Cincinnati routs American University 79-53

Cincinnati Bearcats rolled past American University Eagles 79-53 on Monday at Fifth Third Arena.

The second half made the difference: Cincinnati outscored American University 44-20.

Cincinnati shot 42% to 28% and won the boards 48-32.

For Cincinnati, Tyler Tejada (F): 13. For American University, Madden Collins (G): 20.

Cincinnati improves to 1-0. American University falls to 0-1.

Attendance: 9,420.

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.