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Thomas scores season-high 20 and Cincinnati leads the entire second half of a 93-83 victory over UCF

AP
Feb 05, 2025

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Day Day Thomas scored 18 of his season-high 20 points in the first half, Jizzle James had seven of his 15 points in the final four minutes and Cincinnati led the entire second half of a 93-83 victory over UCF on Wednesday night.

James sank a jumper from the free-throw line for an 85-77 lead and he added a left-handed layup on the next possession for a 10-point lead with 1:44 remaining. James also had a steal on back-to-back possessions in the final minute, both leading to dunks by Dillon Mitchell to help secure it.

Mitchell finished with 19 points and Aziz Bandaogo scored 16 points for Cincinnati (13-9, 3-8 Big 12 Conference). Thomas was making his second start of the season after doing so 35 times last year before breaking his foot in the NIT opener.

Keyshawn Hall led UCF (13-9, 4-7) with 23 points and Darius Johnson added 21 points. Moustapha Thiam had 14 points and eight rebounds and Jordan Ivy-Curry scored 11.

Thomas made a steal on UCF's final possession of the first half and tipped in his own miss at the other end just before the halftime buzzer to give Cincinnati a 40-36 lead. It was the Bearcats' highest scoring first half since netting 46 against Alabama State on Nov. 27.

Cincinnati hosts BYU on Saturday, when UCF plays at Baylor.

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1st Half
CINCY
Bearcats
40
UCF
Knights
36

