Three Man Weave: Cincinnati Bearcats Basketball Beats Dan Skillings Jr., Baylor Wire-To-Wire At Home
The Bearcats got back to above .500 on the 2025-26 season Wednesday night through a 67-57 win over the Baylor Bears at home. Dan Skillings Jr. returned to Fifth Third Arena mostly with a thud. The veteran player who suited up in the Queen City for three seasons couldn't find an answer for Cincinnati's strong defense this season.
Baba Miller continued his team-leading consistency, while Jizzle James popped for the first time since the big win over Iowa State. Both took great care of the ball like most of the team . Baylor shot just 35.4% from the floor and now leads the all-time series 4-2, splitting a pair of meetings last year.Cincinnati got just enough shooting touch to factor into Wednesday's win over the Bears. UC shot 8-29 from outside to continue the rough shooting numbers from there, but just enough in a defensive war. Baylor shot terribly from the other side as a normally good deep shooting team , and it snowballed from there. Cincinnati gave up open outside looks, but it just wasn't the Bears' night. That rang through the most for Bears top scorer Cameron Carr , who entered the game averaging 20-plus points and a 62.7% effective field goal rate. That evaporated inside Fifth Third Arena en route to his lowest point total by far this season and his first game under 10 points. The big guard couldn't find any pathways to his hot shooting spots and didn't find any of those open three-point looks to start creating clear space in the paint. Cincinnati played great overall defense against him, and this entire top-25 scoring offense nationally after giving up 82 points to Arizona State. Skillings had a rough time finding the bottom of the net in his return to Cincinnati , and continued to look like the same high-potential player who can't quite put it together. He attacked the rim well at times but had poor rim touch on those close shots and couldn't get much else going offensively. He ended up being a big black hole for the Bears, who got little playmaking from him all game, despite one of the highest usage rates on the team. Skillings may have been too eager to prove something in this contest, and that played into Cincinnati's favor. His return marked the first time a key part of Wes Miller's former teams came back to face the Bearcats in a contest.Miller has been the Bearcats' clear best player all season long, and he continues to dominate our Player of the Game tallies. The forward was assertive early, getting to hot spots around the rim and not worrying about trying to find that elusive outside shot. His aggression set a strong tone for Cincinnati that boosted a full-half lead for his team. The Spaniard's rebounding continues to be among the best in the country as he helped keep up with a solid rebounding team nationally in Baylor, and flew around for huge missed heaves. Add in strong interior defense on the other end, and you get a much-needed complete game from the potential All-Big 12 performer. Miller and the Bearcats get a few days to prepare for their next Quad 1 outing against No. 10 Houston Saturday at noon on FOX.for the latest news, breakdowns, and so much more. Check out our YouTube page as well, starting with the video below. Be sure to keep it locked in on Bearcats Talk, as we cover the trials and tribulations of the Big 12!Russ Heltman is a contributor for AllBearcats and AllBengals. He is the morning host and producer for 89.3 WMKV in Cincinnati, OH. Russ can be found on Twitter: @RussHeltman11 or you can reach him by email at Heltmandm@yahoo.com.Cincinnati Bearcats Basketball Star Baba Miller Named to Third Big 12 Starting Five of 2025-26 SeasonBYU vs. Utah Prediction, Odds and Key Players to Watch for Saturday, Jan. 10
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