The Bearcats 11th loss of the season was one of the hardest ones to take, as Marquette dropped them 79-76 in overtime. The Bearcats are now 15-11, 6-8 in the Big East. Marquette improves to 17-9, 8-6. The Golden Eagles tied the game with about 30 seconds left in regulation on a Lazar Hayward (13-11) three. Hayward made a nice ball fake to get Rashad Bishop in the air, and drilled an open look. UC's last chance in regulation was a Rashad Bishop missed 3. The Bearcats had a chance to tie at the end of overtime, but Deonta Vaughn missed an open 3 off the right wing. UC was lead offensively by Bishop's 17-5. The bench was great, Yancy Gates had 14, Larry Davis 13, Dion Dixon, my best friend, had 12. Marquette's Jimmy Butler had 20-7, and Darius Johnson-Odom had 20 as well.
In a season of disappointing losses, this one is right near the top of the list. More tomorrow.
Really at this point I wouldn't be surprised if UC won all their remaining games or dropped to DePaul by 20. It is that type of year for the Cats.
ReplyDeleteThe part that is tough to swallow is that Yancy seemed dominate at times and yet he was riding the pine throughout crunch time when the Cats really could have used him.