In their first of two games along the Wasatch Range, the University of Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball squad got punched in the mouth by the torrid shooting of BYU Saturday night, 80-52.

BYU basketball dominated Cincinnati to improve to 4-4 in conference play. The Cougars shot lights out from three against one of the best defe

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 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.

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.