KYLE WASHINGTON SCORED 21 POINTS AND JACOB EVANS ADDED 20 TO LEAD NO. 15 CINCINNATI TO AN 80-61 ROUT OF TULSA IN THE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
TROY CAUPAIN ADDED 15 POINTS FOR THE BEARCATS (28-4), WHO LED FOR ALL BUT 17 SECONDS AND BY AS MANY AS 24 POINTS.COREY HENDERSON JR. HAD 15 POINTS AND STERLING TAPLIN SCORED 10 FOR TULSA, WHICH LOST THREE OF ITS FINAL FOUR GAMES TO FINISH THE SEASON 15-17.
THE BEARCATS HIT FIVE OF THEIR FIRST SEVEN ATTEMPTS FROM 3-POINT RANGE. A SHOT BY JARRON CUMBERLAND FROM BEHIND THE ARC ON THE RIGHT WING GAVE CINCINNATI AN EARLY 23-12 LEAD. CINCINNATI CLOSED THE FIRST HALF ON A 7-0 RUN AND WENT INTO THE INTERMISSION AHEAD 40-25.