Viktor Lakhim scores 23 with 11 rebounds to lead Cincinnati past Eastern Washington 85-73
CINCINNATI (AP) Viktor Lakhin scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Cincinnati to an 85-73 win over Eastern Washington on Sunday.
The 6-foot-11 junior from Russia was 9-of-12 shooting with two 3-pointers with 18 points coming in the second half.
The Bearcats were up 11 when Cedric Coward scored eight straight Eagle points and LeJuan Watts cut it to 49-45 with 12:42 to go. The Eagles missed their next five shots and Cincinnati went on a 13-2 run with four free throws and consecutive layups by Lakhin making it 62-47.
Eastern Washington cut the deficit to 70-62 with five minutes left but Day Day Thomas answered with a layup, Lakhin followed with a 3 and the lead remained in double figures the rest of the way.
Jizzle James scored 13 points, Thomas and Simas Lukosius both added 11 and Johnny Newman III had 10 for the Bearcats (3-0).
Coward scored 21 for the Eagles (0-3) and Jones had 16.
Cincinnati led 38-30 at the half, boosted by 4-for-6 shooting behind the arc to 2 of 11 for Eastern Washington.
Newman III and Dan Skillings Jr. hit 3-pointers in an early 14-0 Cincinnati run that made it 18-7 as the Eagles were going through an 0 for 9 slump. But EWU found its shooting eye and while making eight-straight shots got as close as two on a Watts layup that made it 26-24.
James scored seven-straight Cincinnati points and Newman closed out the half with a 3 to boost the lead back to eight.
Cincinnati continues its five-game homestand against Northern Kentucky on Sunday. After playing at Utah, Mississippi and Cincinnati in the season's first week, Eastern Washington goes to Stanford on Sunday before playing its first game at home.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 |  | Â | Ethan Price vs. Viktor Lakhin (Eagles gains possession) | Â |
| 19:43 |  | +2 | Ethan Price makes two point jump shot | 2-0 |
| 19:28 | | +2 | Viktor Lakhin makes two point hook shot | 2-2 |
| 19:18 | | Â | Ody Oguama personal foul (Casey Jones draws the foul) | Â |
| 19:11 | | Â | Cedric Coward misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 19:09 | | Â | Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound | Â |
| 18:53 | | Â | Casey Jones personal foul | Â |
| 18:49 | | Â | Ethan Price blocks Viktor Lakhin's two point jump shot | Â |
| 18:47 | | Â | Viktor Lakhin offensive rebound | Â |
| 18:35 | | +2 | Viktor Lakhin makes two point layup | 2-4 |
| 18:28 | | +2 | Cedric Coward makes two point layup (Ethan Price assists) | 4-4 |
| 18:17 | | Â | Day Day Thomas misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 18:15 | | Â | Ellis Magnuson defensive rebound | Â |
| 18:01 | | Â | Ethan Price misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 17:59 | | Â | Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound | Â |
| 17:49 | | Â | CJ Fredrick misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 17:47 | | Â | Ethan Price defensive rebound | Â |
| 17:34 | | Â | CJ Fredrick shooting foul (Ellis Magnuson draws the foul) | Â |
| 17:34 | | Â | Ellis Magnuson misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â |
| 17:34 | | +1 | Ellis Magnuson makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 5-4 |
| 17:19 | | Â | Ethan Price personal foul (Day Day Thomas draws the foul) | Â |
| 17:10 | | Â | Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point layup | Â |
| 17:08 | | Â | Jake Kyman defensive rebound | Â |
| 16:58 | | Â | Ellis Magnuson turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 16:48 | | Â | Day Day Thomas turnover (lost ball) (Ellis Magnuson steals) | Â |
| 16:40 | | Â | Casey Jones misses two point layup | Â |
| 16:38 | | Â | Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound | Â |
| 16:32 | | Â | Day Day Thomas misses two point layup | Â |
| 16:30 | | Â | Ellis Magnuson defensive rebound | Â |
| 16:24 | | +2 | Casey Jones makes two point layup (Ellis Magnuson assists) | 7-4 |
| 16:11 | | Â | Cedric Coward shooting foul (Viktor Lakhin draws the foul) | Â |
