Dillon Mitchell had a double-double with 18 points and a career-high 15 rebounds as Cincinnati defeated Oklahoma State 87-68 on Tuesday in the first round of the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, Mo.Cincinnati will face No. 5 seed Iowa State, the No. 12 team in the country, in the second round Wednesday. The Bearcats lost their only meeting with the Cyclones this season, 81-70 on Feb. 15 in Ames, Iowa.The game Tuesday was a rematch of Oklahoma State’s 78-67 victory last Saturday in Stillwater, Okla.The 13th-seeded Bearcats (18-14) forced a season-high 24 turnovers by the Cowboys. Day Day Thomas led the Bearcats with a season-high 21 points, 12 after halftime. Josh Reed scored a creer-high 19 points and Dan Skillings Jr. had 13, all in the second half. Mitchell also had a career-high five assists.No. 12 seed Oklahoma State (15-17) was led by little-used reserve Connor Dow, who hit 4-of-5 from 3-point range to reach 12 points. Arturo Dean made seven steals — the eighth time this year he’s had at least four.OSU head coach Steve Lutz lost his first conference tournament game as a head coach. In two years at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and one year at Western Kentucky prior to taking the OSU job, he won three conference tournaments.
