Overview
- The Bearcats turned 12 Cyclone turnovers into 20 points and grabbed 15 offensive rebounds to produce 18 more shot attempts.
- Milan Momcilovic scored a career-high 34 points on 8-of-14 from three, while Iowa State shot 17-of-27 at the free-throw line.
- Day Day Thomas led Cincinnati with 19 points, with Jizzle James adding 15 as the Bearcats’ bench outscored Iowa State 20-5.
- Iowa State fell to 16-2 (3-2 Big 12) after back-to-back road losses, continuing a pattern of slow starts against power-conference foes.
- Cincinnati improved to 10-8 (2-3) with a second straight league win, a result reported as its first AP Top-10 victory since 2012 and first over a top-two team since 1967; coach T. J. Otzelberger vowed, “We’ll be at our best on Tuesday.”