Cincinnati beats hapless Utah in first round of Big 12 tourney

Jalen Celestine scored 19 points and Baba Miller added 11 points, 14 rebounds and six assists as ninth-seeded Cincinnati beat hapless, 16th-seeded Utah 73-66 on Tuesday afternoon in a Big 12 Conference tournament first-round game in Kansas City, Mo.

The Bearcats advance to face eighth-seeded UCF in the second round on Wednesday afternoon. The teams finished tied for eighth place after the Big 12's regular-season gauntlet, with the Knights earning a first-round bye by holding a tiebreaker over Cincinnati.