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  Wednesday, Nov. 29 7:30pm ET
Bearcats' defense puts stamp on win
 
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- Cincinnati found the passion it was missing.

The Bearcats (No. 17 ESPN/USA Today; No. 22 AP) used tenacious man-to-man defense and a suffocating second-half press to rattle and beat Dayton (No. 24 AP) 82-75 Wednesday night.

Kenny Satterfield
Kenny Satterfield, who scored 20 for the Bearcats, saves the ball from going out of bounds.

Cincinnati (3-1) came into the game off of a 69-51 loss to Notre Dame on Saturday. Coach Bob Huggins was so miffed by the defeat that he accused his team of quitting.

"I was embarrassed Saturday. They were embarrassed Saturday," Huggins said. "So we went back to doing what we do. We went back to getting after folks. We had two very physical practices."

Huggins said he wasn't happy that Dayton (2-2) outrebounded Cincinnati 45-26.

"But I thought our effort was fine," he said. "We played harder. I thought we played better together."

Another big difference was point guard Steve Logan, who came into the Dayton game 0-for-11 from 3-point range and shooting only 27 percent overall. Logan scored 21 points against the Flyers and was 5-for-11 on 3s.

Kenny Satterfield added 20 points and made some critical free throws late in the game for the Bearcats.

The Flyers, playing as a ranked team in the AP poll for the first time since 1974, were 5-for-9 from 3-point range in the first half, but went cold in the second, going 2-for-9. Tony Stanley scored 21 points, and Brooks Hall added 17 for Dayton, but the Flyers turned the ball over 19 times.

"This was a disappointing loss for us tonight because we were in control of the game," Dayton coach Oliver Purnell said. "We were up 13 points, beating a pretty good team. If we take care of the ball at that point, we're in control of our own destiny and we're in a position to win."

Purnell acknowledged that the Flyers rebounded well, led by Yuanta Holland's career-high 13.

"But when you rebound and then turn the ball over, it's like you never had it to begin with," Purnell said.

With Dayton leading 56-43 with 12:54 left in the game, the Bearcats went into a full-court press, forcing several turnovers and scoring nine straight points. Cincinnati tied the game 58-58 with 8:28 left.

The Bearcats took the lead for good with 3:19 remaining on Jamall Davis' three-point play. Dayton got within 71-70 with 2:09 to play, but Satterfield made 5-of-6 free throws to seal the game.

Cincinnati leads the series 55-28, winning 37 of the last 44 meetings. The Bearcats have won 10 straight over Dayton, last losing to the Flyers in 1989.

Dayton rang up victories in the Maui Invitational last week over two ranked teams -- Maryland and Connecticut, while losing to then-No. 1 Arizona.
 


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