No. 16Howard Bison

Midwest Region · First Four

Past match

Howard Bison won.

Howard Bison beat the UMBC Retrievers

Ranked #16 · 24-9 83 – 86

Ranked #16 · 24-10

Final · Tue, Mar 17

Game Details

UD Arena (Dayton) · 11,756 fans · truTV View tournament bracket →

Recap

Howard gets its first March Madness win, holding off UMBC 86-83 in the First Four

Bryce Harris had 19 points and 14 rebounds, and he sank a turnaround jumper with 13 seconds remaining that sent Howard to its first NCAA Tournament victory in program history,...

Recap via ESPN

UD Arena · Dayton

Line Score

	1	2	T
UMBC	41	42	83
HOW	49	37	86

Game Flow

UMBC HOW

H1H2

9-0Biggest Run12-0

4Largest Lead14

1 lead change · tied 2 times

Win Probability · Howard Bison

tip-offnow: 100%

Game Leaders

UMBC Retrievers

Jah'Likai King · 19Points
JR Jose Roberto Tanchyn · 3Assists
Caden Diggs · 8Rebounds

Howard Bison

Ose Okojie · 23Points
Cam Gillus · 7Assists
Bryce Harris · 14Rebounds

2025-26 America East Conference Standings

Team	GB
UMBC	-
Vermont	2
NJIT	4
UMass Lowell	5
UAlbany	7
Maine	8
New Hampshire	9
Bryant	9
Binghamton	10

2025-26 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Standings

Team	GB
Howard	-
Morgan State	1
Norfolk State	3
North Carolina Central	3
South Carolina State	4
Maryland Eastern Shore	6
Coppin State	6
Delaware State	9

Team Stats

UMBC RetrieversHoward Bison

Shooting

29-56, 52% Field Goals 29-61, 48%

9-22, 41% 3-Pointers 10-21, 48%

16-24, 67% Free Throws 18-25, 72%

Possessions

32 Rebounds 38

6 Offensive Rebounds 12

11 Assists 14

6 Steals 3

2 Blocks 1

9 Turnovers 8

20 Fouls 20

Scoring

34 Points in Paint 34

5 Fast Break Points 4

4 Largest Lead 14

Box Score

UMBC Retrievers ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
J. TanchynF	7	5	3	21	3-5	1-2	0-2	0	1	0	2	3	3
J. OdunowoF	2	4	1	21	0-1	0-0	2-2	1	0	1	0	4	4
J. KingG	19	2	2	33	7-15	2-5	3-4	4	0	1	0	2	2
D. Armstrong Jr.G	17	6	0	36	5-11	3-8	4-5	0	1	0	0	6	3
A. ValentineG	11	3	2	36	3-6	2-4	3-4	1	2	0	0	3	2
Bench
R. JacobsF	3	1	1	7	1-2	0-0	1-1	0	0	0	1	0	1
P. GreeneF	0	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1
C. DiggsF	15	8	1	31	6-11	0-2	3-5	3	2	0	3	5	3
C. DowningG	9	2	1	14	4-5	1-1	0-1	0	0	0	0	2	1
J. StoutF	DNP: Did not play
T. EzeF	DNP: Did not play
D. DickersonF	DNP: Did not play
R. CiunysF	DNP: Did not play
S. ThakkarG	DNP: Did not play
D. CeaserG	DNP: Did not play
Team	83	32	11		29-56	9-22	16-24	9	6	2	6	26	20

Howard Bison ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
C. Taylor IIIG	16	6	1	31	3-10	1-5	9-10	3	0	0	2	4	5
C. GillusG	8	4	7	38	4-9	0-2	0-2	1	0	0	0	4	1
A. CottonG	8	4	0	36	2-6	2-5	2-2	0	2	1	1	3	3
O. OkojieG	23	5	0	34	9-15	3-3	2-5	1	0	0	3	2	4
B. HarrisG	19	14	5	36	6-12	3-4	4-4	1	1	0	4	10	3
Bench
T. BrysonF	11	3	1	10	5-7	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	2	3
C. Robins Jr.F	0	0	0	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1
D. KazakeviciusC	0	0	0	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
I. BrownG	1	1	0	6	0-1	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	1	0
J. JohnsonF	DNP: Did not play
S. IsailovicF	DNP: Did not play
J. JohnsonG	DNP: Did not play
R. SmithG	DNP: Did not play
S. FrazierG	DNP: Did not play
B. PowellG	DNP: Did not play
E. Holland IIIG	DNP: Did not play
Team	86	38	14		29-61	10-21	18-25	8	3	1	12	26	20

Roster

Loading roster…

News

Mississippi State's Chris Jans speaks on current state of college athletics

The Bulldogs' Jans joins The Paul Finebaum Show describing how he's navigating through the different changes in collegiate athletics.

Schedule Add to calendar

Upcoming

at Yale Bulldogs · TBD