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Aziz Bandaogo vs. Moustapha Thiam (Jordan Ivy-Curry gains possession)
19:41		Keyshawn Hall misses two point driving layup
19:39		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
19:28		Dillon Mitchell turnover (traveling)
19:09	+2	Moustapha Thiam makes two point alley-oop dunk (Keyshawn Hall assists)	0-2
18:54	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point stepback jump shot	2-2
18:39	+3	Keyshawn Hall makes three point jump shot (Darius Johnson assists)	2-5
18:07		Jizzle James misses three point stepback jump shot
18:05		Keyshawn Hall defensive rebound
17:56		Keyshawn Hall misses two point driving floating jump shot
17:54		Keyshawn Hall offensive rebound
17:52		Simas Lukošius personal foul (Dallan Coleman draws the foul)
17:51		Moustapha Thiam misses three point jump shot
17:49		Dallan Coleman offensive rebound
17:41		Jordan Ivy-Curry misses three point stepback jump shot
17:39		Jizzle James defensive rebound
17:24		Jizzle James misses two point pullup jump shot
17:22		Dallan Coleman defensive rebound
17:06	+2	Jordan Ivy-Curry makes two point pullup bank jump shot (Darius Johnson assists)	2-7
16:49	+2	Jizzle James makes two point turnaround hook shot	4-7
16:36	+2	Moustapha Thiam makes two point dunk (Darius Johnson assists)	4-9
16:34		Bearcats 30 second timeout
16:18	+2	Aziz Bandaogo makes two point dunk (Jizzle James assists)	6-9
16:18		Dallan Coleman shooting foul (Aziz Bandaogo draws the foul)
16:18		Aziz Bandaogo misses regular free throw 1 of 1
16:18		Dallan Coleman defensive rebound
16:03		Dillon Mitchell blocks Keyshawn Hall's two point driving layup
16:01		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
16:01		Moustapha Thiam personal foul (Aziz Bandaogo draws the foul)
15:39		Aziz Bandaogo turnover (traveling)
15:39		TV timeout
15:38		Keyshawn Hall turnover (bad pass)
15:28		Day Day Thomas misses three point stepback jump shot
15:26		Keyshawn Hall defensive rebound
15:20	+2	Dallan Coleman makes two point driving floating jump shot (Darius Johnson assists)	6-11
15:08	+2	Simas Lukošius makes two point floating jump shot	8-11
14:53	+2	Darius Johnson makes two point driving floating jump shot	8-13
14:38		Simas Lukošius misses three point pullup jump shot
14:36		Dallan Coleman defensive rebound
14:26		Josh Reed shooting foul (Jordan Ivy-Curry draws the foul)
14:26		Jordan Ivy-Curry misses regular free throw 1 of 2
14:26	+1	Jordan Ivy-Curry makes regular free throw 2 of 2	8-14
14:06		Dan Skillings Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Dallan Coleman steals)
14:03		Dallan Coleman turnover (bad pass)
13:41	+2	Jizzle James makes two point driving layup	10-14
13:26		Darius Johnson turnover (traveling)
13:09	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point turnaround hook shot	12-14
12:41		Jordan Ivy-Curry misses two point driving layup
12:39		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
12:33		Jizzle James turnover (bad pass) (Moustapha Thiam steals)
12:29		Jizzle James shooting foul (Keyshawn Hall draws the foul)
12:29		Keyshawn Hall misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:29	+1	Keyshawn Hall makes regular free throw 2 of 2	12-15
12:15		Mikey Williams personal foul (Aziz Bandaogo draws the foul)
12:03		Dillon Mitchell misses two point driving layup
12:01		Dillon Mitchell offensive rebound
12:00	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point putback layup	14-15
11:45		Jizzle James personal foul (Mikey Williams draws the foul)
11:45		TV timeout
11:39		Darius Johnson misses two point driving layup
11:37		Darius Johnson offensive rebound
11:33		JJ Taylor misses three point jump shot
11:31		Bearcats defensive rebound
11:31		Rokas Jocius personal foul
11:15	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point alley-oop dunk (Day Day Thomas assists)	16-15
11:01		Keyshawn Hall misses three point jump shot
10:59		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
10:54		Aziz Bandaogo turnover (bad pass)
10:40		Keyshawn Hall misses two point driving layup
10:38		Rokas Jocius offensive rebound
10:32		Aziz Bandaogo blocks Mikey Williams's two point driving layup
10:30		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
10:26	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point driving reverse layup (Dillon Mitchell assists)	18-15
