Jizzle James scored a game-high 24 points as hot-shooting Cincinnati picked up an 84-66 home win over BYU on Saturday night.James hit a career high six 3-pointers, while Day Day Thomas scored 15 points and Josh Reed came off the bench to add 12 points for the Bearcats (14-9, 4-8 in Big 12).Richie Saunders led the Cougars (15-8, 6-6) with 15 points while Egor Demin added 12 points.Cincinnati opened the second half with a 22-2 scoring blitz en route to outscoring BYU 45-24 in the second half. The Bearcats shot 58.6 percent from the field and 50 percent from 3-point range, hitting 10 of 20 shots from beyond the arc.Thomas’ pull-up jumper put Cincinnati ahead 52-44 with 16:05 left. James’ fifth 3-pointer with 13:11 left then gave the Bearcats a 61-44 lead.A barrage of 3-pointers got the Cougars back in the game as every point on a 9-2 run came off a trey, capped by Mihailo Boskovic’s triple from the top of the key as BYU cut the Bearcats’ lead to 66-58 with 8:04 to play.