| 16:11 | | +1 | Viktor Lakhin makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 7-5 |
| 16:11 | | +1 | Viktor Lakhin makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 7-6 |
| 15:59 | | Â | Casey Jones misses two point dunk | Â |
| 15:57 | | Â | Simas Lukosius defensive rebound | Â |
| 15:51 | | +3 | John Newman III makes three point jump shot (Day Day Thomas assists) | 7-9 |
| 15:37 | | Â | Jake Kyman misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 15:35 | | Â | John Newman III defensive rebound | Â |
| 15:24 | | +2 | Simas Lukosius makes two point layup | 7-11 |
| 15:07 | | Â | Dane Erikstrup misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 15:05 | | Â | Day Day Thomas defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:57 | | Â | Dane Erikstrup personal foul | Â |
| 14:57 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 14:37 | | Â | Ody Oguama misses two point hook shot | Â |
| 14:35 | | Â | Andre Mulibea defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:18 | | Â | Cedric Coward misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 14:16 | | Â | Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:07 | | +3 | Dan Skillings Jr. makes three point jump shot (Jizzle James assists) | 7-14 |
| 13:45 | | Â | Casey Jones misses two point layup | Â |
| 13:43 | | Â | Ody Oguama defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:37 | | Â | Dan Skillings Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 13:35 | | Â | Cedric Coward defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:23 | | Â | Dane Erikstrup misses two point layup | Â |
| 13:21 | | Â | Ody Oguama defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:07 | | Â | Simas Lukosius misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 13:05 | | Â | Cedric Coward defensive rebound | Â |
| 12:37 | | Â | Dane Erikstrup misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 12:35 | | Â | Bearcats defensive rebound | Â |
| 12:22 | | +2 | Simas Lukosius makes two point jump shot | 7-16 |
| 12:01 | | Â | Jizzle James personal foul (Dane Erikstrup draws the foul) | Â |
| 11:44 | | Â | Dane Erikstrup misses two point hook shot | Â |
| 11:42 | | Â | Ody Oguama defensive rebound | Â |
| 11:32 | | +2 | Jizzle James makes two point hook shot | 7-18 |
| 11:10 | | Â | Ellis Magnuson turnover (bad pass) (Ody Oguama steals) | Â |
| 10:55 | | Â | Andre Mulibea personal foul (Simas Lukosius draws the foul) | Â |
| 10:55 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 10:40 | | Â | Simas Lukosius turnover (lost ball) | Â |
| 10:24 | | Â | Cedric Coward turnover (lost ball) (Josh Reed steals) | Â |
| 10:15 | | Â | CJ Fredrick turnover (bad pass) (Cedric Coward steals) | Â |
| 10:04 | | Â | Sebastian Hartmann misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 10:02 | | Â | Eagles offensive rebound | Â |
| 10:01 | | Â | Josh Reed personal foul (Eagles draws the foul) | Â |
| 9:49 | | Â | CJ Fredrick personal foul (Casey Jones draws the foul) | Â |
| 9:37 | | Â | Viktor Lakhin shooting foul (Casey Jones draws the foul) | Â |
| 9:37 | | +1 | Casey Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 8-18 |
| 9:37 | | +1 | Casey Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 9-18 |
| 9:23 | | Â | Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 9:21 | | Â | Sebastian Hartmann defensive rebound | Â |
| 8:57 | | +3 | Cedric Coward makes three point jump shot (Jake Kyman assists) | 12-18 |
| 8:28 | | Â | Ethan Price blocks Day Day Thomas's two point layup | Â |
| 8:26 | | Â | Viktor Lakhin offensive rebound | Â |
| 8:21 | | +2 | Viktor Lakhin makes two point layup | 12-20 |
| 8:02 | | Â | Cedric Coward misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 8:00 | | Â | Day Day Thomas defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:57 | | Â | Cedric Coward personal foul (Dan Skillings Jr. draws the foul) | Â |
| 7:57 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 7:45 | | Â | Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point layup | Â |
