11.5 PPG with 2.8 APG so far this season. Dan Sillings Jr. has 11.3 PPG with 6.8 RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Cincinnati so far this year while Simas Lukosius has a team-high 3.3 APG to lead the Bearcats in assists as well this season. As a team, Cincinnati is averaging 82.6 PPG on 46.2% shooting from the field, 34.4% from three and 68.5% from the foul line this season. Cincy will face BYU and Texas after this one.
Evansville vs. Cincinnati Prediction
I’m leaning towards Cincinnati here. Do I love going and laying this many points against a 10-2 team? No, but not all 10-2 marks are created equally as the Aces hasn’t played a tough schedule. Only one game against a top-100 team in BYU and Evansville lost that game by 41 points and another tough road game for the Aces, at Missouri State, saw Evansville lose that game by 12 points. Cincinnati’s loaded from a talent perspective, and I think they do enough to bag a win and cover by 20+ here. Give me Cincinnati.
