The men’s basketball team’s matchup against Cincinnati ended in a 70-61 loss last night, marking the end of the American Athletic Conference. Next year, the team will head to the Big XII Conference.
Senior Craig Porter Jr. returned to the starting lineup from an ankle injury. Porter scored a team-high 19 points.
However, the Shockers gave up 43 rebounds and recorded only four assists. Porter said the lack of assists really comes down to not making wide open shots when he and his team need to.
“It’s really just simple,” Porter said. “We are not executing our stuff to a high enough standard that we are supposed to, and when we do, we get good results.