Montana State Bobcats vs. Colorado Buffaloes

Nov 3, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
MTST	33	45	78
COLO	32	52	84

Game Recap

Frosh Johnson scores 22 of 24 in final 15 minutes to help send Colorado past Montana State. Freshman backup Isaiah Johnson scored 24 points and Elijah Malone posted a double-double and Colorado beat Montana State 84-78 in season-opener for both teams on Monday night.

Player Stats

MONTANA STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
7Christian King	34	3-10	2-5	2-2	1	1	1	1	3	3	10
21Chris Hodges	29	4-7	0-0	0-3	5	0	0	0	2	3	8
4Cavin Holden	33	5-11	2-5	2-2	0	3	0	0	2	3	14
24Jed Miller	30	3-6	1-4	3-3	4	2	2	0	1	4	10
1Patrick McMahon	28	10-13	1-1	3-3	4	1	0	0	0	3	24
35Waka Mbatch	9	1-1	0-0	3-4	2	0	0	0	1	5	5
44Jaden Steppe	6	1-3	0-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	3	2
0Davian Brown	17	2-4	1-2	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	1	5
5Jeremiah Davis	14	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0


TOTAL	-	29-5651.8%	7-2035.0%	13-1776.5%	22	8	3	2	10	27	78

COLORADO	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
8Bangot Dak	24	5-8	0-2	2-3	9	1	0	2	1	1	12
7Sebastian Rancik	32	3-9	1-4	6-7	0	2	1	0	0	3	13
50Elijah Malone	25	2-3	0-0	6-9	13	5	4	1	0	3	10
15Felix Kossaras	23	3-5	0-0	2-2	0	1	0	0	0	4	8
24Barrington Hargress	30	5-11	0-0	1-2	2	3	1	0	2	1	11
25Fawaz Ifaola	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0
2Isaiah Johnson	26	6-9	2-3	10-12	1	2	0	0	3	0	24
5Josiah Sanders	14	2-3	0-1	0-4	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
0Ian Inman	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
42Andrew Crawford	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11Jalin Holland	15	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	2	4	2
TOTAL	-	27-5251.9%	3-1225.0%	27-3969.2%	32	17	7	3	9	18	84

