In their first of two games along the Wasatch Range, the University of Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball squad got punched in the mouth by the torrid shooting of BYU Saturday night, 80-52.

It will be extremely difficult to knock off the Cougars in the mountains. BYU is 9-1 at home and 2-1 in Quad 2 games, as Cincinnati fits that distinction being a team ranked outside the NET's top 30. The Bearcats are 2-1 against BYU since the 1949-50 season, winning by an average of 11 points.

Cincinnati Bearcats basketball tips off a two-game road swing in Utah with BYU Saturday night. Here are three keys from beat reporter Scott Springer.

Fresh off a comeback victory vs. Colorado, Coach Katrina Merriweather's Bearcats are in Tucscon against Arizona Wednesday night at 8 p.m. (Eastern). A win would give them three straight in the Big 12 for the first time.

The Bearcats dropped another conference conference game on Saturday night 80-52 to BYU. The Cougars stifled Cincinnati's offensive sets all game and used hot three-point shooting (15-24) to cruise to what tied for the worst losing margin of the Wes Miller era.

Cincinnati Bearcats basketball hosted the Kansas Jayhawks Saturday at Fifth Third Arena. It was the first visit by Kansas to Cincinnati since 1964.

Cincinnati Bearcats basketball hosted Arizona State Saturday afternoon as they acheived their first Big 12 home win of the season.

Kevin Young and the BYU basketball program used a dominant second half to beat Colorado. That win was the first road win for BYU this season and it

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