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Houston routs Idaho 78-47 in return to March Madness after losing in last year's championship game

— Kingston Flemings scored 18 points, Emanuel Sharpe added 16 and Houston routed Idaho 78-47 Thursday night in its NCAA Tournament opener after losing in last year's championship game.
Mar 20, 2026, 01:23 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0%
--IDHO
100%
--HOU

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Isaiah Brickner misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
  • Joseph Tugler misses layup
  • Biko Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Joseph Tugler makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Joseph Tugler makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Brody Rowbury misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Joseph Tugler misses layup
  • Jackson Rasmussen makes driving layup (Isaiah Brickner assists)
  • Jackson Rasmussen misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Kingston Flemings makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kolton Mitchell makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Milos Uzan makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Biko Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Milos Uzan misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Biko Johnson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jackson Rasmussen assists)
  • Milos Uzan misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jackson Rasmussen makes 5-foot hook shot
  • Joseph Tugler misses 11-foot floating jump shot
  • Emanuel Sharp misses 22-foot jumper
  • Kingston Flemings makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kingston Flemings makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Trevon Blassingame makes layup (Biko Johnson assists)
  • Emanuel Sharp makes 26-foot three point jumper (Milos Uzan assists)
  • Emanuel Sharp makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Trevon Blassingame misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
  • Emanuel Sharp makes 26-foot three point jumper (Milos Uzan assists)
  • Jack Payne misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kingston Flemings makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Biko Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Emanuel Sharp makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kingston Flemings assists)
  • Jack Payne makes 26-foot three point jumper (Biko Johnson assists)
  • Kingston Flemings makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kingston Flemings makes driving layup (Emanuel Sharp assists)
  • Brody Rowbury misses layup
  • Milos Uzan makes 7-foot floating jump shot
  • Jack Payne misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Chris Cenac Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Chris Cenac Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Joseph Tugler makes layup
  • Isaiah Brickner misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Joseph Tugler misses driving layup
  • Isaiah Brickner misses driving layup
  • Milos Uzan misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Emanuel Sharp makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Seth Joba misses 6-foot hook shot
  • Milos Uzan misses 10-foot floating jump shot
  • Biko Johnson misses driving layup
  • Jackson Rasmussen makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jackson Rasmussen misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Kolton Mitchell makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Kolton Mitchell makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Kolton Mitchell misses free throw 3 of 3
  • Mercy Miller misses 12-foot jumper
  • Kalifa Sakho misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Trevon Blassingame misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Trevon Blassingame misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kolton Mitchell makes 17-foot jumper
  • Kingston Flemings makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Seth Joba misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Biko Johnson misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Kingston Flemings makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kolton Mitchell misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Mercy Miller makes driving layup
  • Mercy Miller misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Jack Payne misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Chris Cenac Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kingston Flemings assists)
  • Isaiah Brickner misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Joseph Tugler makes 7-foot floating jump shot (Milos Uzan assists)
  • Isaiah Brickner makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Isaiah Brickner makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Milos Uzan makes 9-foot floating jump shot
  • Jackson Rasmussen misses driving layup
  • Isaiah Brickner misses 9-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Mercy Miller misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Biko Johnson misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Joseph Tugler misses driving layup
  • Isaiah Brickner makes driving layup
  • Chris Cenac Jr. makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot (Ramon Walker Jr. assists)
  • Isaiah Brickner misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Kingston Flemings misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jackson Rasmussen misses layup
  • Joseph Tugler misses 9-foot floating jump shot
  • Chris Cenac Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Brody Rowbury makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brody Rowbury misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Milos Uzan misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kingston Flemings misses driving layup
  • Joseph Tugler misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Joseph Tugler makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jackson Rasmussen misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Biko Johnson makes layup (Kolton Mitchell assists)
  • Joseph Tugler misses driving layup
  • Jackson Rasmussen misses layup
  • Joseph Tugler makes 2-foot dunk (Kingston Flemings assists)
  • Jackson Rasmussen misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Milos Uzan misses 9-foot floating jump shot
  • Isaiah Brickner misses driving layup
  • Trevon Blassingame makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Trevon Blassingame makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Emanuel Sharp makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Kolton Mitchell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Seth Joba assists)
  • Kolton Mitchell makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Mercy Miller misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Seth Joba misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Mercy Miller misses 12-foot jumper
  • Seth Joba misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Milos Uzan misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Joseph Tugler makes 3-foot dunk (Emanuel Sharp assists)
  • Chase McCarty makes driving layup (Kingston Flemings assists)
  • Kolton Mitchell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Joseph Tugler makes 7-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Isaiah Brickner misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kingston Flemings misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Joseph Tugler misses layup
  • Kolton Mitchell misses 32-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Milos Uzan misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Trevon Blassingame makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kingston Flemings makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kolton Mitchell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brody Rowbury assists)
  • Milos Uzan makes 8-foot floating jump shot
  • Kingston Flemings misses driving layup
  • Biko Johnson misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Emanuel Sharp makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Biko Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kingston Flemings makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Biko Johnson misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Isaiah Brickner misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Chris Cenac Jr. misses 16-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Miles Klapper makes driving layup
  • Milos Uzan makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Miles Klapper misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Ramon Walker Jr. misses 15-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Biko Johnson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Brickner assists)
  • Mercy Miller makes 28-foot three pointer
  • Brody Rowbury makes layup
  • Jackson Rasmussen misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Mercy Miller makes 27-foot three pointer
  • Mercy Miller makes 1-foot dunk
  • Chase McCarty misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Mercy Miller misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Trevon Blassingame makes driving layup
  • Cedric Lath misses layup
  • Aidan Sevilla misses driving layup
  • Ewan Steele misses tip in layup
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
OpenSpreadTotalML
Idaho VandalsIDHOIDHO
(21-15)
(21-15, 7-9 Away)
o133.5
-110
+24.5
-110
o137.5
-115
+2200
Houston CougarsHOUHOU
(29-6)
(29-6, 15-1 Home)
-19.5
-110
-24.5
-110
u137.5
-105
-8000
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