I’m sorry to do this, but here comes a major sports cliche: The story of yesterday’s game between the Cincinnati Bearcats and the USF Bulls was a tale of two halves.
I appreciate your eye roll, but it really was. That’s not just me being a lazy sports writer on this Sunday morning. If you look at the performance from the Bearcats in the first 20 minutes as compared to the second 20, you will notice a distinct difference in the quality of play.
Let’s start with the first half, when shots weren’t falling and turnovers were plentiful.