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

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.

BYU bested Cincinnati’s elite defense. Going into the matchup, the Bearcats had held opponents to just a 28% shooting clip from 3-point range as KenPom’s No. 9-ranked overall defensive unit in the country.

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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.

BYU hit 11 threes in the second half to run away with a 80-52 win over Cincinnati Saturday night in Provo. BYU took a 28-23 lead into halftime and continued the stingy defense but showed their offensive prowess with a three-point barrage.