BYU Cougars at Cincinnati Bearcats
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Jizzle James scores 24 points, Cincinnati pulls away early in 2nd half to beat BYU 84-66
Cincinnati trailed 42-39 at the break but opened the second half on a 22-2 run for a 61-44 lead and cruised from there. Simas Lukosius scored all five of his points during the surge, and Josh Reed capped it with a fast-break dunk.
Day Day Thomas added 15 points and Reed finished with 12 for Cincinnati (14-9, 4-8 Big 12), which shot 56% (19 of 34) from the field.
Richie Saunders scored 15 points and Egor Demin added 12 for BYU (15-8, 6-6).
Back-to-back 3-pointers from Kanon Catchings and Mihailo Boskovic helped pull the Cougars to 66-58 with about eight minutes left but they didn't get closer.
BYU, which lost at home to No. 20 Arizona 85-74 on Tuesday, has lost consecutive games since having its four-game win streak snapped.
Cincinnati will look to make it three straight wins with a home game against Utah on Tuesday.
BYU plays at West Virginia on Tuesday.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 66 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 66 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Simas Lukosius Defensive Rebound. | 66 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Mihailo Boskovic missed Three Point Jumper. | 66 - 84 |
| 2nd 0:18 | Dawson Baker Defensive Rebound. | 66 - 84 |
Statistics
 BYU |
 CIN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 24-51 | FG | 34-58 |
| 47.1 | Field Goal % | 58.6 |
| 10-29 | 3PT | 10-20 |
| 34.5 | Three Point % | 50.0 |
| 8-11 | FT | 6-9 |
| 72.7 | Free Throw % | 66.7 |
| 17 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 3 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
| 14 | Defensive Rebounds | 21 |
| 14 | Assists | 17 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 12 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 12 | Points Off Turnovers | 24 |
| 9 | Fast Break Points | 4 |
| 28 | Points in Paint | 30 |
| 12 | Fouls | 8 |
| 5 | Largest Lead | 21 |
Game Information
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Attendance: 12,217 | Capacity:
2024-25 Big 12 Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 19-1 | - | 34-4 |
| Texas Tech | 15-5 | 4 | 28-9 |
| BYU | 14-6 | 5 | 26-10 |
| Arizona | 14-6 | 5 | 24-13 |
| Iowa State | 13-7 | 6 | 25-10 |
| Kansas | 11-9 | 8 | 21-13 |
| West Virginia | 10-10 | 9 | 19-13 |
| Baylor | 10-10 | 9 | 20-15 |
| TCU | 9-11 | 10 | 16-16 |
| Kansas State | 9-11 | 10 | 16-17 |
| Utah | 8-12 | 11 | 16-17 |
| Cincinnati | 7-13 | 12 | 19-15 |
| UCF | 7-13 | 12 | 18-16 |
| Oklahoma State | 7-13 | 12 | 17-18 |
| Arizona State | 4-16 | 15 | 13-20 |
| Colorado | 3-17 | 16 | 14-21 |