Northern Colorado Bears vs. Colorado Buffaloes

Dec 28, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
UNCO	37	49	86
COLO	35	46	81

Game Recap

Northern Colorado Bears vs Colorado Buffaloes game highlights

Denker scores career-high 33 points to lead Northern Colorado to stunning 86-81 win over Colorado. Quinn Denker scored a career-high 33 points on 12-for-18 shooting, grabbed eight rebounds and distributed eight assists and Northern Colorado pulled the road upset beating Colorado 86-81 on Sunday.

Player Stats

NORTHERN COLORADO	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
7Ring Nyeri	13	2-4	1-2	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	3	5
14Brock Wisne	34	6-15	1-3	0-0	5	3	1	0	3	2	13
54Ibu Yamazaki	36	5-8	4-6	5-5	7	1	1	0	1	1	19
35Quinn Denker	38	12-18	3-5	6-6	8	8	0	0	5	2	33
8Zach Bloch	31	3-6	2-4	0-0	2	4	0	0	1	3	8
33Egan Shields	31	3-6	0-0	2-6	5	1	0	0	2	1	8
3Ariik Mawien	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Vincent Delano	15	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

TOTAL	-	31-5952.5%	11-2152.4%	13-1776.5%	33	17	2	0	12	12	86

COLORADO	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
8Bangot Dak	29	6-14	2-4	2-2	6	1	1	2	1	3	16
7Sebastian Rancik	32	4-13	2-6	4-4	6	0	2	0	1	2	14
50Elijah Malone	17	2-5	0-0	2-2	4	0	0	0	1	1	6
15Felix Kossaras	24	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	2	1	0	1	0	2
24Barrington Hargress	34	8-15	1-3	1-1	2	5	1	0	0	3	18
25Tacko Ifaola	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0
2Isaiah Johnson	33	9-20	2-6	5-6	8	2	0	0	0	2	25
5Josiah Sanders	15	0-3	0-2	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	1	0
11Jalin Holland	10	0-4	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
TOTAL	-	30-7639.5%	7-2330.4%	14-1593.3%	33	11	5	4	5	14	81

