Utah Valley and Cincinnati square off in NIT matchup

Cincinnati Bearcats (23-12, 11-7 AAC) at Utah Valley Wolverines (27-8, 15-3 WAC)

Orem, Utah; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Utah Valley Wolverines and Cincinnati Bearcats play in the National Invitation Tournament.

The Wolverines have gone 15-3 against WAC opponents, with a 12-5 record in non-conference play. Utah Valley averages 77.2 points while outscoring opponents by 9.1 points per game.

The Bearcats are 11-7 against AAC teams. Cincinnati averages 10.2 turnovers per game and is 1-1 when committing fewer turnovers than opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Trey Woodbury is averaging 13.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.6 assists for the Wolverines. Le'Tre Darthard is averaging 16.4 points over the last 10 games for Utah Valley.

David Dejulius is averaging 14.7 points and 5.4 assists for the Bearcats. Landers Nolley II is averaging 17.8 points over the last 10 games for Cincinnati.

LAST 10 GAMES: Wolverines: 8-2, averaging 79.6 points, 37.7 rebounds, 17.1 assists, 5.7 steals and 7.2 blocks per game while shooting 49.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.3 points per game.

Bearcats: 7-3, averaging 77.8 points, 33.8 rebounds, 15.1 assists, 6.0 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 46.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.4 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.