| 7:43 | | Â | Viktor Lakhin offensive rebound | Â |
| 7:42 | | Â | Ethan Price shooting foul (Viktor Lakhin draws the foul) | Â |
| 7:42 | | Â | Viktor Lakhin misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â |
| 7:42 | | Â | Viktor Lakhin misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â |
| 7:42 | | Â | Jake Kyman defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:14 | | Â | Jake Kyman misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 7:12 | | Â | Casey Jones offensive rebound | Â |
| 7:06 | | +2 | Ethan Price makes two point layup (Casey Jones assists) | 14-20 |
| 6:42 | | +2 | Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point layup (Simas Lukosius assists) | 14-22 |
| 6:20 | | Â | Ethan Price turnover (bad pass) (John Newman III steals) | Â |
| 6:08 | | Â | Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point layup | Â |
| 6:06 | | Â | Ethan Price defensive rebound | Â |
| 5:58 | | +2 | Andre Mulibea makes two point layup | 16-22 |
| 5:37 | | Â | Simas Lukosius misses two point layup | Â |
| 5:35 | | Â | Andre Mulibea defensive rebound | Â |
| 5:16 | | +3 | Andre Mulibea makes three point jump shot (Mason Williams assists) | 19-22 |
| 4:52 | | Â | Viktor Lakhin misses two point hook shot | Â |
| 4:50 | | Â | Casey Jones defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:39 | | Â | Casey Jones turnover (bad pass) (Dan Skillings Jr. steals) | Â |
| 4:34 | | Â | Casey Jones shooting foul (Day Day Thomas draws the foul) | Â |
| 4:34 | | +1 | Day Day Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 19-23 |
| 4:34 | | +1 | Day Day Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 19-24 |
| 4:25 | | +2 | LeJuan Watts makes two point alley-oop dunk (Jake Kyman assists) | 21-24 |
| 4:16 | | +2 | Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point layup (John Newman III assists) | 21-26 |
| 4:01 | | Â | John Newman III shooting foul (Andre Mulibea draws the foul) | Â |
| 4:01 | | Â | Andre Mulibea misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â |
| 4:01 | | +1 | Andre Mulibea makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 22-26 |
| 3:59 | | Â | Jake Kyman personal foul (Jizzle James draws the foul) | Â |
| 3:59 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 3:59 | | Â | Jizzle James misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â |
| 3:59 | | Â | Mason Williams defensive rebound | Â |
| 3:48 | | Â | Mason Williams turnover (traveling) | Â |
| 3:31 | | Â | Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 3:29 | | Â | Eagles defensive rebound | Â |
| 3:00 | | +2 | LeJuan Watts makes two point layup | 24-26 |
| 2:32 | | +2 | Simas Lukosius makes two point jump shot | 24-28 |
| 2:22 | | Â | Jake Kyman turnover (bad pass) (Dan Skillings Jr. steals) | Â |
| 2:10 | | +2 | Jizzle James makes two point layup | 24-30 |
| 2:01 | | +2 | LeJuan Watts makes two point layup (Cedric Coward assists) | 26-30 |
| 1:44 | | Â | Cedric Coward shooting foul (Jizzle James draws the foul) | Â |
| 1:44 | | +1 | Jizzle James makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 26-31 |
| 1:44 | | +1 | Jizzle James makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 26-32 |
| 1:16 | | +2 | Jake Kyman makes two point jump shot | 28-32 |
| 1:04 | | +3 | Jizzle James makes three point jump shot | 28-35 |
| 0:51 | | +2 | Dane Erikstrup makes two point layup | 30-35 |
| 0:42 | | +3 | John Newman III makes three point jump shot (Simas Lukosius assists) | 30-38 |
| 0:24 | | Â | Dane Erikstrup misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 0:23 | | Â | Eagles offensive rebound | Â |
| 0:23 | | Â | Eagles 30 second timeout | Â |
| 0:14 | | Â | Dane Erikstrup misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 0:12 | | Â | Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:07 | | Â | Bearcats 30 second timeout | Â |
| 0:03 | | Â | Day Day Thomas misses two point dunk | Â |
| 0:01 | | Â | Andre Mulibea defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:00 | | Â | End of period | Â |