Utah Utes at Cincinnati Bearcats
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Jizzle James matches career-best with 25 points, helps Cincinnati pull away late to beat Utah 85-75
Day Day Thomas scored five points and Aziz Bandaogo added an alley-oop dunk during an 11-0 run that gave Cincinnati an 83-72 lead. James ended the scoring with two free throws to surpass his previous season-best 24 points from Saturday's 84-66 win against BYU.
James was 10-of-15 shooting and made two 3-pointers to go with six assists against Utah. Josh Reed added 13 points and Simas Lukosius had 11 for Cincinnati (15-9, 5-8 Big 12). Bandaogo finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Gabe Madsen was 10-of-26 shooting overall, 8 of 22 from long range and finished with 28 points to lead Utah (13-11, 5-8). Lawson Lovering added 14 points.
Utah used a 9-2 surge to tie it 68-all with 7:27 remaining and knotted it again at 72-all before the Bearkats started their late run with 3:55 to play.
James scored 11 points on 5-of-9 shooting in the first half to help Cincinnati build a 42-36 lead. Lovering scored 12 points and Madsen had 10 for Utah.
Utah hosts No. 17 Kansas on Saturday.
Cincinnati is on the road against 10th-ranked Iowa State on Saturday.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 75 - 85 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 75 - 85 |
| 2nd 0:16 | Aziz Bandaogo Defensive Rebound. | 75 - 85 |
| 2nd 0:21 | Mike Sharavjamts missed Three Point Jumper. | 75 - 85 |
| 2nd 0:26 | Jizzle James made Free Throw. | 75 - 85 |
Statistics
 UTAH |
 CIN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 31-65 | FG | 30-61 |
| 47.7 | Field Goal % | 49.2 |
| 13-32 | 3PT | 11-22 |
| 40.6 | Three Point % | 50.0 |
| 0-3 | FT | 14-19 |
| 0.0 | Free Throw % | 73.7 |
| 29 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Defensive Rebounds | 27 |
| 17 | Assists | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 10 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 11 | Points Off Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Fast Break Points | 5 |
| 32 | Points in Paint | 24 |
| 19 | Fouls | 10 |
| 3 | Largest Lead | 11 |
Game Information
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Attendance: 10,510 | 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 |