The Cincinnati Bearcats and Utah Valley Wolverines will take the court Wednesday at UCCU Center. Tip-off from Orem, UT, is at 9:00 p.m. ET.
Cincinnati (23-12 SU and 23-11 ATS) defeated Hofstra on Saturday. The Bearcats beat Virginia Tech in the first round of the NIT tournament.
Utah Valley (27-8 SU and 23-9 ATS) defeated Colorado on Sunday. The Wolverines beat New Mexico in the first round.
The National Invitational Tournament game is a Pick'em and the game total is 148.5 points.
Cincinnati shot over 52 percent in its second-round win over Hofstra, holding the Pride to only 28 points in the second half. The Bearcats also won the rebounding battle (+15 rebounding margin). Hofstra took seven more shots than Cincinnati but only made 37.5 percent of their field goal attempts.
Senior guard Landers Nolley II leads Cincy in scoring this season. He's averaging 16.7 points on 45.1 percent shooting and 5.8 rebounds per game. A few other Bearcats to watch are senior guard David DeJulius (14.7 PPG and 5.4 APG), sophomore forward Viktor Lakhin (11.7 PPG and 7.0 RPG), and junior guard Jeremiah Davenport (9.3 PPG).
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Cincinnati scores 77.9 points per game (41st) and shoots 45.5 percent (131st), including 36.0 percent from three-point range (78th). It converts 70.2 percent of its free throws (240th) and averages 33.8 rebounds (57th) with a +2.9 rebounding margin. Cincy is 46th in schedule-adjusted offensive efficiency and 114th in adjusted tempo, per KenPom.
The Bearcats surrender 69.7 points per game on defense (171st), and their opponents shoot 42.8 percent (118th) with a 32.2 shooting percentage from deep (82nd). They're 54th in adjusted defensive efficiency.
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