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Skillings, Thomas spark Cincinnati past Northern Kentucky, 90-66

AP
Nov 19, 2023

CINCINNATI (AP) Sophomore reserve Dan Skillings Jr. put up a season-high 25 points and Day Day Thomas scored 20 to spark Cincinnati to a 90-66 win over Northern Kentucky on Sunday afternoon.

The Norse got off to a strong start and led 12-9 more than six minutes into the game, but Skillings hit a 3-pointer to tie, then fed Viktor Lakhin for a 3 to put the Bearcats in front for good. Skillings scored 12 first-half points to spark Cincinatti to a 45-31 lead at the break.

Cincinnati (4-0) led by as many as 25 in the second half after Skillings hit a 3 with 8:45 to play to make it 73-48.

Skillings was 8 of 12 from the floor, including 3 of 5 from beyond the arc, and grabbed nine rebounds. Lakhin added a double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds.

Marques Warrick led the Norse (1-3) with 19 points. Sam Vinson added 15 points and Keeyan Itejere contributed 10.

The Bearcats complete a five-game home stand to open the season Wednesday when they play host to Georgia Tech. Northern Kentucky returns home to play host to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Wednesday.

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1st Half
NKY
Norse
31
CINCY
Bearcats
45

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Keeyan Itejere vs. Viktor Lakhin (Viktor Lakhin gains possession)
19:42		Day Day Thomas turnover (lost ball) (Trey Robinson steals)
19:27		Sam Vinson misses two point jump shot
19:22		Day Day Thomas defensive rebound
19:22		John Newman III misses two point layup
19:20		Marques Warrick defensive rebound
19:14	+2	Keeyan Itejere makes two point dunk (Michael Bradley assists)	2-0
18:49	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point jump shot	2-2
18:23	+2	Keeyan Itejere makes two point jump shot	4-2
18:03		John Newman III misses three point jump shot
18:01		Sam Vinson defensive rebound
17:41		Trey Robinson misses three point jump shot
17:39		Bearcats defensive rebound
17:22		Day Day Thomas turnover (lost ball) (Sam Vinson steals)
17:10		Michael Bradley misses three point jump shot
17:08		Trey Robinson offensive rebound
17:00		Cade Meyer misses two point jump shot
16:58		Viktor Lakhin defensive rebound
16:42	+2	Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point layup	4-4
16:33		Day Day Thomas shooting foul (Michael Bradley draws the foul)
16:33	+1	Michael Bradley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	5-4
16:33	+1	Michael Bradley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	6-4
16:24		CJ Fredrick misses three point jump shot
16:22		Bearcats offensive rebound
16:04		CJ Fredrick misses two point jump shot
16:02		Dan Skillings Jr. offensive rebound
16:02		Trey Robinson personal foul
16:00	+2	John Newman III makes two point dunk (CJ Fredrick assists)	6-6
15:46		Trey Robinson misses two point jump shot
15:46		Trey Robinson offensive rebound
15:46		John Newman III blocks Trey Robinson's two point layup
15:46		Norse offensive rebound
15:46		TV timeout
15:42	+2	Sam Vinson makes two point layup	8-6
15:12		Viktor Lakhin misses two point layup
15:10		Viktor Lakhin offensive rebound
15:01	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point layup	8-8
14:39		Sam Vinson misses three point jump shot
14:37		Keeyan Itejere offensive rebound
14:31	+2	Keeyan Itejere makes two point layup	10-8
14:16		Dan Skillings Jr. turnover (bad pass)
14:03		Sam Vinson misses three point jump shot
14:03		Day Day Thomas defensive rebound
14:02		Keeyan Itejere shooting foul (Dan Skillings Jr. draws the foul)
14:02	+1	Dan Skillings Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	10-9
14:02		Dan Skillings Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
14:02		Keeyan Itejere defensive rebound
14:02		Ody Oguama personal foul
13:50		Ody Oguama shooting foul (Sam Vinson draws the foul)
13:50	+1	Sam Vinson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	11-9
13:50	+1	Sam Vinson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	12-9
13:34	+3	Dan Skillings Jr. makes three point jump shot (Jizzle James assists)	12-12
13:03		Keeyan Itejere misses two point layup
13:01		Viktor Lakhin defensive rebound
12:55		Jizzle James misses two point layup
12:55		Sam Vinson defensive rebound
12:55		Josh Reed personal foul
12:29		Michael Bradley misses three point jump shot
12:27		Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound
12:17	+3	Viktor Lakhin makes three point jump shot (Dan Skillings Jr. assists)	12-15
12:06		Marques Warrick misses three point jump shot
12:04		Viktor Lakhin defensive rebound
11:44		Simas Lukosius misses three point jump shot
11:42		Viktor Lakhin offensive rebound
11:31		Jizzle James misses three point jump shot
11:29		Dan Skillings Jr. offensive rebound
11:20	+2	Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point layup	12-17
11:13	+2	Marques Warrick makes two point layup (LJ Wells assists)	14-17
