BOTTOM LINE: No. 16 Cincinnati will try to build upon its six-game win streak with a victory against Villanova.
The Wildcats have gone 4-1 at home. Villanova is fifth in the Big East scoring 77.8 points while shooting 46.4% from the field.
The Bearcats are 2-0 on the road. Cincinnati averages 9.0 turnovers per game and is 4-0 when committing fewer turnovers than opponents.
Villanova makes 46.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 11.8 percentage points higher than Cincinnati has allowed to its opponents (34.6%). Cincinnati averages 18.7 more points per game (85.3) than Villanova gives up to opponents (66.6).
TOP PERFORMERS: Eric Dixon is shooting 53.5% and averaging 25.1 points for the Wildcats.
Simas Lukosius is averaging 16.5 points and four assists for the Bearcats.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.