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Feb 15, 2026; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Bearcats center Moustapha Thiam, back, hugs forward Baba Miller after their team\u2019s win against the Utah Utes at Fifth Third Arena. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-Imagn Images <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\nBaba Miller slammed home a dunk with 36.9 seconds remaining and grabbed a key rebound moments later as host Cincinnati rallied for a 69-65 win over Utah in Big 12 play on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Miller finished with 13 points and seven rebounds while Moustapha Thiam added 15 and 10, respectively, to send Cincinnati (14-12, 6-7 Big 12) to its third straight victory. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n Day Day Thomas led the Bearcats with 16 points and Keyshuan Tillery added 10 off the bench.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Don McHenry scored 18 points and Keanu Dawes added 16 to go along with 14 rebounds for Utah (9-16, 1-11), which fell to 0-9 in road games this season.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Ibrahima Traore converted a layup with 4:20 remaining and started a 6-0 run that put Utah up 65-60 with 1:56 left in a back-and-forth game.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Miller’s dunk with 36.9 seconds left gave Cincinnati a 66-65 lead. Dawes missed a straight-away 3-pointer with 23 seconds remaining and Miller grabbed the rebound. Thomas converted two free throws with 18 seconds left for a three-point lead.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n McHenry was long on a 3-pointer with four seconds left that would have tied the game.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Cincinnati opened the game with a bang as Thiam won the opening tip to Thomas, who dribbled down the right side and lobbed to Miller for an alley-oop dunk in the opening four seconds of the game. Miller was honored before the game with a game ball by head coach Wes Miller and given a standing ovation for reaching the 1,000-point plateau in his career against UCF last Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The Bearcats took an early 14-8 lead before Utah ran off 10 straight points thanks to 3-pointers from Kendyl Sanders and Dawes and four points from Terrence Brown.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Utah was up 20-16 before Cincinnati answered with a 12-0 run, highlighted by consecutive 3-pointers from Tillery. Eventually the Bearcats built their biggest lead of the half at 32-23 on a Miller dunk with five minutes left.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n But the Utes rallied with an 11-5 run and trailed by only three at 37-34 at halftime despite Cincinnati’s 18-6 advantage in the paint.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n