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CINCINNATI — Dillon Mitchell led a balanced offense with 14 points and Cincinnati overcame a long second-half shooting drought to defeat Arizona State 67-60. Cincinnati led 46-35 with 14 minutes remaining then went the next six minutes without a basket, going 0 for 10 and committing two turnovers. A dunk by Jay Quaintance had Arizona State within 52-48, then a dunk by Dan Skillings Jr. 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 Cincinnati's 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.
