No. 20 Cincinnati aims to keep pressure on vs. Morehead State

No. 20 Cincinnati will offer Morehead State a challenging road environment on Friday night.The Bearcats (1-0) opened their season on Monday with a 109-54 home win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Even as his team rolled to a win behind 58.3 percent shooting from the field, 50 percent from 3-point range and a 56-28 edge on points in the paint, Bearcats coach Wes Miller wants Cincinnati’s effort and intensity to remain high.”I love coaching here because if you get a dunk the fans love it,” Miller said. “But if you dive on the floor with three or four guys, they go bananas.”With 12 points and 10 assists, Jizzle James notched his first career double-double against Arkansas Pine-Bluff. Miller said he has ideal point-guard traits. James also stuffed the stat sheet with seven rebounds.”Jizzle James is everything you want in a player,” Miller said. “His work ethic; he’s bought in and coachable. He’s as honest as he can be. He doesn’t know how to be dishonest. I said, ‘We have to get other guys involved and stop settling.’ He said, ‘I know coach, I was just excited.'”Simas Lukosius led six Cincinnati players who scored in double digits with 20 points. Dan Skillings Jr. had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds.”Simas was getting downhill (on offense),” Miller said. “It’s his second year in the program and he’s so much more comfortable in our offense. You can see the improvement.”Even though the Bearcats held a 48-25 rebounding edge, Miller wants more from Cincinnati when it comes to defensive rebounding. He said the Bearcats would use the time between games to “clean up communication and work on rebounding.”

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