10:49		Dan Skillings Jr. misses three point jump shot
10:47		Norse defensive rebound
10:47		TV timeout
10:25		Trey Robinson misses two point layup
10:23		Viktor Lakhin defensive rebound
10:12	+2	John Newman III makes two point layup	14-19
9:50	+2	Michael Bradley makes two point jump shot	16-19
9:34		Simas Lukosius misses three point jump shot
9:32		Simas Lukosius offensive rebound
9:14	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point layup	16-21
9:03		Trey Robinson turnover (bad pass) (John Newman III steals)
9:02		Norse 30 second timeout
8:46		John Newman III turnover (bad pass) (Sam Vinson steals)
8:33		Marques Warrick misses two point jump shot
8:31		Cade Meyer offensive rebound
8:30	+2	Cade Meyer makes two point layup	18-21
8:28		John Newman III misses two point jump shot
8:26		Viktor Lakhin offensive rebound
8:26		Viktor Lakhin misses two point layup
8:26		Dan Skillings Jr. offensive rebound
8:26		Sam Vinson personal foul (Dan Skillings Jr. draws the foul)
8:26	+1	Dan Skillings Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-22
8:26		Dan Skillings Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:26		Norse defensive rebound
8:12		Michael Bradley misses three point jump shot
8:10		Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound
7:56	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point layup (CJ Fredrick assists)	18-24
7:53		TV timeout
7:39		John Newman III shooting foul (Marques Warrick draws the foul)
7:39	+1	Marques Warrick makes regular free throw 1 of 2	19-24
7:39	+1	Marques Warrick makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-24
7:12		Jizzle James turnover (lost ball) (Michael Bradley steals)
7:05		Sam Vinson turnover (bad pass)
6:47		Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point jump shot
6:45		Keeyan Itejere defensive rebound
6:38	+3	Sam Vinson makes three point jump shot (Michael Bradley assists)	23-24
6:22		Jizzle James misses two point layup
6:22		Dan Skillings Jr. offensive rebound
6:21		Keeyan Itejere shooting foul (Dan Skillings Jr. draws the foul)
6:21	+1	Dan Skillings Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-25
6:21	+1	Dan Skillings Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-26
6:09		Michael Bradley turnover (bad pass) (John Newman III steals)
5:41		Trey Robinson misses three point jump shot
5:30		Josh Reed personal foul
5:30		Marques Warrick misses two point layup
5:28		Bearcats defensive rebound
5:22		Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point layup
5:20		LJ Wells defensive rebound
5:08		Jizzle James personal foul (Sam Vinson draws the foul)
5:08	+1	Sam Vinson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-26
5:08		Sam Vinson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:08		Sam Vinson offensive rebound
4:59		Dan Skillings Jr. blocks Trey Robinson's two point layup
4:57		Jizzle James defensive rebound
4:48	+2	Simas Lukosius makes two point layup (Jizzle James assists)	24-28
4:36		Marques Warrick misses three point jump shot
4:34		Jizzle James defensive rebound
4:27		Jizzle James misses two point layup
4:25		Viktor Lakhin offensive rebound
4:18	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point dunk	24-30
4:10	+2	Cade Meyer makes two point layup (Marques Warrick assists)	26-30
3:58	+3	Dan Skillings Jr. makes three point jump shot (Josh Reed assists)	26-33
3:49	+3	LJ Wells makes three point jump shot (Marques Warrick assists)	29-33
3:27		Simas Lukosius misses three point jump shot
3:25		Dan Skillings Jr. offensive rebound
3:12		Josh Reed misses two point layup
3:10		Marques Warrick defensive rebound
3:05		LJ Wells misses two point layup
3:05		Cade Meyer personal foul
3:05		TV timeout
2:48	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point layup	29-35
2:37		Marques Warrick turnover (lost ball) (Day Day Thomas steals)
2:26	+2	John Newman III makes two point layup (Day Day Thomas assists)	29-37
2:09	+2	Marques Warrick makes two point layup	31-37
1:47		Day Day Thomas misses three point jump shot
1:45		Day Day Thomas offensive rebound
1:38	+3	Day Day Thomas makes three point jump shot (Simas Lukosius assists)	31-40
1:15		Keeyan Itejere turnover (bad pass) (John Newman III steals)
1:11	+2	John Newman III makes two point layup	31-42
1:11		Keeyan Itejere shooting foul (John Newman III draws the foul)
1:11	+1	John Newman III makes regular free throw 1 of 1	31-43
0:59		Michael Bradley misses three point jump shot
0:57		Simas Lukosius defensive rebound
0:49	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point dunk (Day Day Thomas assists)	31-45
0:36		Cade Meyer misses two point jump shot
0:34		Viktor Lakhin defensive rebound
0:03		Bearcats turnover (shot clock violation)
0:02		Trey Robinson turnover (bad pass) (Viktor Lakhin steals)
0:02		Viktor Lakhin misses three point jump shot
0:00		Sam Vinson misses three point jump shot
0:00		Norse offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
NKY
Norse
35
CINCY
Bearcats
45

