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.

After a sluggish offensive game in the first half Saturday night at the Marriott Center, BYU led 28-23 against the Cincinnati Bearcats, and the Cougars were in need of another offensive onslaught, similar to what they gave Colorado on Tuesday night.

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

The Cougars routed Cincinnati 80-52 Saturday night at the Marriott Center in Provo, moving to 13-6 on the season and 4-4 against Big 12 competition. BYU bested Cincinnati’s elite defense. Going into the matchup,

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.