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Cincinnati Bearcats basketball hosted Arizona State Saturday afternoon as they acheived their first Big 12 home win of the season.

The Bearcats basketball team is out of the Big 12 basement—but still has a ton of work to do over the next few weeks. Arizona State comes to town on Saturday with a 1-4 conference record, just like Cincinnati.

It was another road game and another slow start from which the Arizona State men's basketball team could not recover as the Sun Devils were dealt a 67-60 loss by Cincinnati in Big 12 play Saturday afternoon at Fifth Third Arena.

Cincinnati is searching for offensive consistency against a team they are 0-2 against since the 1949-50 season. The Bearcats enter this game ranked No. 32 in the NET to Baylor's No. 24 ranking and look similarly on KenPom. Cincinnati is 28th there, while Baylor is 22nd.

It is a Saturday afternoon Big 12 clash as Arizona State faces Cincinnati. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Arizona State-Cincinnati prediction and pick. Arizona State comes into the game at 10-6 on the year,

Cincinnati Bearcats forward Dillon Mitchell (23) blocks Arizona State Sun Devils guard/forward BJ Freeman (10) in the first half of the NCAA basketball game at Fifth Third Arena i