Play-by-Play

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1st halfMTSTCOLO

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Colorado.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Montana State.
(19:47) Foul on Chris Hodges.
+1 (19:47) Elijah Malone made Free Throw.
01
+1 (19:47) Elijah Malone made Free Throw.
02
+3 (19:19) Christian King made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Patrick McMahon.
32
+3 (19:02) Sebastian Rancik made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Malone.
35
+2 (18:36) Patrick McMahon made Layup.
55
+2 (18:08) Bangot Dak made Layup. Assisted by Barrington Hargress.
57
(17:35) Montana State Turnover.
+2 (17:17) Felix Kossaras made Jumper.
59
(17:02) Jed Miller Turnover.
(17:02) Elijah Malone Steal.
(16:56) Barrington Hargress missed Layup.
(16:49) Patrick McMahon Defensive Rebound.
(16:33) Chris Hodges Turnover.
(16:33) Elijah Malone Steal.
+2 (16:27) Bangot Dak made Dunk. Assisted by Sebastian Rancik.
511
(16:09) Cavin Holden missed Jumper.
(16:06) Barrington Hargress Defensive Rebound.
(16:05) Foul on Jed Miller.
+1 (16:05) Sebastian Rancik made Free Throw.
512
(16:05) Sebastian Rancik missed Free Throw.
(16:05) Patrick McMahon Defensive Rebound.
(16:03) Foul on Felix Kossaras.
+2 (15:38) Davian Brown made Layup. Assisted by Cavin Holden.
712
+2 (15:18) Bangot Dak made Dunk. Assisted by Barrington Hargress.
714
+3 (14:57) Davian Brown made Three Point Jumper.
1014
(14:50) Barrington Hargress Turnover.
(14:35) Cavin Holden Turnover.
(14:35) Barrington Hargress Steal.
(14:21) Isaiah Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:20) Elijah Malone Offensive Rebound.
(14:20) Foul on Patrick McMahon.
+2 (13:58) Sebastian Rancik made Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Malone.
1016
(13:50) Davian Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:47) Elijah Malone Defensive Rebound.
(13:28) Jalin Holland missed Layup.
(13:28) Christian King Block.
(13:18) Josiah Sanders Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:18) Josiah Sanders made Two Point Tip Shot.
1018
(13:07) Foul on Jalin Holland.
+1 (13:07) Christian King made Free Throw.
1118
+1 (13:07) Christian King made Free Throw.
1218
(12:53) Bangot Dak Turnover.
(12:35) Christian King missed Jumper.
(12:32) Elijah Malone Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:26) Josiah Sanders made Layup. Assisted by Isaiah Johnson.
1220
(12:05) Foul on Elijah Malone.
(11:45) Davian Brown missed Layup.
(11:41) Elijah Malone Defensive Rebound.
(11:38) Ian Inman missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:34) Davian Brown Defensive Rebound.
(11:29) Foul on Elijah Malone.
+1 (11:29) Patrick McMahon made Free Throw.
1320
+1 (11:29) Patrick McMahon made Free Throw.
1420
(11:17) Isaiah Johnson Turnover.
(10:49) Jeremiah Davis Turnover.
(10:49) Ian Inman Steal.
+2 (10:45) Felix Kossaras made Dunk. Assisted by Ian Inman.
1422
+2 (10:32) Chris Hodges made Layup.
1622
(10:16) Foul on Jaden Steppe.
+1 (10:16) Sebastian Rancik made Free Throw.
1623
+1 (10:16) Sebastian Rancik made Free Throw.
1624
(9:59) Jeremiah Davis missed Three Point Jumper.
(9:55) Bangot Dak Defensive Rebound.
(9:49) Foul on Chris Hodges.
+1 (9:49) Bangot Dak made Free Throw.
1625
(9:49) Bangot Dak missed Free Throw.
(9:49) Waka Mbatch Defensive Rebound.
(9:20) Patrick McMahon missed Layup.
(9:20) Bangot Dak Block.
(9:16) Bangot Dak Defensive Rebound.
(8:58) Barrington Hargress missed Jumper.
(8:54) Waka Mbatch Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:42) Cavin Holden made Layup.
1825
(8:21) Foul on Patrick McMahon.
+2 (8:11) Barrington Hargress made Jumper.
1827
+2 (7:56) Christian King made Dunk. Assisted by Cavin Holden.
2027
(7:42) Sebastian Rancik missed Jumper.
(7:41) Montana State Defensive Rebound.
(7:41) Foul on Andrew Crawford.
+2 (7:22) Waka Mbatch made Dunk. Assisted by Cavin Holden.
2227
(7:02) Felix Kossaras missed Layup.
(6:59) Elijah Malone Offensive Rebound.
(6:58) Foul on Waka Mbatch.
(6:58) Elijah Malone missed Free Throw.
(6:58) Colorado Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (6:58) Elijah Malone made Free Throw.
2228
(6:44) Foul on Jalin Holland.
(6:36) Foul on Felix Kossaras.
+1 (6:36) Waka Mbatch made Free Throw.
2328
+1 (6:36) Waka Mbatch made Free Throw.
2428
(6:18) Barrington Hargress missed Layup.
(6:16) Elijah Malone Offensive Rebound.
(6:16) Foul on Waka Mbatch.
(6:16) Elijah Malone missed Free Throw.
(6:16) Colorado Deadball Team Rebound.
(6:16) Elijah Malone missed Free Throw.
(6:16) Jed Miller Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:04) Cavin Holden made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Christian King.
2728
(5:34) Bangot Dak missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:34) Jed Miller Defensive Rebound.
(5:13) Christian King Turnover.
(4:51) Sebastian Rancik missed Jumper.
(4:47) Davian Brown Defensive Rebound.
(4:40) Chris Hodges missed Layup.
(4:36) Bangot Dak Defensive Rebound.
(4:28) Barrington Hargress missed Layup.
(4:25) Christian King Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:09) Chris Hodges made Layup.
2928
(3:52) Bangot Dak missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:49) Davian Brown Defensive Rebound.
(3:41) Christian King missed Layup.
(3:38) Chris Hodges Offensive Rebound.
(3:36) Christian King missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:33) Barrington Hargress Defensive Rebound.
(3:28) Foul on Cavin Holden.
(3:28) Josiah Sanders missed Free Throw.
(3:28) Colorado Deadball Team Rebound.
(3:28) Josiah Sanders missed Free Throw.
(3:28) Chris Hodges Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:09) Jaden Steppe made Layup. Assisted by Davian Brown.
3128
+2 (2:47) Felix Kossaras made Dunk. Assisted by Sebastian Rancik.
3130
(2:35) Foul on Cavin Holden.
(2:35) Cavin Holden Turnover.
(2:16) Isaiah Johnson missed Layup.
(2:16) Colorado Offensive Rebound.
(2:16) Jeremiah Davis Block.
(2:07) Josiah Sanders missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:04) Jaden Steppe Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:46) Chris Hodges made Layup.
3330
(1:46) Foul on Bangot Dak.
(1:46) Chris Hodges missed Free Throw.
(1:46) Bangot Dak Defensive Rebound.
(1:28) Sebastian Rancik missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:24) Jaden Steppe Defensive Rebound.
(1:03) Jaden Steppe missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:57) Josiah Sanders Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:52) Barrington Hargress made Layup. Assisted by Josiah Sanders.
3332
(0:30) Christian King Turnover.
(0:30) Sebastian Rancik Steal.
(0:01) Barrington Hargress missed Layup.
(0:00) Elijah Malone Offensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

MTST

COLO

78Points84

29-56(51.8%)Field Goal(%)27-52(51.9%)

7-20(35.0%)3-Point(%)3-12(25.0%)

13-17(76.5%)Free Throw(%)27-39(69.2%)

26(6)Rebounds(Offensive)33(11)

8Assists17

3Steals7

2Blocks3

11Turnovers9

27(0)Fouls(Technical)18(0)

7Largest Lead9

Game Details

Monday, November 3, 2025 · 9:00 PM

CU Events Center · Boulder, CO

attendance: 5,771 (52.2%)

tv: ESPN+