No. 15 Cincinnati 97, No. 20 Memphis 84: Sean Kilpatrick scored 34 points in the final home game of his stellar career to lead the Bearcats past the Tigers in American Athletic Conference play.

Titus Rubles added a career-high 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting as Cincinnati (25-5, 14-3 AAC) pulled into a first-place tie with Louisville with one regular-season game remaining. Justin Jackson contributed 13 points, nine rebounds and three steals as the Bearcats improved to 18-1 at home.

Joe Jackson scored 21 points and Michael Dixon Jr. added 19 for Memphis (22-8, 11-6), which fell to fifth place in the conference race. Austin Nichols tallied 17 points for his fifth consecutive double-digit scoring outing.

Memphis trailed 43-42 with just over 16 1/2 minutes remaining before the Bearcats pulled away with a 28-11 burst over the next nine minutes. Kilpatrick scored 11 points during the spurt – including seven straight Cincinnati points at one stretch – as the Bearcats stretched the lead to 18, and the Tigers finally got within single digits on two free throws by Joe Jackson with 2:11 left before Cincinnati made 13-of-14 free throws over the last 83 seconds.

The Bearcats rolled off 14 straight points to take an early 18-4 lead but Memphis cut Cincinnati’s lead to 38-32 at the break. The Tigers opened the second half with a 7-2 run to pull within one on a basket by Nichols.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Cincinnati committed a season-low three turnovers while forcing the Tigers into 14 miscues. … Jackson (1,637) moved into eighth-place on Memphis’ all-time scoring list, surpassing Bill Cook (1,629 from 1972-76). … Kilpatrick recorded his third career 30-point outing and made two 3-pointers to raise his career count to 302, four behind second-place Darnell Burton (1993-97) on the school’s all-time list.