CINCINNATI (AP) Dillon Mitchell led a balanced offense with 14 points and Cincinnati overcame a long second-half shooting drought to defeat Arizona State 67-60 on Saturday.
A layup by Mitchell gave Cincinnati a 17-point lead three minutes into the second half. The Bearcats didn’t score again until another layup by Mitchell made it 46-35 with 14 minutes remaining. They went the next six minutes without a basket, going 0 for 10 and committing two turnovers. Dan Skillings Jr. was the only Cincinnati player to score during the drought, making 6 of 8 free throws.
A dunk by Jay Quaintance had Arizona State within 52-48, then a dunk by Skillings and a 3-pointer from CJ Fredrick put the Bearcats up 57-48 with about five minutes remaining.
A Skillings layup gave Cincinnati a 65-56 lead heading to the final minute. Arizona State got within 65-61 with 38 seconds left but Jizzle James made two free throws for a 67-61 lead with 31 seconds to go. Arizona State had two turnovers in the final half-minute.
Skillings and James scored 12 points each and Simas Lukosius added 10 for the Bearcats (11-6, 2-4 Big 12).
Jay Quaintance had game highs of 15 points and 14 rebounds for the Sun Devils (10-7, 1-5). Alston Mason scored 13 points and BJ Freeman had 12.
After six lead changes in the first eight minutes, the Bearcats went on a 16-0 run to build a 24-11 lead with 5 1/2 minutes left in the first half. The Sun Devils went 6:40 without a point, missing 10 shots.
Cincinnati, which is now 11-1 when leading at halftime, led 36-22 at the break.
The Bearcats host Texas Tech on Tuesday. Arizona State plays at West Virginia on Tuesday.
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TOP SCORERS | |||||
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J. Quaintance F | 15PTS | 14REB | 1AST | |
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D. Mitchell F | 14PTS | 3REB | 2AST |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
J. Quaintance | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 |
A. Mason | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
B. Freeman | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
B. Jihad | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
A. Miller | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
S. Phillips Jr. | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
A. Ali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
B. Hurley | – | – | – | – |
J. Williams | – | – | – | – |
B. Gardner | – | – | – | – |
Q. McCoy | – | – | – | – |
C. Clay | – | – | – | – |
T. Best | – | – | – | – |
C. Braun | – | – | – | – |
B. Long | – | – | – | – |
Total | 60 | 37 | 9 | 15 |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
D. Mitchell | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
D. Skillings Jr. | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
J. James | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
S. Lukosius | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
A. Bandaogo | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
D. Thomas | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
C. Fredrick Jr. | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
T. Betsey | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
J. Reed | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
A. Page | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
C. Anthony | – | – | – | – |
R. Griffith | – | – | – | – |
H. Dzellat | – | – | – | – |
J. Rembert | – | – | – | – |
Total | 67 | 30 | 12 | 15 |