Cincinnati is taking on Green Bay in their second matchup of this young season. Per kenpom.com, Cincinnati is favored by 23 and has a 98% chance to win.

Jayden Hastings and Akai Fleming are in street clothes during warmups tonight.

Starters:

17:45 – Cincinnati 5 / Green Bay 4

Love the pressure Cincinnati is committing to the perimeter early on to attack a Green Bay team that loves the three ball

Myles Colvin is quickly catching fire 2/2 from three point land

Marcus Hall goes down with an ankle injury – significant for the Phoenix. Hall heads to locker room.

16:09 – Cincinnati 9 / Green Bay 9

Hall has returned to the bench for the Phoenix

On the floor for Cincinnati: Carson, Colvin, Elamin, Iweze, Mahaffey

14:25 – Cincinnati 12 / Green Bay 9

Myles Colvin is 3/3 from three point land

12:57 – Cincinnati 14 / Green Bay 10

Trevian Carson makes a crafty steal and sprinting down the court to slam one home

On the floor for Cincinnati: Carson, Collins, Lyles, Elamin, Riley

9:45 – Cincinnati 16 / Green Bay 15

Colvin leads the Bearcats with 10 points. Green Bay is winning the rebound battle 9 to 7. Cincinnati will need do a better job cleaning up the boards.

On the floor for Cincinnati: Collins, Colvin, Lyles, Tejada, Mahaffey

7:36 – Cincinnati 21 / Green Bay 20

Amani Lyles has been effective in the minutes he’s seen so far. 4 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists

5:31 – Cincinnati 28 / Green Bay 22

Myles Colvin DRILLS a three and gets fouled, goes to the line and is rewarded with a free throw. 4 points

On the floor for Cincinnati: Collins, Colvin, Lyles, Elamin, Riley

Marcus Hall returns to the court from injury for Green Bay

3:52 – Cincinnati 33 / Green Bay 26

Myles Colvin hits the spin cycle in the paint with an impressive layup

2:33 – Cincinnati 36 / Green Bay 28

The first half has been the Myles Colvin and Eric Mahaffey show. Colvin leads with 18 points, Mahaffey trails with 10 points

Green Bay has not scored in the last 2:34

Green Bay leads the rebounding battle currently 15 to 11

Eric Mahaffey has played 10 minutes and has 11 points on the night, he added a steal and a breakaway where he was fouled to push the Cincinnati lead back to 8.

16.2 – Cincinnati 40 / Green Bay 32

Cincinnati hasn’t made a field goal in 3:18 minutes of play

HALFTIME

Halftime thoughts

It’s been the Myles Colvin and Eric Mahaffey show

Green Bay is winning the battle on the boards 18 to 15. We need to crash the glass harder and takeaway the extra looks Green Bay is getting.

Amani Lyles has been efficient in the minutes he’s seen. 4 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists in 9 minutes.

Need to get it rolling in the second half, curious to see the adjustments

2H Start

On the floor for Cincinnati: Collins, Colvin, Mahaffey, Iweze, Lyles

Calhoun elects to bring the full court press out

17:48 – Cincinnati 43 / Green Bay 37

On the Floor for Cincinnati: Collins, Colvin, Lyles, Iweze, Mahaffey

Amani Lyles is making his presence felt on the blocks, he’s got a quick two buckets

16:02 – Cincinnati 49 / Green Bay 39

U16 timeout – Coach Calhoun is chest bumping Amani Lyles. Lyles looks like he’s starting to settle in.

14:17 – Cincinnati 50 / Green Bay 39

Allenspach checks in for Cincinnati, he hasn’t been back on the court since the opening first few minutes of the game

Green Bay hasn’t scored in 3:17 minutes of play

13:04 – Cincinnati 50 / Green Bay 42

Myles Colvin takeover is in full effect, 23 points and counting

10:05 – Cincinnati 62 / Green Bay 46

The Myles Colvin takeover is swinging in FULL effect. 26 points and climbing.

Fifth Third Arena standing applause and rocking at timeout

Bearcats are on a 7-0 run

8:05 – Cincinnati 67 / Green Bay 46

Cincinnati is on a 12-0 run, MJ Collins drains a three in the corner to add to the lead

4:09 – Cincinnati 67 / Green Bay 53

On the floor for Cincinnati: Collins, Colvin, Lyles, Tejada, Mahaffey

Green Bay is on a 7-0 run in the last 3:41. Cincinnati has done better battling the glass, they now lead the rebounding margin 28 to 24.

3:30 – Cincinnati 70 / Green Bay 53

Myles Colvin drains another three, he’s now at 29 points on the night

1:19 – Cincinnati 77 / Green Bay 61

Both teams are 4/5 on their last 5 field goals

FINAL -Cincinnati 81 / Green Bay 64