Cincinnati beats Green Bay as Minnesota looms for new-look Bearcats
After defeating Green Bay, Minnesota looms ahead for Jerrod Calhoun. Sure, that sounds like someone previewing an NFC North game, but it's the early state of University of Cincinnati basketball. The Bearcats bounced the Green Bay Phoenix 81-64 Thursday, Nov. 5, but not without more growing pains. Green Bay trailed by just eight at halftime and got as close to four a minute into the second half, with some of the 9,003 at Fifth Third Arena getting antsy. Formerly known as Wisconsin-Green Bay, the Phoenix actually took a 20-19 lead at 8:01 of the first half. UC had to fight back to lead 40-32 at the break. As UC pulled away, there still were rough edges. Tyler Tejada and Adlan Elamin had off shooting nights, missing10 shots between them. UC eventually led by as many as 21 with 8:11 to play, but then followed with a long scoring drought before winning by 16. "They're a good team, they're going to have a good year, they've got a great coach," Green Bay coach Doug Gottlieb said. "It's good to see 9,000 people here. If you want to get it back to what it used to be, show up. Everyone else in
