Cincy 1962 Holds Off UNLV 73-71 to face Kentucky 2 hours to the South in Final 4

Pos	UNLV 1991 (Dunk 51-54)	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Height	Actual Season
1-PG	Greg Anthony	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	nba,6'1	11.6 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 8.9 Ast
2-SG	Stacey Augmon	13	1	5	0	0	3	4	2	2	nba,6'6	16.5 Pts, 7.3 Reb, 3.6 Ast
3-SF	Anderson Hunt	10	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	6'1	17.2 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 2.9 Ast
4-PF	Elmore Spencer	4	0	1	2	2	2	0	1	3	nba,7'1	6.4 Pts, 4.0 Reb, 1.2 Ast
5-C	Larry Johnson	24	0	9	6	6	9	1	0	3	nba,6'6	22.7 Pts, 10.9 Reb, 3.0 Ast
1-PG	Evric Gray	7	0	3	1	5	1	0	1	2	nba,6'7	6.8 Pts, 3.7 Reb, 1.4 Ast
2-SG	Travis Bice	7	1	1	2	2	3	0	0	2	6'5	4.7 Pts, 0.6 Reb, 0.7 Ast
3-SF	George Ackles	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'9	8.2 Pts, 5.7 Reb, 0.8 Ast
4-PF	Bobby Joyce	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6'7	2.3 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 0.3 Ast
		0
	Turnovers 16	71	4	24	11	15	28	5	4	17
Pos	Cincinnati 1962 (51-63)	Pts	3pt	2pt	FT	Att	Reb	Stl	Blk	Fl	Height	Summary
1-PG	Tony Yates	5	0	2	1	1	2	2	0	1	6'1	8.2 Pts, 3.0 Reb, 4.3 Ast
2-SG	Tom Thacker	20	1	7	3	4	2	6	0	1	nba,6'2	11.0 Pts, 8.6 Reb, 3.4 Ast
3-SF	Ron Bonham	13	1	5	0	0	6	1	0	2	nba,6'5	14.3 Pts, 5.0 Reb, 1.1 Ast
4-PF	George Wilson	3	0	1	1	4	7	1	0	2	nba,6'8	9.2 Pts, 8.0 Reb, 1.1 Ast
5-C	Paul Hogue	18	0	8	2	2	13	0	6	5	nba,6'9	16.8 Pts, 12.4 Reb, 0.6 Ast
1-PG	Tom Sizer	4	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	3	6'2	2.7 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 1.2 Ast
2-SG	Larry Shingleton	6	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	5'10	3.9 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.8 Ast
3-SF	Fred Dierking	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'6	4.1 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 0.6 Ast
4-PF	Dale Heidotting	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6'8	3.1 Pts, 2.3 Reb, 0.4 Ast
		0
	Turnovers 14	73	3	28	8	13	36	11	6	17

While Anthony Davis lead Kentucky 2012 to an easy Elite 8 win, their Final 5 opponent two hours to the north had to go to the wire to make the game. That game pitted two great centers with the threat that if either fouled out guarding each other it would give the other team a great chance. (see Value Add Basketball Game)

UNLV's 1991 center Larry Johnson, whose powerful game resulted in 22.7 point per game and a game-high 24 points in this game, did finally draw a 5th foul on Cincinnati 1962 Center Paul Hogue (16.8 pts and 12.4 average and 18,13 in this game) but it was not until less than a minute to play. Johnson hit both free throws to finish 6-6 from the line to cut it to 72-69, but Tom Thacker hit the first of two free throws to wrap up the win, and Stacey Augmon's bucket at the buzzer still left Cincinnati with the 73-71 win.

While this Final 4 Game will feature two teams just two hours from each other (the Cincinnati airport is actually in the state of Kentucky), while the other Final 4 game will be between teams in the same arena, as UCLA teams from1964 and 1975 face off.