Roderick “Moo Moo” Blakney scored a game-high 31 points to lead the Cincinnati Stuff to a 108-98 victory over the New Mexico Slam.

        Blakney made four of his six 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to help hold off a New Mexico charge.

        Martin Lewis had 17 points and Billy Thomas 15 for the Stuff. George Reese scored 13 and Allen Edwards added 12 points for Cincinnati.

        Cincinnati capitalized on 21 New Mexico turnovers, converting them into 26 points. The Stuff had seven blocked shots and 13 steals.

        Cincinnati returns to Firstar Center tonight with a 7:30 tip-off against the Las Vegas Bandits.

        Andy Panko led New Mexico with 24 points.

        NEW MEXICO — Carter 3-9 0-0 8, Holly 3-11 3-3 9, Keys 1-6 5-5 7, Lazor 7-11 1-2 16, Linderman 5-9 0-0 10, Moseley 2-4 0-0 4, Notree 5-9 6-8 18, Panko 6-18 10-15 24, Webber 1-2 0-0 2. Totals: 33-79 26-33 98.

        CINCINNATI — Edwards 3-5 5-8 12, Kendrick 0-1 0-0 0, Kingsbury 3-9 0-0 8, Reese 6-14 1-2 13, Thomas 4-15 4-4 15, Williams 2-5 0-0 5, Blakney 11-18 3-5 31, Lewis 7-14 1-5 17, Sheppard 2-6 3-4 7. Totals: 38-87 17-29 108.

        New Mexico ....... 30  16  21  29—98

        Cincinnati ....... 30  24  20  34—108

        3-point field goals: New Mexico 7-24 (Carter 2-6, Holly 0-3, Keys 0-2, Lazor 1-2, Moseley 0-2, Notree 2-3, Panko 2-6); Cincinnati 15-40 (Edwards 1-2, Kendrick 0-1, Kingsbury 2-7, Reese 0-4, Thomas 4-15, Williams 1-4, blakney 6-7, Lewis 2-6).

Sports Stories

Girls basketball coverage Boys basketball coverage SULLIVAN: Cancer brings hockey family together Miami plays UNC-Wilmington in MAC tuneup UK says its best games are ahead NKU 105, Westminster (Pa.) 95 Ohio Northern 61, Mount St. Joseph 55 Mount St. Joseph women 50, Kenyon 43 UK to report NCAA violations Louisville 8, Mighty Ducks 2 Stuff 108, New Mexico 98 Short-handed Mason loses in own tournament

Plenty of coordinator candidates for Bengals
Toledo gets Cincinnati three-way
XU's attitude: Get defensive