10:12		Darius Johnson flagrant 1 (Day Day Thomas draws the foul)
10:12		Darius Johnson turnover (offensive foul)
10:12		Day Day Thomas misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
10:12	+1	Day Day Thomas makes flagrant free throw 2 of 2	19-15
9:56		Moustapha Thiam blocks Day Day Thomas's two point driving layup
9:54		Jordan Ivy-Curry defensive rebound
9:33		Tyler Betsey personal foul (Darius Johnson draws the foul)
9:23		Tyler Betsey personal foul (Keyshawn Hall draws the foul)
9:15	+3	Jordan Ivy-Curry makes three point pullup jump shot	19-18
9:07	+2	Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point driving reverse layup (Day Day Thomas assists)	21-18
8:56		Moustapha Thiam misses three point jump shot
8:54		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
8:43	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point running pullup jump shot	23-18
8:33		Day Day Thomas personal foul (Dior Johnson draws the foul)
8:33	+1	Dior Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-19
8:33	+1	Dior Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-20
8:07		Benny Williams blocks Dan Skillings Jr.'s two point driving layup
8:05		Rayvon Griffith offensive rebound
8:01		Rayvon Griffith misses two point putback layup
7:59		Jordan Ivy-Curry defensive rebound
7:48		Dior Johnson misses two point driving floating jump shot
7:46		Rayvon Griffith defensive rebound
7:38		Simas Lukošius misses three point jump shot
7:36		Dallan Coleman defensive rebound
7:25		Dior Johnson misses three point jump shot
7:23		Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound
7:04		Dan Skillings Jr. turnover (traveling)
7:04		TV timeout
6:50	+2	Moustapha Thiam makes two point turnaround hook shot	23-22
6:24	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point pullup bank jump shot	25-22
5:59		Moustapha Thiam misses two point turnaround hook shot
5:57		Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound
5:54		Dan Skillings Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Dallan Coleman steals)
5:51	+2	Benny Williams makes two point driving dunk	25-24
5:38		Dillon Mitchell misses three point jump shot
5:36		Benny Williams defensive rebound
5:30		Jordan Ivy-Curry turnover (traveling)
5:06	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point driving layup	27-24
4:52		Mikey Williams misses three point pullup jump shot
4:50		CJ Fredrick Jr. defensive rebound
4:42	+3	Day Day Thomas makes three point pullup jump shot	30-24
4:39		Knights 30 second timeout
4:26	+2	Keyshawn Hall makes two point driving layup	30-26
4:03	+2	Aziz Bandaogo makes two point dunk (Simas Lukošius assists)	32-26
3:55	+2	Benny Williams makes two point driving layup (Darius Johnson assists)	32-28
3:55		TV timeout
3:34		Dillon Mitchell misses two point turnaround hook shot
3:30		Knights defensive rebound
3:10	+2	Darius Johnson makes two point driving layup	32-30
2:51		Jordan Ivy-Curry personal foul (CJ Fredrick Jr. draws the foul)
2:45		Simas Lukošius misses three point stepback jump shot
2:43		Darius Johnson defensive rebound
2:37		Darius Johnson turnover (lost ball) (Day Day Thomas steals)
2:16		Josh Reed misses two point hook shot
2:14		Keyshawn Hall defensive rebound
2:06	+2	Keyshawn Hall makes two point driving layup	32-32
1:47	+2	Aziz Bandaogo makes two point dunk (Day Day Thomas assists)	34-32
1:30		Aziz Bandaogo shooting foul (Keyshawn Hall draws the foul)
1:30	+1	Keyshawn Hall makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-33
1:30	+1	Keyshawn Hall makes regular free throw 2 of 2	34-34
1:15		Jordan Ivy-Curry shooting foul (Simas Lukošius draws the foul)
1:15	+1	Simas Lukošius makes regular free throw 1 of 3	35-34
1:15		Simas Lukošius misses regular free throw 2 of 3
1:15	+1	Simas Lukošius makes regular free throw 3 of 3	36-34
1:00	+2	Darius Johnson makes two point driving layup	36-36
0:43	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point pullup jump shot	38-36
0:24		Darius Johnson misses three point stepback jump shot
0:22		Moustapha Thiam offensive rebound
0:17		Nils Machowski misses three point jump shot
0:15		Day Day Thomas defensive rebound
0:02		JJ Taylor blocks Day Day Thomas's two point driving layup
0:01		Day Day Thomas offensive rebound
0:01	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point tip layup	40-36
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
CINCY
Bearcats
53
UCF
Knights
47

