Howard Bison vs UMBC Retrievers
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship - Midwest Region - First Four
24-9
83
24-9
24-10
86
24-10
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Jah'Likai King misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jah'Likai King makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ose Okojie misses layup
- Ace Valentine makes 24-foot three point jumper (Josh Odunowo assists)
- Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 1 of 2
- Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 2 of 2
- Josh Odunowo misses layup
- Cedric Taylor III makes layup
- DJ Armstrong Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Ose Okojie makes layup
- Ose Okojie makes free throw 1 of 1
- Caden Diggs misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Cedric Taylor III makes layup
- Jah'Likai King misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Bryce Harris misses layup
- Ace Valentine misses layup
- Cam Gillus misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jah'Likai King makes 11-foot jumper
- Alex Cotton misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Ace Valentine makes driving layup
- Cam Gillus makes layup (Bryce Harris assists)
- DJ Armstrong Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jose Roberto Tanchyn assists)
- Bryce Harris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cam Gillus assists)
- Travelle Bryson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cam Gillus assists)
- Cedric Taylor III misses 14-foot jumper
- Caden Diggs misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Ose Okojie makes driving layup (Travelle Bryson assists)
- DJ Armstrong Jr. makes 14-foot jumper
- Bryce Harris makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bryce Harris makes free throw 2 of 2
- Cougar Downing makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ace Valentine assists)
- Isaiah Brown misses layup
- Ose Okojie misses layup
- Travelle Bryson makes layup
- Josh Odunowo makes free throw 1 of 2
- Josh Odunowo makes free throw 2 of 2
- Travelle Bryson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Cedric Taylor III misses free throw 1 of 2
- Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 2 of 2
- Caden Diggs makes 1-foot dunk (Jose Roberto Tanchyn assists)
- Travelle Bryson misses 10-foot jumper
- Alex Cotton misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jah'Likai King makes layup (Caden Diggs assists)
- Ose Okojie misses layup
- Ose Okojie makes 0-foot tip in layup
- Ose Okojie misses free throw 1 of 1
- Jah'Likai King misses 18-foot jumper
- Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 1 of 2
- Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 2 of 2
- Caden Diggs misses layup
- DJ Armstrong Jr. makes layup
- DJ Armstrong Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1
- Ose Okojie makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cam Gillus assists)
- Jose Roberto Tanchyn makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jah'Likai King assists)
- Danas Kazakevicius misses 8-foot jumper
- Jah'Likai King misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Ose Okojie misses free throw 1 of 1
- Cougar Downing makes layup (Jose Roberto Tanchyn assists)
- Bryce Harris misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Ose Okojie makes layup
- Ose Okojie makes free throw 1 of 1
- Caden Diggs misses layup
- Cam Gillus makes layup
- Cougar Downing misses 6-foot jumper
- Jose Roberto Tanchyn misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jose Roberto Tanchyn misses free throw 2 of 2
- Ose Okojie makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bryce Harris assists)
- Caden Diggs misses free throw 1 of 1
- Bryce Harris makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bryce Harris makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jah'Likai King misses 9-foot jumper
- Alex Cotton makes free throw 1 of 2
- Alex Cotton makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jah'Likai King makes 24-foot three point jumper (Riley Jacobs assists)
- Travelle Bryson makes layup (Bryce Harris assists)
- Ace Valentine misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jah'Likai King makes driving layup
- Riley Jacobs makes 2-foot dunk (Ace Valentine assists)
- Riley Jacobs makes free throw 1 of 1
- Travelle Bryson makes 2-foot dunk (Cam Gillus assists)
- DJ Armstrong Jr. misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Riley Jacobs misses tip in layup
- Bryce Harris misses 13-foot jumper
- Jah'Likai King misses 6-foot jumper
- Cam Gillus misses layup
- DJ Armstrong Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- DJ Armstrong Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
- Travelle Bryson makes 18-foot jumper
- Cougar Downing makes layup
- Jah'Likai King makes 11-foot jumper
- Ose Okojie makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cedric Taylor III assists)
- Jah'Likai King misses layup
- Alex Cotton misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Bryce Harris misses layup
- Bryce Harris makes 0-foot tip in layup
