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UH breezes past Cincinnati, improves to 4-0 in AAC

The UH men’s basketball team remains undefeated in conference play after it cruised past Cincinnati on the road 72-59 on Sunday.

The Cougars now improve to 16-1 on the season while remaining at the top of the American Athletic Conference standings at 4-0.

Cincinnati opened strong with an early 5-0 run before UH responded with an 8-0 run to lead 8-5.

The early part of the first half proved to be competitive as both sides remained even at 18-18 near the midway point of the period.

UH sparked a string of short runs to stretch the gap before leading 35-28 heading into halftime.