Time		Play	Score
19:51	+3	Simas Lukošius makes three point jump shot (Aziz Bandaogo assists)	43-36
19:35	+2	Moustapha Thiam makes two point turnaround hook shot (Darius Johnson assists)	43-38
19:12		Dallan Coleman personal foul (Simas Lukošius draws the foul)
19:00		Dillon Mitchell turnover (traveling)
18:49	+2	Darius Johnson makes two point driving layup	43-40
18:29		Aziz Bandaogo misses two point hook shot
18:27		Moustapha Thiam defensive rebound
18:19		Moustapha Thiam turnover (lost ball) (Aziz Bandaogo steals)
18:13	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point cutting layup (Simas Lukošius assists)	45-40
18:01		Jizzle James personal foul
17:55		Darius Johnson misses three point pullup jump shot
17:53		Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound
17:32		Simas Lukošius misses three point stepback jump shot
17:30		Moustapha Thiam defensive rebound
17:19	+2	Keyshawn Hall makes two point cutting dunk (Dallan Coleman assists)	45-42
16:53	+2	Aziz Bandaogo makes two point floating jump shot (Dillon Mitchell assists)	47-42
16:52		Dallan Coleman shooting foul (Aziz Bandaogo draws the foul)
16:52	+1	Aziz Bandaogo makes regular free throw 1 of 1	48-42
16:51		Keyshawn Hall turnover (bad pass) (Simas Lukošius steals)
16:38		Keyshawn Hall blocks Josh Reed's two point driving layup
16:37		Bearcats offensive rebound
16:29	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point turnaround hook shot	50-42
16:18		Moustapha Thiam misses two point floating jump shot
16:16		Keyshawn Hall offensive rebound
16:12	+2	Keyshawn Hall makes two point putback layup	50-44
16:08		Josh Reed misses three point jump shot
16:06		Dallan Coleman defensive rebound
15:59		Moustapha Thiam misses two point turnaround hook shot
15:57		Darius Johnson offensive rebound
15:51		Darius Johnson turnover (bad pass) (Josh Reed steals)
15:51		Dallan Coleman personal foul
15:51		TV timeout
15:39		Moustapha Thiam personal foul (Rayvon Griffith draws the foul)
15:36		Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point driving layup
15:34		Knights defensive rebound
15:34		Josh Reed personal foul (Moustapha Thiam draws the foul)
15:19		Josh Reed personal foul (Keyshawn Hall draws the foul)
15:03	+3	Jordan Ivy-Curry makes three point jump shot (Benny Williams assists)	50-47
14:46		Tyler Betsey misses three point jump shot
14:44		Aziz Bandaogo offensive rebound
14:36	+3	Tyler Betsey makes three point jump shot (Dan Skillings Jr. assists)	53-47
14:23		Moustapha Thiam misses three point jump shot
14:21		Benny Williams offensive rebound
14:17	+2	Benny Williams makes two point putback layup	53-49
13:49		Day Day Thomas misses two point turnaround jump shot
13:47		Moustapha Thiam defensive rebound
13:37		Benny Williams turnover (bad pass) (Aziz Bandaogo steals)
13:32		Day Day Thomas turnover (lost ball)
13:32		Dan Skillings Jr. personal foul (Jordan Ivy-Curry draws the foul)
13:28	+2	Moustapha Thiam makes two point hook shot (Keyshawn Hall assists)	53-51
13:11	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point alley-oop dunk (Day Day Thomas assists)	55-51
12:55	+2	Jordan Ivy-Curry makes two point turnaround jump shot	55-53
12:46	+3	Tyler Betsey makes three point jump shot (Dillon Mitchell assists)	58-53
12:12		Jordan Ivy-Curry misses three point pullup jump shot
12:10		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
11:58		Moustapha Thiam shooting foul (Jizzle James draws the foul)
11:58		TV timeout
11:58	+1	Jizzle James makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-53
11:58	+1	Jizzle James makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-53
11:43		Keyshawn Hall misses two point driving layup
11:42		Moustapha Thiam offensive rebound
11:42		Tyler Betsey shooting foul (Moustapha Thiam draws the foul)
11:42	+1	Moustapha Thiam makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-54
11:42	+1	Moustapha Thiam makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-55
11:23		Dillon Mitchell misses two point cutting layup
11:21		Dior Johnson defensive rebound
11:15		Keyshawn Hall turnover (lost ball)
11:03	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point alley-oop dunk (Jizzle James assists)	62-55
10:46	+2	Dior Johnson makes two point driving layup	62-57
10:33	+2	Aziz Bandaogo makes two point dunk (Jizzle James assists)	64-57
10:23		Dior Johnson misses three point jump shot
10:21		Moustapha Thiam offensive rebound
10:17		Moustapha Thiam misses two point jump shot
10:15		Jizzle James defensive rebound
10:10		Tyler Betsey misses three point jump shot
10:08		Dillon Mitchell offensive rebound
10:07	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point tip layup	66-57
9:42	+2	Dior Johnson makes two point fadeaway jump shot	66-59
9:27	+2	Jizzle James makes two point layup	68-59
9:12		Jizzle James personal foul (Keyshawn Hall draws the foul)
9:10		Rokas Jocius turnover (lost ball) (Dillon Mitchell steals)
9:08		Dillon Mitchell misses two point driving layup
