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CINCINNATI (AP) -- When Field Williams hit his first 3-pointer,
all Oakland knew about him was his number. A couple more 3s and the
Grizzlies knew his name -- and his game.
|  | | Oakland forward Brad Buddenborg, center, is trapped by Cincinnati's Jamaal Davis, left, and Antwan Jones. |
The freshman shooter hit three 3-pointers Monday night and
sparked a 20-point run that swept Cincinnati (No. 18 ESPN/USA Today, No. 17 Associated Press) to a 97-58
victory over Oakland.
Williams, a 3-point specialist who wears No. 2, hadn't played in
the last two games and had taken only one shot all season -- he
missed it.
The Bearcats (4-1) were struggling when Williams got into the
game with 7:45 left in the first half. He hit a 3-pointer from the
right side, then another from the left to start the decisive spurt
that concluded with yet another 3 by Williams.
"We've seen all their games (on tape). I had no idea who No. 2
was," Oakland coach Greg Kampe said. "I told my assistants: 'Who
is that guy? Why didn't I know him?' He's the one who changed the
game.
"He made his first 3 and it was, 'That's all right.' He made
the second one and it's, 'Who's he?' On the third one I was ready
to grab someone."
Oakland (3-6) has seen this before on the same floor. Two years
ago, Oakland packed in its defense and let Cincinnati hit 24 of 48
3-point shots -- both school records -- in a 106-78 win.
Cincinnati also broke open the rematch with the 3-pointer and
made eight of 20 overall.
Leonard Stokes led five Cincinnati players in double figures
with a career-high 23 points. Kenny Satterfield had 16 points and
Williams added 13. Shooting guard Steve Logan, who had a
career-high 28 points against Oakland in 1998, was sick and didn't
play.
Brad Buddenborg led Oakland with 21 points.
Oakland stayed with the Bearcats for most of the first half,
hitting 50 percent of its shots and turning the ball over only five
times as they played to a 22-all tie with 7:45 left.
Following a timeout, Williams got his chance to finally make his
mark because coach Bob Huggins was exasperated with his more
experienced players.
"It's not so much what Field did but what the other guys didn't
do," Huggins said. "We're going to play hard."
Oakland crumbled under Cincinnati's defensive pressure during
the last 7:45 of the half, going 2-for-10 from the field with 10
turnovers as Cincinnati outscored the Grizzlies 33-4. The spurt
included a technical foul on the Oakland bench.
"As soon as they sensed any hesitation on our part, that press
got real good real fast," Kampe said.
Until the 7:45 mark, Cincinnati had missed four of its five
3-point shots and seemed more intent on getting the ball inside
than shooting from the perimeter.
Once Williams started shooting, Cincinnati started rolling. The
Bearcats were 12-for-18 from the field the rest of the half,
including 5-for-7 from 3-point range, as they pulled away.
The Grizzlies opened only their second full season in Division I
by beating Michigan, then losing to Michigan State by 36 points.
Cincinnati was the second ranked team they played this season.
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