- DJ Armstrong Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jose Roberto Tanchyn makes layup
- Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 1 of 2
- Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jah'Likai King makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Cedric Taylor III misses layup
- DJ Armstrong Jr. misses layup
- Cam Gillus makes driving layup
- Jose Roberto Tanchyn misses 8-foot jumper
- Cam Gillus misses layup
- Alex Cotton misses 13-foot jumper
- Bryce Harris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cam Gillus assists)
- DJ Armstrong Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jah'Likai King assists)
- Bryce Harris makes layup
- Ace Valentine makes free throw 1 of 2
- Ace Valentine misses free throw 2 of 2
- Alex Cotton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bryce Harris assists)
- Jah'Likai King makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jah'Likai King makes free throw 2 of 2
- Cedric Taylor III misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jah'Likai King misses 18-foot jumper
- Caden Diggs makes layup
- Ose Okojie misses 19-foot jumper
- Caden Diggs makes 2-foot jumper (Cougar Downing assists)
- Cedric Taylor III misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Alex Cotton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cam Gillus assists)
- Cougar Downing makes 9-foot jumper
- Cougar Downing misses free throw 1 of 1
- Cedric Taylor III misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Caden Diggs makes 5-foot turnaround jump shot
- Cam Gillus misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Caden Diggs makes free throw 1 of 2
- Caden Diggs misses free throw 2 of 2
- Bryce Harris makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cam Gillus assists)
- Jose Roberto Tanchyn makes 5-foot hook shot
- Caden Diggs makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Bryce Harris misses layup
- Bryce Harris misses tip in layup
- Ose Okojie makes layup
- Ose Okojie misses free throw 1 of 1
- Jose Roberto Tanchyn misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Cedric Taylor III misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jah'Likai King misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ose Okojie misses layup
- Caden Diggs misses 11-foot jumper
- Cedric Taylor III makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bryce Harris assists)
- Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 1 of 2
- Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 2 of 2
- DJ Armstrong Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ose Okojie misses dunk
- Ace Valentine makes free throw 1 of 2
- Ace Valentine makes free throw 2 of 2
- DJ Armstrong Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Ace Valentine makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Cam Gillus makes 5-foot floating jump shot
- Ace Valentine misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Cedric Taylor III misses 3-foot jumper
- Ose Okojie makes 0-foot tip in layup
- Caden Diggs makes layup
- Cam Gillus misses 20-foot jumper
- DJ Armstrong Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- DJ Armstrong Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Cam Gillus misses free throw 1 of 1
- Caden Diggs makes free throw 1 of 2
- Caden Diggs makes free throw 2 of 2
- Cam Gillus misses free throw 1 of 1
- DJ Armstrong Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Bryce Harris makes 11-foot turnaround jump shot
- Jah'Likai King makes driving layup
- Isaiah Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
- Isaiah Brown misses free throw 2 of 2
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: UMBC, 55.9
Win %: UMBC, 57.1
Win %: UMBC, 54.6
Win %: UMBC, 57.4
Win %: UMBC, 57.3
Win %: UMBC, 56.7
Win %: UMBC, 57.3
Win %: UMBC, 59
Win %: UMBC, 59.6
Win %: UMBC, 66.3
Win %: UMBC, 65.8
Win %: UMBC, 63.2
Win %: UMBC, 62.6
Win %: UMBC, 60.6
Win %: UMBC, 60.6
Win %: UMBC, 60.3
Win %: UMBC, 57
Win %: UMBC, 55.1
Win %: UMBC, 54.5
Win %: UMBC, 51.5
Win %: HOW, 51.5
Win %: UMBC, 51.1
Win %: UMBC, 51.1
Win %: HOW, 54.4
Win %: HOW, 53.9
UMBC vs HOW Videos
UMBC's final shot comes up short as Howard wins first-ever tourney game
DJ Armstrong Jr. drains trey to pull UMBC within 2
Caden Diggs fades away for nice UMBC basket
Game Information
Dayton, OH
truTV
Referee:Evon Burroughs
Referee:Josue Nieves
Referee:Michael Kitts
2025-26 Standings
NCAA Division I
| America East Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| UMBC | 14-2 | - | 24-9 |
| Vermont | 12-4 | 2 | 22-12 |
| NJIT | 10-6 | 4 | 16-17 |
| UMass Lowell | 9-7 | 5 | 15-18 |
| UAlbany | 7-9 | 7 | 11-21 |
| Maine | 6-10 | 8 | 8-24 |
| New Hampshire | 5-11 | 9 | 9-21 |
| Bryant | 5-11 | 9 | 9-22 |
| Binghamton | 4-12 | 10 | 8-23 |
| Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard | 11-3 | - | 24-11 |
| Morgan State | 10-4 | 1 | 14-16 |
| Norfolk State | 8-6 | 3 | 15-17 |
| North Carolina Central | 8-6 | 3 | 14-18 |
| South Carolina State | 7-7 | 4 | 10-22 |
| Maryland Eastern Shore | 5-9 | 6 | 9-23 |
| Coppin State | 5-9 | 6 | 7-24 |
| Delaware State | 2-12 | 9 | 8-23 |
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