CINCINNATI —

Freshman Shon Abaev scored a season-high 20 points, Moustapha Thiam recorded a double-double and Cincinnati beat NJIT 94-67 on Monday night.

Abaev also grabbed eight rebounds, Thiam scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and reserves Sencire Harris scored 12 points, Halvine Dzellat 11 and Jordi Rodriguez 10 for Cincinnati, which trailed for only 29 seconds. Advertisement

The Bearcats’ (5-1) 94 points ties their season-high reached in their season opener against West Carolina on Nov. 3.

David Bolden scored 16 points and Ari Fulton and Sebastian Robinson each scored 10 for the Highlanders (2-3).

Both teams made 12 3-pointers, but Cincinnati’s decisive size on the inside had it shooting 59.4% (22 of 37) inside the arc. Thiam finished 7-for-12 shooting.

Defensively, Cinc

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