Upsets are a part of college basketball. Unfortunately for the Cincinnati Bearcats, they were on the wrong side of one on Saturday, as they lost 73-71 on the road to the East Carolina Pirates.
It was a startling decision for the Bearcats (12-3, 1-1 American Athletic Conference), who had won their previous three games by an average of 27.3 points. Struggles in the first half really set the Bearcats up for failure. After rattling off a 9-0 run to start the game, they ended up going into halftime trailing 36-27. A complete inability to make shots from long range kept the Bearcats at arm’s length from the Pirates.