Time		Play	Score
19:17		Day Day Thomas turnover (lost ball)
19:06		Marques Warrick misses three point jump shot
19:04		Trey Robinson offensive rebound
18:51	+2	Trey Robinson makes two point layup (Sam Vinson assists)	33-45
18:43		Marques Warrick personal foul
18:25		CJ Fredrick misses three point jump shot
18:23		Marques Warrick defensive rebound
18:18	+2	Marques Warrick makes two point layup	35-45
17:47	+3	Day Day Thomas makes three point jump shot	35-48
17:26	+2	Marques Warrick makes two point layup	37-48
17:00	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point jump shot	37-50
16:45		Sam Vinson misses two point layup
16:43		Keeyan Itejere offensive rebound
16:40	+2	Keeyan Itejere makes two point dunk	39-50
16:34		Day Day Thomas misses three point jump shot
16:32		Viktor Lakhin offensive rebound
16:32		Keeyan Itejere shooting foul (Viktor Lakhin draws the foul)
16:32	+1	Viktor Lakhin makes regular free throw 1 of 2	39-51
16:32		Viktor Lakhin misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:32		Trey Robinson defensive rebound
16:25		Marques Warrick misses three point jump shot
16:23		John Newman III defensive rebound
16:18		Sam Vinson shooting foul (Dan Skillings Jr. draws the foul)
16:18	+1	Dan Skillings Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	39-52
16:18	+1	Dan Skillings Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	39-53
15:50		Jeramiah Israel misses three point jump shot
15:48		Viktor Lakhin defensive rebound
15:42	+2	Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point dunk (CJ Fredrick assists)	39-55
15:38		Dan Skillings Jr. technical foul
15:38		TV timeout
15:38		Marques Warrick misses technical free throw 1 of 1
15:27		Cade Meyer turnover (Ody Oguama steals)
15:16	+2	Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point layup	39-57
15:03		Dan Skillings Jr. shooting foul (Marques Warrick draws the foul)
15:03	+1	Marques Warrick makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-57
15:03	+1	Marques Warrick makes regular free throw 2 of 2	41-57
14:45	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point layup	41-59
14:33	+2	Sam Vinson makes two point jump shot	43-59
14:33		Ody Oguama shooting foul (Sam Vinson draws the foul)
14:33	+1	Sam Vinson makes regular free throw 1 of 1	44-59
14:16	+2	Viktor Lakhin makes two point dunk (Simas Lukosius assists)	44-61
13:45		Marques Warrick turnover (bad pass)
13:23	+3	Jizzle James makes three point jump shot (Viktor Lakhin assists)	44-64
13:22		Bearcats 30 second timeout
13:22		TV timeout
13:06		LJ Wells misses two point hook shot
13:04		Viktor Lakhin defensive rebound
12:49		LJ Wells personal foul (Viktor Lakhin draws the foul)
12:37		Simas Lukosius misses two point layup
12:35		LJ Wells defensive rebound
12:12		Marques Warrick misses two point layup
12:10		John Newman III defensive rebound
11:59		Jizzle James misses three point jump shot
11:57		Viktor Lakhin offensive rebound
11:39	+3	CJ Fredrick makes three point jump shot (Jizzle James assists)	44-67
11:28		Marques Warrick misses two point jump shot
11:26		LJ Wells offensive rebound
11:19	+2	Marques Warrick makes two point layup (LJ Wells assists)	46-67
10:57		Viktor Lakhin misses two point layup
10:55		Sam Vinson defensive rebound
10:50		Trey Robinson misses two point layup
10:48		John Newman III defensive rebound
10:27		Jizzle James misses three point jump shot
10:25		LJ Wells defensive rebound
