Cincinnati somehow managed to overcome a 16-point first-half deficit, making this UC's largest win since the Bearcats overcame a 17-point deficit to beat the West Virginia on Jan. 2007.

The Bearcats overcame a tight first half of the game as Vaughn and Williams combined effort for 25 straight points during this comeback. Vaughn finished with a massive 24 points, and Williams matched his career high with scoring 20 points.

Junior Vaughn also set a career-high with this score with eight rebounds and became the fifth player in UC history to eclipse 200 made 3-pointers in a career of basketball. Vaughn has made 201 threes in his career and also he is the fifth Bearcat to accomplish this milestone joining Darnell Burton, Field Williams, LaZelle Durden, and Steve Logan.

For the second time in as many games, the Bearcats committed fewer than 10 turnovers as they had just six versus Rutgers, while forcing the Scarlet Knights into 17 turnovers. Anthony Farmer scored 12 points for Rutgers (9-9, 0-5 BIG EAST), which has lost its last six games and 14 of its last 15 BIG EAST games since the end of last season.

Cincinnati did missed 17 consecutive shots and went 9:25 without even scoring a field goal in the first half, when Rutgers pulled ahead 29-13. Cincinnati opened the second half with a 21-4 blast that featured nine points by Vaughn and put the Bearcats ahead to stay, with a score of 50-40.

Despite the fact that Cincinnati Bearcats man's basketball teams have always been an exceptional group team in the NCAA championship, the teams records in the championship play have wide-ranging with the time. Definitely, the most extraordinary time in Bearcats basketball was flanked by the end of 1950s and the commencement of 1960s. During this duration the team posted 5 uninterrupted Final Four plays. The well-known in 3rd time every American protector Oscar Robertson led the nation in account during the 1957-58, 1958-59, and 1959-60 seasons.

Also, the guard post a occupation average of 33.8 points on each game, which place them in the third all-time best in Division I-A. Cincinnati Bearcats basketball team started getting worse records at the beginning of 1970s. After a short span of renewal in the middle of 1970s, the team performs inadequately in the 1980s.Under the head coach Bob Huggins, in 1989, when the team changed its power. At the time of Huggins, the team made a 399-127 record and also gained 14 in in straight line NCAA championship appearances. The most unexpected out of all the teams, coached by Huggins, was the 1991-1992 teams, which was overwhelmed by the Michigan Wolverines team in the Final Four. At the present instant, the Cincinnati Bearcats teams are looking for to advance their presentation in sort to show the best of their abilities in the next season.