5:32 pm
March 8

AAC Tournament: Memphis v. Cincinnati

Who will WIN this matchup?

Memphis Tigers (4-14)

Cincinnati Bearcats (7-15)

 

Current odds:

Memphis Tigers: (+375)

Cincinnati Bearcats: (-500)

 

• The line for this game is Cincinnati by 8.5 points.

• Memphis enters the league tournament have lost its last seven games, including a 66-52 result at Temple on Thursday. Dulcy Mendjiadeu Fankam led the Tigers with 13 points and 14 rebounds.

• Memphis owns a 36-23 lead in the series, including a 5-3 mark at neutral sites. UC is 2-0 against Memphis at the AAC Championship, including a 94-52 victory in the quarterfinals of last season’s event.

• UC and Memphis split a pair of meetings this season with the road team winning each time. Memphis claimed a 61-52 victory at Fifth Third Arena on Jan. 20 while UC earned a 73-62 win at Elma Roane Fieldhouse on Feb. 10.

• Cincinnati closed the regular season with three straight wins, highlighted by a conference record 51-point effort from AAC Player of the Year IImar’I Thomas against ECU. Thomas leads the league in scoring (23.9 PPG), field goal percentage (54.5%), free throw percentage (81.8%) and minutes per game (39.3) and has posted five games of at least 30 points this year, one shy of tying the AAC single-season record. Thomas is averaging 23.5 PPG against Memphis this season and has shot 50% from the floor (18-of-36) against the Tigers. Freshman guard Jillian Hayes earned AAC All-Freshman honors and leads the team with 31 steals for third-year head coach Michelle Clark-Heard.

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Cincinnati Bearcats
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