10:09		Michael Bradley misses two point jump shot
10:07		Simas Lukosius defensive rebound
10:03	+3	Simas Lukosius makes three point jump shot (Viktor Lakhin assists)	46-70
9:59		Sam Vinson misses two point jump shot
9:59		Bearcats defensive rebound
9:58		TV timeout
9:48		Jizzle James misses two point jump shot
9:46		Trey Robinson defensive rebound
9:26	+2	Trey Robinson makes two point layup	48-70
9:26		Dan Skillings Jr. shooting foul (Trey Robinson draws the foul)
9:26		Trey Robinson misses regular free throw 1 of 1
9:26		CJ Fredrick defensive rebound
9:01		Jeramiah Israel personal foul
8:48	+3	Dan Skillings Jr. makes three point jump shot (Simas Lukosius assists)	48-73
8:28	+3	Trey Robinson makes three point jump shot	51-73
8:13		Simas Lukosius misses three point jump shot
8:11		Ody Oguama offensive rebound
8:09		Cade Meyer personal foul
8:07	+2	Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point layup (Simas Lukosius assists)	51-75
7:50		Ody Oguama blocks LJ Wells's two point jump shot
7:48		Bearcats defensive rebound
7:25		Day Day Thomas misses three point jump shot
7:23		Jeramiah Israel defensive rebound
7:09	+2	Michael Bradley makes two point layup	53-75
6:43	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point layup	53-77
6:28		Jeramiah Israel misses two point jump shot
6:26		Ody Oguama defensive rebound
6:14		CJ Fredrick misses two point jump shot
6:14		CJ Fredrick offensive rebound
6:14		CJ Fredrick misses two point jump shot
6:12		Ody Oguama offensive rebound
5:59		Keeyan Itejere blocks Ody Oguama's two point layup
5:57		Michael Bradley defensive rebound
5:42	+2	Sam Vinson makes two point layup	55-77
5:31	+2	Ody Oguama makes two point layup (Simas Lukosius assists)	55-79
5:12	+2	Keeyan Itejere makes two point jump shot (Michael Bradley assists)	57-79
4:49		Dan Skillings Jr. misses three point jump shot
4:47		Keeyan Itejere defensive rebound
4:38		Dan Skillings Jr. blocks Sam Vinson's three point jump shot
4:36		LJ Wells offensive rebound
4:25	+2	Sam Vinson makes two point layup (LJ Wells assists)	59-79
4:06	+2	Ody Oguama makes two point layup (Simas Lukosius assists)	59-81
3:53	+2	Michael Bradley makes two point jump shot	61-81
3:36		Keeyan Itejere shooting foul (Day Day Thomas draws the foul)
3:36		TV timeout
3:36	+1	Day Day Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-82
3:36		TV timeout
3:36	+1	Day Day Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	61-83
3:18		Sam Vinson misses two point jump shot
3:16		Simas Lukosius defensive rebound
2:57	+2	Simas Lukosius makes two point layup (Viktor Lakhin assists)	61-85
2:39		Marques Warrick misses three point jump shot
2:37		Viktor Lakhin defensive rebound
2:28		Jizzle James misses two point layup
2:26		Cade Meyer defensive rebound
2:07	+2	Marques Warrick makes two point layup	63-85
1:48		Viktor Lakhin misses three point jump shot
1:46		Dan Skillings Jr. offensive rebound
1:40	+2	Jizzle James makes two point layup (Simas Lukosius assists)	63-87
1:20	+3	Marques Warrick makes three point jump shot (Sam Vinson assists)	66-87
0:45		Bearcats turnover (shot clock violation)
0:34		Cade Meyer misses two point layup
0:32		Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound
0:06	+3	Josh Reed makes three point jump shot (Jizzle James assists)	66-90
0:00		End of period

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Josh Reed makes three point jump shot (Jizzle James assists)