About five minutes later, the Sun Devils had cut the Bearcats lead to four points. In the end, defense won again as Arizona State's 60 points was one of their lowest-scoring outings. They previously had 55 in a win over Idaho State,

CINCINNATI — UC basketball used some big first-half runs to power a 67-60 home win over Arizona State on Saturday afternoon. Cincinnati's backcourt came to play just enough on the offensive end to lead throughout the game and get UC back on track in conference play.

After promising starts for Cincinnati and Arizona State, conference play has not been kind to two of the newer members of the Big 12.