CINCINNATI -- Field Williams hit six 3-pointers and scored 24 points as No. 23 Cincinnati beat Athletes In Action 80-62 in an exhibition game Thursday night.

Bearcats coach Bob Huggins, who suffered a massive heart attack on Sept. 28, was as animated as usual and drew his first technical foul of the season. He argued a 5-second call in the opening minute, and got a technical for protesting a foul called on Cincinnati's Jason Maxiell late in the first half.

During a victory over Northern Kentucky last Saturday, Huggins also screamed at the referees and kicked the scorer's table in frustration over his team's poor play. Huggins has insisted that his courtside demeanor won't change as he recovers from the heart attack.

Williams sank five 3-pointers in the first half, when he scored 21 of Cincinnati's 39 points. Williams, a 3-point specialist, made five of his six shots in the half, which ended with the Bearcats ahead 39-33.

Athletes in Action, which has lost all of its nine games, cut the lead to four points before Cincinnati pulled away with a 14-point run.

Cincinnati, which opens the regular season Nov. 23 against Tennessee Tech, again had trouble on the front line. Six-foot-11 center Casey Shaw led Athletes in Action with 20 points, and the Bearcats were outrebounded 39-34.