8:32 pm
December 15

Cincinnati @ #18 Mississippi State

Who will WIN this matchup?

Cincinnati Bearcats (9-1)

@ #18 Mississippi State Bulldogs (8-1)

 

Current odds:

Cincinnati Bearcats: (+145)

Mississippi State Bulldogs: (-170)

 

• The line for the game is Mississippi State by 3.5 points.

• The Bearcats are doing it with defense, allowing just 56.4 points per game after holding high-scoring Xavier to 32 points below its season average (79.3) in a 62-47 triumph last week. Seven opponents have shot 40 percent or under against Cincinnati, including six of the last seven, and the Bearcats are limiting shooters to 31.1 percent from 3-point range, which will be important against the Bulldogs. Guard Jarron Cumberland tops the Bearcats in scoring (15.3 points per game) and he has scored 20 or more points three times, while leading the team with 19 points in the victory over Xavier.

• Peters’ 3-point shooting success against Clemson wasn’t an aberration as he ranks third in the SEC in long-distance shooting at 3.33 per game and the team as a whole is averaging 9.3 per game (36.1 percent). Peters combines with guard Quinndary Weatherspoon to form a dangerous backcourt duo, with Weatherspoon leading the way with 16.8 points per game as he continues to move up the school scoring list, ranking 10th with 1,534 career points. Forward Aric Holman ranks fifth in the conference with 8.6 rebounds per game and he has been dominant up front, piling up 163 blocked shots in his 99 career games, fifth best in school history.

• Bearcats guard Justin Jenifer ranks first in the nation with a 7.8-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio (39 assists and only five turnovers ).

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