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Good, Bad and Ugly From Cincinnati Bearcats' 73-72 Overtime Win Over San Francisco Dons

The Bearcats are headed to the second round of the NIT.

Caleb Sisk

Good, Bad and Ugly From Cincinnati Bearcats' 73-72 Overtime Win Over San Francisco Dons
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The Cincinnati Bearcats survived a close one in the first round of the NIT as they beat San Francisco 73-72 in overtime.

Here's the good, bad and ugly from the first round thriller: 

The Good

Simas Lukosius was amazing! He finished with 28 points, including a career-high eight 3-pointers and the game winner with four seconds left in overtime. 

Dan Skillings also had a double digit night, finishing with 16 points and eight rebounds.

The Bad

Giving up the game-tying 3-pointer to Malik Thomas at the end of regulation. Thomas led the Dons with 31 points. 

San Francisco had four players in double digits, but giving up an open three to their best player with the game on the line is unacceptable. They'll have to be better if they're going to beat Bradley on Saturday.

The Ugly

The Bearcats led the Dons hang around throughout the second half. San Francisco overcame a 9-point deficit with 2:32 remaining to force overtime. 

This felt like an obvious win for the Bearcats, but they couldn't slam the door shut. They let the Dons hang around and it nearly cost them their season. 

They have to learn out to close games if they're going to not only beat Bradley on Saturday, but make a deep run in the NIT.

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CALEB SISK

Caleb Sisk is a contributor for Volunteer Country, Inside The Reds, and All Bearcats, bringing a consistent mix of both quality and quantity content and posting daily content for supporters across the world.  He is a fan of both college and professional sports. He is originally from Chattanooga, Tennessee, but now lives in a small city in Georgia named Tunnel Hill. He was born and raised to love sports and is living out a passion of his as he loves and enjoys writing about a plethora of different teams and sports. 

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