As the cliche goes, sometimes your greatest enemy is yourself. The Cincinnati Bearcats didn’t play an intrasquad game on Thursday, but they might as well have since they were bested by a staggeringly familiar game plan executed by the UCF Knights.
Prior to the 58-55 loss, the Bearcats had won five-straight games. They had also won 25 total compared with four losses. Many of those victories, especially the stockpile of close ones, were built on offensive rebounding and foul shots.
The Bearcats score 21.3 percent of their points at the free throw line while their opponents only score 17.