The Cincinnati Bearcats women’s basketball team opened the AAC regular season the right way on Saturday. They defeated the East Carolina Pirates 66-54 in Greenville, North Carolina, scoring a confidence boosting road victory.
Cincinnati improved to 9-5 with the win and 1-0 in AAC play. ECU fell to 8-6 overall and 0-1 in the conference.
Senior point guard Ana Owens led the way for the Bearcats, posting a game high 18 points in 38 minutes of action. Forwards Angel Rizor and I’imari Thomas both added 14 points to the winning effort.
Destiny Campbell, Salita Greene, and Mickayla Sanders all scored 8 points for the Pirates.