U tah’s 69-66 victory over Cincinnati on Tuesday night was a hard-fought battle that came down to the final moments. Gabe Madsen played the hero for the Runnin' Utes, scoring se

Cincinnati made two free throws to trim the Utah lead to 66-64 with 50 seconds left. Madsen missed a 3-pointer on Utah’s ensuing possession, but in the battle for the rebound, Utah’s Zach Keller was able to keep a Cincinnati player from retaining the board, and the ball went out of bounds off the Bearcats.

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 on Tuesday night.

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.

CINCINNATI — The Bearcats basketball team fell 69-66 to Utah on Tuesday night to mark a 2-7 start in the Big 12 this season. West Virginia is up next at home on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. Check out comments from head coach Wes Miller and forward Josh Reed below:

Cincinnati Bearcats basketball plays its second game in four days in Mountain Time as they face Utah Tuesday. Here are keys from Scott Springer.

Utah averages 76.8 points, 14.1 more per game than the 62.7 Cincinnati gives up. Cincinnati averages 71.3 points per game, 1.0 more than the 70.3 Utah allows to opponents. The matchup Tuesday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.

Ausar 5-8 0-0 11, Wahlin 4-7 0-2 8, Lovering 2-3 0-0 4, G.Madsen 5-13 7-8 18, Sharavjamts 3-5 0-2 7, Dawes 4-5 3-3 12, Erickson 2-3 0-0 5, Little 0-2 0-0 0, Keller 1-2 2-2 4, Lohner 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-49 12-17 69.