No. 16Howard Bison

Midwest Region · First Four

YES!

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