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUNCOCOLO

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Colorado.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Northern Colorado.
(19:46) Elijah Malone misses 3-foot jumper.
(19:42) Zach Bloch Defensive Rebound.
(19:30) Ring Nyeri misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot.
(19:26) Sebastian Rancik Defensive Rebound.
(19:13) Bangot Dak misses layup.
(19:08) Ring Nyeri Defensive Rebound.
(19:03) Ibu Yamazaki misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(18:59) Sebastian Rancik Defensive Rebound.
(18:55) Sebastian Rancik misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(18:50) Elijah Malone Offensive Rebound.
+2 (18:50) Elijah Malone makes 0-foot tip in layup.
02
+2 (18:35) Brock Wisne makes layup.
22
+3 (18:18) Bangot Dak makes 23-foot three point jumper (Barrington Hargress assists).
25
+3 (18:03) Brock Wisne makes 24-foot three point jumper (Zach Bloch assists).
55
(17:44) Felix Kossaras bad pass turnover.
(17:13) Brock Wisne misses 9-foot hook shot.
(17:09) Egan Shields Offensive Rebound.
(17:09) Egan Shields bad pass turnover.
(16:49) Barrington Hargress misses layup.
(16:47) Ibu Yamazaki Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:37) Quinn Denker makes 13-foot pullup jump shot.
75
(16:07) Bangot Dak misses layup.
(16:02) Ibu Yamazaki Defensive Rebound.
+3 (15:56) Quinn Denker makes 24-foot three point jumper.
105
(15:32) Bangot Dak misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:31) Northern Colorado Defensive Rebound.
(15:31) Foul on Sebastian Rancik.
(15:13) Quinn Denker misses driving layup.
(15:10) Northern Colorado Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:58) Brock Wisne makes layup (Zach Bloch assists).
125
(14:37) Barrington Hargress misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(14:33) Egan Shields Defensive Rebound.
(14:20) Egan Shields misses 8-foot hook shot.
(14:18) Elijah Malone Defensive Rebound.
(14:11) Sebastian Rancik misses 6-foot jumper.
(14:10) Colorado Offensive Rebound.
(13:58) Elijah Malone misses 17-foot pullup jump shot.
(13:54) Jalin Holland Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:42) Isaiah Johnson makes 8-foot floating jump shot.
127
+3 (13:25) Ring Nyeri makes 24-foot three point jumper (Zach Bloch assists).
157
(12:54) Jalin Holland misses 4-foot jumper.
(12:51) Jalin Holland Offensive Rebound.
(12:49) Jalin Holland misses layup.
(12:45) Quinn Denker Defensive Rebound.
(12:43) Vincent Delano misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:43) Northern Colorado Offensive Rebound.
(12:43) Foul on Jalin Holland.
+2 (12:36) Quinn Denker makes 20-foot jumper.
177
+2 (12:11) Bangot Dak makes 9-foot jumper.
179
(11:53) Brock Wisne bad pass turnover.
(11:31) Josiah Sanders misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(11:27) Egan Shields Defensive Rebound.
(11:12) Quinn Denker misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:09) Egan Shields Offensive Rebound.
(11:07) Egan Shields misses layup.
(11:03) Bangot Dak Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:59) Isaiah Johnson makes driving layup.
1711
+2 (10:29) Egan Shields makes 0-foot alley oop dunk (Brock Wisne assists).
1911
+2 (10:09) Isaiah Johnson makes driving layup.
1913
(9:55) Brock Wisne misses 7-foot turnaround jump shot.
(9:51) Brock Wisne Offensive Rebound.
(9:51) Brock Wisne misses tip in layup.
(9:49) Sebastian Rancik Defensive Rebound.
(9:41) Barrington Hargress misses 19-foot jumper.
(9:38) Brock Wisne Defensive Rebound.
(9:27) Zach Bloch misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(9:21) Isaiah Johnson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:19) Barrington Hargress makes layup (Isaiah Johnson assists).
1915
(9:05) Vincent Delano misses layup.
(9:05) Fawaz Ifaola Block.
(9:01) Josiah Sanders Defensive Rebound.
(8:58) Barrington Hargress misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:56) Brock Wisne Defensive Rebound.
(8:37) Egan Shields misses layup.
(8:34) Isaiah Johnson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:31) Isaiah Johnson makes driving layup.
1917
(8:31) Foul on Zach Bloch.
+1 (8:30) Isaiah Johnson makes free throw 1 of 1.
1918
+3 (8:16) Zach Bloch makes 24-foot three point jumper (Quinn Denker assists).
2218
(8:01) Jalin Holland misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:56) Sebastian Rancik Offensive Rebound.
+2 (7:56) Sebastian Rancik makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2220
(7:41) Zach Bloch misses 9-foot pullup jump shot.
(7:38) Bangot Dak Defensive Rebound.
(7:33) Isaiah Johnson misses layup.
(7:32) Bangot Dak Offensive Rebound.
(7:32) Bangot Dak misses tip in dunk.
(7:32) Isaiah Johnson Offensive Rebound.
(7:32) Foul on Ring Nyeri.
+1 (7:30) Isaiah Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2.
2221
+1 (7:30) Isaiah Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2.
2222
+3 (7:15) Ibu Yamazaki makes 23-foot three point jumper.
2522
(6:50) Jalin Holland misses 7-foot jumper.
(6:47) Ariik Mawien Defensive Rebound.
(6:30) Quinn Denker traveling turnover.
+3 (6:16) Sebastian Rancik makes 23-foot three point jumper.
2525
(5:59) Foul on Bangot Dak.
+1 (5:59) Ibu Yamazaki makes free throw 1 of 3.
2625
+1 (5:59) Ibu Yamazaki makes free throw 2 of 3.
2725
+1 (5:59) Ibu Yamazaki makes free throw 3 of 3.
2825
(5:39) Josiah Sanders misses 12-foot jumper.
(5:35) Quinn Denker Defensive Rebound.
(5:19) Ibu Yamazaki misses layup.
(5:18) Northern Colorado Deadball Team Rebound.
(5:18) Foul on Barrington Hargress.
(5:10) Egan Shields bad pass turnover.
(5:10) Sebastian Rancik Steal.
+3 (5:05) Isaiah Johnson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Barrington Hargress assists).
2828
(4:51) Brock Wisne bad pass turnover.
(4:51) Sebastian Rancik Steal.
(4:47) Josiah Sanders bad pass turnover.
(4:32) Ibu Yamazaki bad pass turnover.
(4:22) Sebastian Rancik misses layup.
(4:22) Elijah Malone Offensive Rebound.
(4:22) Foul on Zach Bloch.
+1 (4:22) Sebastian Rancik makes free throw 1 of 2.
2829
+1 (4:22) Sebastian Rancik makes free throw 2 of 2.
2830
(4:06) Quinn Denker misses layup.
(4:04) Barrington Hargress Defensive Rebound.
(4:01) Isaiah Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(3:59) Vincent Delano Defensive Rebound.
(3:45) Quinn Denker misses 8-foot jumper.
(3:37) Isaiah Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(3:35) Sebastian Rancik misses layup.
(3:31) Brock Wisne Defensive Rebound.
(3:25) Quinn Denker misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(3:21) Josiah Sanders Defensive Rebound.
(3:15) Barrington Hargress misses layup.
(3:12) Josiah Sanders Offensive Rebound.
(3:10) Isaiah Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(3:07) Brock Wisne Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:49) Egan Shields makes layup (Quinn Denker assists).
3030
(2:22) Barrington Hargress misses 14-foot step back jumpshot.
(2:17) Bangot Dak Offensive Rebound.
(2:17) Bangot Dak misses tip in layup.
(2:16) Quinn Denker Defensive Rebound.
(2:08) Brock Wisne misses layup.
(2:08) Fawaz Ifaola Block.
(2:08) Northern Colorado Offensive Rebound.
+3 (2:05) Quinn Denker makes 22-foot three point jumper (Brock Wisne assists).
3330
(1:53) Josiah Sanders misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:48) Ibu Yamazaki Defensive Rebound.
(1:38) Quinn Denker misses driving layup.
(1:35) Bangot Dak Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:31) Isaiah Johnson makes driving layup (Bangot Dak assists).
3332
(1:31) Foul on Ring Nyeri.
+1 (1:31) Isaiah Johnson makes free throw 1 of 1.
3333
(1:08) Brock Wisne misses 3-foot hook shot.
(1:04) Ring Nyeri Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:04) Ring Nyeri makes 0-foot tip in layup.
3533
(0:48) Bangot Dak misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:44) Ring Nyeri Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:38) Quinn Denker makes driving layup.
3733
+2 (0:19) Isaiah Johnson makes driving layup.
3735
(0:03) Brock Wisne misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Barrington Hargress Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

UNCO

COLO

86Points81

31-59(52.5%)Field Goal(%)30-76(39.5%)

11-21(52.4%)3-Point(%)7-23(30.4%)

13-17(76.5%)Free Throw(%)14-15(93.3%)

39(7)Rebounds(Offensive)37(15)

17Assists11

2Steals5

0Blocks4

13Turnovers5

12(0)Fouls(Technical)14(0)

10Largest Lead6

Game Details

Sunday, December 28, 2025 · 3:00 PM

CU Events Center · Boulder, CO

attendance: 8,347 (75.4%)

spread: COLO -15.5

over/under: 158.5