After a sluggish offensive game in the first half Saturday night at the Marriott Center, BYU led 28-23 against the Cincinnati Bearcats, and the Cougars were in need of another offensive onslaught, similar to what they gave Colorado on Tuesday night.

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.

Cincinnati Bearcats basketball tips off a two-game road swing in Utah with BYU Saturday night. Here are three keys from beat reporter Scott Springer.

Richie Saunders scored 21 points to lead BYU to an impressive 80-52 victory over Cincinnati in Provo, Utah, on Saturday night. Egor Demin added 15 points, seven assists and five rebounds as the hot-shooting Cougars (13-6,

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.