Cincinnati knocks off SMU in first game since Mick Cronin announced season-long absence
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Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.
Mick Cronin said he was watching Cincinnati play SMU “Home. Alone. Calm” in the Bearcats’ first game since their coach said he would sit out the season due to a vascular condition that led to an aneurysm last month. Cronin had to be happy with what he saw. The Bearcats improved to 10-3 with a 56-50 win over SMU on Saturday afternoon at home in their AAC conference opener.
The man above is freshman forward Gary Clark, who turned in a nice all-around game for Cincinnati with eight points, seven rebounds and two steals. Fabrad Cobb came off the bench to score a game-high 18 points and 6’10 big man Octavius Ellis added 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field.
SMU falls to 10-4 in the loss. It’s clear the Mustangs are still trying to incorporate forward Markus Kennedy after he was ineligible for the first semester. Kennedy scored seven points on 3-of-10 shooting. Ryan Manuel led SMU with 14 points.
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