Gameday Thread: Baylor Travels to Ohio to Take on Defensive-Minded Cincinnati

CINCINNATI, Ohio – Baylor (11-8; 1-6) travels to take on Cincinnati (10-10; 2-5) on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 5:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on FS1.

Computer Models

• Torvik: Baylor (63), Cincinnati (49)
  • Prediction: Cincinnati 77, Baylor 71
• KenPom: Baylor (52), Cincinnati (59)
  • Prediction: Cincinnati 75, Baylor 73
• Haslametrics: Baylor (65), Cincinnati (68)
  • Prediction: Cincinnati 76, Baylor 73
• Evan Miyakawa: Baylor (48), Cincinnati (46)
  • Prediction: Cincinnati 77, Baylor 72

Projected Lineups

Baylor Starters

• Guard: Obi Agbim (5Sr.) 6-3, 185 (11 ppg; 3 asst)
• Guard: Tounde Yessoufou (Fr.) 6-5, 215 (18 ppg; 6 reb; 2 steals)
• Guard: Cameron Carr (RSo.) 6-5, 175 (20 ppg; 5 reb)
• Forward: Michael Rataj (Sr.) 6-8, 230 (9 ppg; 6 reb; 3 asst)
• Center: Caden Powell (Sr.) 6-9, 225 (7 ppg; 7 reb)

Baylor Bench

• Forward: Dan Skillings (Sr.) 6-7, 200 (10 ppg; 7 reb; 3 asst) 
• Guard: Isaac Williams IV (So.) 6-1, 190 (10 ppg; 3 asst)
• Center: James Nnaji (Fr.) 7-0 250 (2 ppg; 4 reb

Cincinnati Starters 

• Guard: Day Day Thomas (Sr.) 6-1, 190 (11 ppg; 4 asst)
• Guard: Jizzle James (Jr.) 6-3, 205 (10 ppg; 3 asst)
• Guard: Sencire Harris (Jr.) 6-4, 180 (7 ppg; 3 reb)
• Forward: Baba Miller (Sr.) 6-11, 225 (14 ppg; 10 reb)
• Forward: Moustapha Thiam (So.) 7-2, 250 (11 ppg; 6 reb; 2 blks)

Cincinnati Bench

• Forward: Jalen Celestine (Sr.) 6-7, 220 (6 ppg; 3 reb)
• Guard: Kerr Kriisa (Sr.) 6-3, 185 (7 ppg; 3 asst)
• Forward: Tyler McKinley (Fr.) 6-9, 245 (2 ppg; 3 reb)