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They have a home game against Chicago (2-7) on Sunday and a visit to winless Cleveland the following week.The team is playing as one, said safety Landon Collins, who had his fourth interception in the past three games. Were playing as a unit and playing sound. Were playing every week as a whole. Were taking it week-by-week and getting better.The Bengals (3-5-1) trail the first-place Ravens (5-4) in the AFC North but can still make the playoffs for a sixth straight year. Cincinnati has two games left with Baltimore and one with the Steelers, so it can make up ground.Its a long season, but obviously, its getting shorter, said tight end Tyler Eifert , whose 71-yard catch-and-run set up A.J. Greens touchdown reception. Were not too far back to where we cant find a way to get into the playoffs. So we just have to keep our heads down, keep playing hard and control what we can control. We have to work on winning games, and when we do that, well put ourselves in a winning position.Here are other things to watch:FINISHINGOn a night when the Giants inducted Coughlin into their Ring of Honor, the team played the way their former coach always exhorted them: They finished the game.New York played the fourth quarter like a top-tier team. The Giants defended a one-point lead, holding Cincinnati to 37 yards in the last period. On offense, they controlled the clock at the end, never giving the ball back to the Bengals.We had a lot of pressure on Andy Dalton and got a couple of sacks, and for us to get the ball and run out the clock, thats big-time football right there, Manning said.BENGALS SLUGGISH OFFENSECincinnati was held to 264 total yards and was only 2 of 11 on third down.We were in too many 3rd-and-longs and that hurt us. Weve got to be in 3rd-and-manageable situations, Dalton said.The Bengals twice had to settle for field goals when they got to the red zone. The first came when they started a drive at the 7 after Dre Kirkpatricks interception in the second quarter. The Bengals didnt gain any yards and got a short field goal. And rookie Tyler Boyd dropped a possible touchdown catch in the third, forcing Mike Nugents 38-yard field goal.We have opportunities on offense to put more points on the board and we end up having to kick field goals and that ended up probably being the difference in the football game, coach Marvin Lewis said.THE GIANTS CAN RUN THE BALLNew Yorks anemic ground game finally got going against the Bengals and sealed the victory with several clutch runs in the final minutes.The Giants had a season-high 122 yards rushing, the first time in six games they cracked the 100-yard barrier.Rashad Jennings led the way with 87 yards on 15 carries.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and -http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL. Charlie Culberson Jersey .com) - The game was all punts and field goals before Kodi Whitfields catch. 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Theyve got to understand how to play the right way.Josh Okogie scored 18 points, Ben Lammers added 15 points and Pastner won his Georgia Tech debut with a 70-55 victory over Tennessee Tech on Friday night.Quinton Stephens finished with 12 points and six rebounds for the Yellow Jackets.Lammers output was a career high, as were his five blocks. Okogie was 7 for 9 from the field and had five rebounds.Micaiah Henry finished with 15 points and JaCardo Hawkins added 10 points for Tennessee Tech.Pastner went 167-73 and led Memphis to four NCAA tournaments in seven seasons before joining the Yellow Jackets last spring. Hes beginning a major rebuilding project with one of the nations least experienced rosters.Pastner had four players making their first college start -- Lammers, Okogie, Abdoulaye Gueye and Justin Moore. Stephens started 14 games last season.The Jackets were without Josh Heath, who was suspended for the first four games of the season for violating team rules. Tadric Jackson missed the game with a hamstring injury.Georgia Tech never trailed after Stephens jumper gave the Jackets a one-point lead in the first 5 minutes of the first half.Okogies 3-pointer in front of the Jackets bench pushed the lead to 61-48 with 3:59 remaining. Stephens 3 made it 64-50 a couple of possessions later.Pastner has high expectations for Okogie, who starred at nearby Shiloh High School in Snellville. Dusty Baker Jersey. Okogie played 21 minutes, about 10 minutes less than the other starters because he picked up three fouls in the first half. Pastner said two of them were 94 feet from the basket.I think Josh Okogie has a chance down the road to be a really good ACC player, Pastner said. Im a big, big fan of Josh Okogie. I just didnt think he played real well tonight. He can play way better. Hes got that ability.Tennessee Tech guard Aleksa Jugovic began the night shooting 39.4 percent in 259 career attempts on 3s, but he went just 1 for 6 beyond the arc and finished with five points.BIG PICTURETennessee Tech: The Golden Eagles went 19-12 last season, 11-5 in the Ohio Valley Conference. They were picked in preseason to finish fourth in the East Division for the second straight year.We lost three really good seniors last year off a good team, coach Steve Payne said. They are hard to replace. The guys that were our go-to were offensive guys, and everybody is playing a new role or we have some new guys playing.Georgia Tech: The departures of last years most productive players -- Marcus Georges-Hunt, Adam Smith, Charles Mitchell and Nick Jacobs -- left a major scoring and rebounding void, about 53 points and 21 boards per game. Pastner said earlier that he likely will change the starting lineup a few times in November to decide who best fits the role.UP NEXTTennessee Tech: Hosts Central Michigan on Monday. It will be the first meeting between the two schools.Georgia Tech: Host Southern on Monday. Southern is the second of five straight home games for the Jackets.---Online:AP College Basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org ' ' '