Cincinnati forward Yancy Gates guards Gonzaga center Robert Sacre (00) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009, at the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Eugene Tanner / Associated Press)
Cincinnati center Steve Toyloy (42) has his shot blocked by Gonzaga center Will Foster (45) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, at the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Eugene Tanner / Associated Press)
Cincinnati center Steve Toyloy (42) and Gonzaga center Robert Sacre (00) get into a shoving match early in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009, at the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Eugene Tanner / Associated Press)
Gonzaga guard Matt Bouldin (15) looks on as Cincinnati forward Lance Stephenson (33) claps after Bouldin was called for a foul in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, at the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Eugene Tanner / Associated Press)
Cincinnati guard Cashmere Wright (1) attempts to shake off Gonzaga forward Mangisto Arop (1) and Demetri Goodson, back, in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, at the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Eugene Tanner / Associated Press)
Gonzaga guard Steven Gray, left, and Cincinnati guard Larry Davis dive for a loose basketball in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, at the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Eugene Tanner / Associated Press)
Elias Harris, left center, gets a hug from a teammate as Gonzaga celebrates its 61-59 victory over Cincinnati in overtime to win the Maui Invitational NCAA college basketball tournament Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Eugene Tanner / Associated Press)
Photos from Gonzaga's OT win to take the Maui Invitational tourney.
LAHAINA, Hawaii – Turns out Gonzaga center Robert Sacre wasn’t far off when he said the GU-Cincinnati basketball game would be “Muhammad (Ali) and (Mike) Tyson.” There were knock-down screens, rugged play on the boards, bodies sprawled on the floor and any number of so-called hard fouls. One on Cincinnati’s Cashmere Wright started a brief scrap early in the second half that resulted in technical fouls being assessed to Gonzaga’s Demetri Goodson and Sacre and Cincinnati’s Wright and Steve Toyloy.