9:06		Rokas Jocius defensive rebound
9:06		Official timeout
8:41		Josh Reed blocks Keyshawn Hall's two point jump shot
8:39		Rokas Jocius offensive rebound
8:37		Darius Johnson misses three point jump shot
8:35		Darius Johnson offensive rebound
8:33		Josh Reed personal foul (Darius Johnson draws the foul)
8:33	+1	Darius Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-60
8:33		Darius Johnson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:33		Simas Lukošius defensive rebound
8:17	+2	Aziz Bandaogo makes two point hook shot	70-60
8:04	+2	Keyshawn Hall makes two point driving layup	70-62
7:41		Day Day Thomas misses two point driving finger roll layup
7:39		Rokas Jocius defensive rebound
7:32	+2	Darius Johnson makes two point driving layup	70-64
7:04	+2	Tyler Betsey makes two point driving floating jump shot	72-64
6:52		Knights 30 second timeout
6:52		TV timeout
6:41	+2	Darius Johnson makes two point driving layup	72-66
6:28	+3	Dan Skillings Jr. makes three point jump shot (Aziz Bandaogo assists)	75-66
6:17		Day Day Thomas personal foul (Darius Johnson draws the foul)
6:17		TV timeout
6:17	+1	Darius Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	75-67
6:17	+1	Darius Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-68
5:52		Keyshawn Hall shooting foul (Dillon Mitchell draws the foul)
5:52		Dillon Mitchell misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:52	+1	Dillon Mitchell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	76-68
5:37		Aziz Bandaogo shooting foul (Keyshawn Hall draws the foul)
5:37	+1	Keyshawn Hall makes regular free throw 1 of 2	76-69
5:37		Keyshawn Hall misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:37		Jordan Ivy-Curry offensive rebound
5:30		Darius Johnson misses three point jump shot
5:28		Keyshawn Hall offensive rebound
5:25	+2	Keyshawn Hall makes two point layup	76-71
5:18	+2	Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point driving layup (Day Day Thomas assists)	78-71
5:18		Moustapha Thiam shooting foul (Dan Skillings Jr. draws the foul)
5:18	+1	Dan Skillings Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1	79-71
4:58		Dillon Mitchell personal foul (Keyshawn Hall draws the foul)
4:58	+1	Keyshawn Hall makes regular free throw 1 of 2	79-72
4:58	+1	Keyshawn Hall makes regular free throw 2 of 2	79-73
4:33		Day Day Thomas misses two point pullup jump shot
4:31		Aziz Bandaogo offensive rebound
4:24	+2	Aziz Bandaogo makes two point putback layup	81-73
4:17		Keyshawn Hall turnover (lost ball)
4:05		Jizzle James turnover (traveling)
3:53		Day Day Thomas blocks Darius Johnson's two point driving layup
3:51		Knights offensive rebound
3:51		TV timeout
3:36	+2	Moustapha Thiam makes two point jump shot	81-75
3:18		Darius Johnson personal foul (Jizzle James draws the foul)
3:18	+1	Jizzle James makes regular free throw 1 of 2	82-75
3:18	+1	Jizzle James makes regular free throw 2 of 2	83-75
3:08		Darius Johnson misses two point driving layup
3:06		Day Day Thomas defensive rebound
2:43		Simas Lukošius misses three point pullup jump shot
2:41		Darius Johnson defensive rebound
2:36		Keyshawn Hall misses two point driving layup
2:34		Moustapha Thiam offensive rebound
2:32	+2	Keyshawn Hall makes two point layup (Moustapha Thiam assists)	83-77
2:07	+2	Jizzle James makes two point pullup jump shot	85-77
1:58		Keyshawn Hall misses three point jump shot
1:56		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
1:45	+2	Jizzle James makes two point driving layup	87-77
1:42		Bearcats 60 second timeout
1:35		Keyshawn Hall misses two point driving layup
1:33		Jizzle James defensive rebound
1:30		Darius Johnson personal foul (Jizzle James draws the foul)
1:30		Jizzle James misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:30		Keyshawn Hall defensive rebound
1:25	+3	Darius Johnson makes three point jump shot (Keyshawn Hall assists)	87-80
1:06		Keyshawn Hall personal foul (Jizzle James draws the foul)
1:06		Jizzle James misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:06	+1	Jizzle James makes regular free throw 2 of 2	88-80
1:00		Keyshawn Hall turnover (lost ball) (Jizzle James steals)
0:56	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point driving dunk (Jizzle James assists)	90-80
0:49		Keyshawn Hall turnover (bad pass) (Jizzle James steals)
0:42	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point alley-oop dunk (Day Day Thomas assists)	92-80
0:37		Darius Johnson turnover (lost ball) (Simas Lukošius steals)
0:35		Keyshawn Hall personal foul (Aziz Bandaogo draws the foul)
0:35		Aziz Bandaogo misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:35	+1	Aziz Bandaogo makes regular free throw 2 of 2	93-80
0:26		Dallan Coleman misses three point pullup jump shot
0:24		Moustapha Thiam offensive rebound
0:19	+3	Darius Johnson makes three point jump shot (Moustapha Thiam assists)	93-83
0:00		End of period

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Darius Johnson makes three point jump shot (Moustapha Thiam assists)