Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Cincinnati Bearcats head coach Wes Miller calls out instructions during the first half against the Utah Utes at Jon M. Huntsman Center. Ma

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Bearcats head coach Wes Miller works the sideline against the Kansas Jayhawks in the second half at Fifth Third Arena. Mandatory Cr

UC coach Wes Miller, Josh Reed, Utah's Gabe Madsen, Craig Smith on Utes win

Cincinnati's (12-7, 2-6) basketball season is in a tailspin as they wrap up their Utah road trip against the Utes (11-8, 3-5) on Tuesday night. The

Cincinnati Bearcats basketball plays its second game in four days in Mountain Time as they face Utah Tuesday. Here are keys from Scott Springer.

Cincinnati made two free throws to trim the Utah lead to 66-64 with 50 seconds left. Madsen missed a 3-pointer on Utah’s ensuing possession, but in the battle for the rebound, Utah’s Zach Keller was able to keep a Cincinnati player from retaining the board, and the ball went out of bounds off the Bearcats.

The Utes matched a second-half Bearcats run with one of their own and made the plays needed to win down the stretch.

Jizzle James (18 points, three rebounds) was one of two Bearcats in double figures. Utah had three of those performances on the other side, including a matching 18 from former Bearcat Gabe Madsen (18 points, four assists). Utah lost the turnover battle 19-6 but handed Cincinnati their seventh consecutive loss on the glass to even that out (41-23).

Cincinnati Bearcats coach Wes Miller on BYU, Utah road swing

Wes Miller and the Bearcats are getting set for an extended road trip to face BYU and Utah over the next week.

Cincinnati Bearcats basketball concluded their Mountain time zone road trip taking on the Utah Ute Tuesday night. Here are takeaways from the game.

Cincinnati Bearcats basketball took on BYU in Provo in a Big 12 road contest Saturday night. Here is what we learned from beat reporter Scott Springer