Game: Cincinnati Bearcats vs Xavier Musketeers
Date: Friday, December 5, 2025
Location: Cintas Center in Cincinnati, OH
TV: ESPN+
The Cincinnati Bearcats (6-2) are en route to Cintas Center on Friday where they will take on the Xavier Musketeers (6-3).
The Cincinnati Bearcats played Tarleton State and took home the win by a score of 76-58 in their last game. Cincinnati wrapped up the game with a 46.4% field goal percentage (26 of 56) and knocked down 15 out of their 36 three-point shots. From the free throw line, the Bearcats knocked down 9 of their 15 tries for a percentage of 60.0%. With respect to rebounding, they collected 37 with 13 of them being of the offensive variety. They also distributed 16 assists in the game as well as forcing the opposition into 18 turnovers and earning 9 steals. Pertaining to the defense, Cincinnati allowed their opponent to shoot 41.2% from the field on 21 out of 51 shooting. Tarleton State totaled 10 assists and had 9 steals for this contest. In addition, Tarleton State pulled down 18 rebounds (3 offensive, 15 defensive), but didn’t have a block. Tarleton State walked away from this one shooting 57.1% at the free throw line by making 8 of their 14 attempts. They buried 8 of their 20 shots from downtown. In regard to fouls, the Bearcats ended up finishing with 15 and Tarleton State racked up 15 fouls.
Kerr Kriisa is a player who came through for this contest. He ended up going 58.3% from the floor and totaled 3 dimes. He was on the court for 30 mins played and grabbed 1 board. He left the arena with 20 points on 7 out of 12 shooting.
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Cincinnati heads into this contest with a mark of 6-2 for the campaign. They turn it over 15.0 times per contest and as a squad are committing 17.4 personal fouls every game. As a team, Cincinnati is snagging 38.5 rebounds per game and has 138 dimes on the year, which is 72nd in college hoops in terms of passing. The Bearcats are shooting 31.8% on shots from downtown (74 of 233) and 64.6% from the free throw line. They average 75.5 points per outing (229th in Division 1) while going 43.1% from the floor.
Defensively, the Bearcats have forced 17.5 turnovers every game and they draw 20.4 fouls. They are ranked 105th in Division 1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 95 surrendered for the season. The Bearcats defensively are giving up a field goal percentage of 37.2% (168 of 452) and they concede 35.1 boards per contest as a team. They are surrendering 31.0% on 3-pointers and they are 17th in D-1 in points per game from their opponents (63.4).
In their last game, the Xavier Musketeers walked away with a victory by a final of 96-74 when they faced Saint Francis. The Musketeers collected 28 defensive boards and 13 offensive rebounds for a total of 41 in the matchup. They also turned the ball over 7 times, while getting 7 steals in this matchup. Saint Francis was called for 15 personal fouls in the matchup which took the Musketeers to the charity stripe for 15 attempts. They were able to knock down 10 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 66.7%. When talking about shooting from 3-point land, Xavier converted 10 out of 32 tries (31.3%). Overall, the Musketeers ended up shooting 38 for 77 from the field which had them shooting 49.4%. The Musketeers allowed Saint Francis to bury 27 out of 61 tries from the floor which had them sitting at 44.3% for this game. They wrapped up this game 36.4% from three-point range by going 8 out of 22 and ended up going 12 out of 15 from the free throw line (80.0%). When it comes to rebounding, Xavier allowed Saint Francis to grab 30 in total (3 offensive).
Roddie Anderson III ended up having an impact for the Musketeers for this contest. He totaled 28 points in his 25 mins of playing time and added 5 dimes in this contest. He knocked down 10 out of 16 for the matchup giving him a rate of 62.5%, and totaled 5 rebounds.
Xavier has a mark of 6-3 for the season. The Musketeers are committing 17.1 personal fouls every game while shooting 69.5% from the free throw line. They are dishing out assists 18.4 times per game (30th in college) and they are turning it over 9.7 times per game. Xavier has scored 708 points for the year (78.7 per game) and they snag 36.1 boards per game. As an offensive team, the Musketeers are connecting on 42.0% from the field, which has them ranked 310th in the country.
The Musketeers defensively are ranked 176th in D-1 in PPG given up with 72.8. They are forcing 13.6 TO’s per game and allow teams to shoot 46.9% from the field (312th in college hoops). The Xavier defense allows 30.6% on 3-point shots (49 of 160) and their opponents are knocking down 69.5% of their foul shots. They concede 16.8 dimes and 36.4 total rebounds per game, which has them ranked 334th and 261st in Division 1.
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Tony Sink’s Pick: Take Xavier
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