Brawl mars Xavier- Cincy men's basketball game

CINCINNATI (AP) — Eighth-ranked Xavier defeated crosstown rival Cincinnati 76-53 in a game that was called with 9.4 seconds left when the teams got into a brawl.

The game was stopped after words led to shoving and both benches cleared. Coaches from both teams had to pull their players away.

Mark Lyons scored 19 points, and Tu Holloway led a 12-point run in the first half for Xavier.

The Musketeers (8-0) extended their best start in three years and their recent domination of the Bearcats (5-3). Cincinnati went 1 of 16 from behind the arc and trailed by double digits the entire second half.

Xavier has won four of the last five, seven of the last 10, and nine of the last 13 games in the city’s annual bragging-rights game.