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

Only one more half stands between Utah and the win they were favored to collect coming into this evening. They have jumped out to a quick 40-35 lead against Cincinnati. If Utah keeps playing like this,

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).

Utah’s matchup with Cincinnati at the Huntsman Center late Tuesday night was filled with big second-half runs, lots of offense in the first half and plenty of physical defense in the second half. In the end, the Utes won a grind-it-out game, 69-66.

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Gabe Madsen's basket with two minutes left broke a tie and lifted Utah to a hard-fought 69-66 victory over Cincinnati on Tuesday in Salt Lake City.

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

Gabe Madsen scored seven of his 18 points in the final two minutes, Keanu Dawes added 12 points and nine rebounds and Utah beat Cincinnati 69-66.