Colorado Buffaloes vs. Cincinnati Bearcats

Jan 14, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
COLO	25	43	68
CIN	43	34	77

Game Recap

Cincinnati holds off Colorado 77-68 for the Bearcats' first Big 12 win this season. Baba Miller scored 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and Cincinnati beat Colorado 77-68 on Wednesday night for the Bearcats' first Big 12 Conference win this season.

Player Stats

COLORADO	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
8Bangot Dak	33	5-9	1-2	1-2	7	4	1	1	1	2	12
7Sebastian Rancik	24	1-5	0-2	3-3	6	0	1	0	3	5	5
50Elijah Malone	17	1-5	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	1	4	3	2
15Felix Kossaras	11	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0
24Barrington Hargress	36	4-9	2-4	4-4	2	3	0	0	2	2	14
3Alon Michaeli	21	3-8	1-4	1-2	4	3	1	1	1	3	8
2Isaiah Johnson	28	7-10	2-3	2-4	1	0	1	0	4	4	18
5Josiah Sanders	25	3-6	0-1	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	2	6
0Ian Inman	5	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3

TOTAL	-	25-5644.6%	7-2035.0%	11-1573.3%	27	15	5	3	16	24	68

CINCINNATI	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
18Baba Miller	34	10-17	0-3	5-9	11	4	0	2	2	2	25
52Moustapha Thiam	31	6-8	0-1	3-4	2	0	2	2	2	1	15
2Jizzle James	31	1-9	0-2	4-4	3	3	1	0	1	1	6
1Day Day Thomas	33	3-7	1-2	2-2	2	4	3	0	3	3	9
5Sencire Harris	27	3-7	0-2	3-6	3	4	2	1	0	4	9
24Tyler McKinley	8	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
65Halvine Dzellat	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Keyshuan Tillery	8	0-1	0-0	3-4	3	0	0	0	0	1	3
10Shon Abaev	10	1-2	1-2	4-6	1	1	0	0	1	1	7
32Jalen Celestine	16	1-4	1-4	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	3	3
TOTAL	-	25-5644.6%	3-1618.8%	24-3568.6%	28	18	9	5	10	17	77

Play-by-Play

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1st halfCOLOCIN

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Cincinnati.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Colorado.
+2 (19:44) Moustapha Thiam makes 13-foot turnaround jump shot (Baba Miller assists).
02
(19:13) Sebastian Rancik bad pass turnover.
+2 (19:09) Baba Miller makes layup.
04
(18:47) Elijah Malone misses layup.
(18:47) Moustapha Thiam Block.
(18:44) Elijah Malone Offensive Rebound.
(18:41) Elijah Malone bad pass turnover.
(18:41) Day Day Thomas Steal.
+2 (18:25) Moustapha Thiam makes 17-foot turnaround jump shot (Jizzle James assists).
06
(18:07) Elijah Malone bad pass turnover.
(18:07) Jizzle James Steal.
+2 (17:46) Sencire Harris makes driving layup.
08
(17:27) Barrington Hargress bad pass turnover.
(17:27) Day Day Thomas Steal.
+2 (17:22) Sencire Harris makes driving layup (Day Day Thomas assists).
010
(17:06) Foul on Jizzle James.
+2 (16:52) Barrington Hargress makes 19-foot pullup jump shot.
210
(16:32) Sencire Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:27) Day Day Thomas Offensive Rebound.
(16:25) Baba Miller misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:22) Bangot Dak Defensive Rebound.
(16:13) Bangot Dak misses 4-foot pullup jump shot.
(16:13) Baba Miller Block.
(16:08) Jizzle James Defensive Rebound.
(16:03) Jizzle James misses 17-foot turnaround jump shot.
(16:01) Elijah Malone Defensive Rebound.
(15:50) Barrington Hargress bad pass turnover.
(15:50) Day Day Thomas Steal.
(15:45) Foul on Felix Kossaras.
+1 (15:45) Moustapha Thiam makes free throw 1 of 2.
211
+1 (15:45) Moustapha Thiam makes free throw 2 of 2.
212
(15:27) Foul on Jalen Celestine.
+1 (15:27) Barrington Hargress makes free throw 1 of 2.
312
+1 (15:27) Barrington Hargress makes free throw 2 of 2.
412
+2 (15:18) Baba Miller makes 3-foot dunk (Tyler McKinley assists).
414
(14:48) Foul on Tyler McKinley.
(14:38) Alon Michaeli misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:35) Day Day Thomas Defensive Rebound.
(14:29) Foul on Alon Michaeli.
(14:21) Baba Miller bad pass turnover.
(14:21) Alon Michaeli Steal.
(14:06) Sebastian Rancik misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(14:04) Baba Miller Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:57) Baba Miller makes 4-foot hook shot.
416
(13:43) Josiah Sanders misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(13:41) Baba Miller Defensive Rebound.
(13:17) Jizzle James misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(13:14) Isaiah Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(13:08) Isaiah Johnson misses 16-foot pullup jump shot.
(13:05) Tyler McKinley Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:01) Baba Miller makes 3-foot dunk.
418
(12:39) Foul on Jalen Celestine.
+2 (12:26) Bangot Dak makes 12-foot jumper (Alon Michaeli assists).
618
(12:08) Sencire Harris misses driving layup.
(12:08) Bangot Dak Block.
(12:05) Alon Michaeli Defensive Rebound.
(12:01) Josiah Sanders misses driving layup.
(12:01) Sencire Harris Block.
(11:58) Keyshuan Tillery Defensive Rebound.
(11:49) Foul on Bangot Dak.
(11:49) Baba Miller misses free throw 1 of 2.
(11:49) Cincinnati Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (11:49) Baba Miller makes free throw 2 of 2.
619
(11:25) Foul on Keyshuan Tillery.
(11:14) Foul on Isaiah Johnson.
(11:14) Isaiah Johnson turnover.
+3 (10:59) Jalen Celestine makes 22-foot three point jumper (Shon Abaev assists).
622
+2 (10:39) Alon Michaeli makes 4-foot jumper.
822
(10:15) Foul on Isaiah Johnson.
+1 (10:15) Shon Abaev makes free throw 1 of 3.
823
+1 (10:15) Shon Abaev makes free throw 2 of 3.
824
+1 (10:15) Shon Abaev makes free throw 3 of 3.
825
(9:47) Bangot Dak misses 11-foot pullup jump shot.
(9:47) Baba Miller Block.
(9:44) Bangot Dak Offensive Rebound.
(9:44) team shot clock turnover .
+2 (9:38) Moustapha Thiam makes 18-foot jumper (Sencire Harris assists).
827
(9:10) Bangot Dak bad pass turnover.
(9:10) Moustapha Thiam Steal.
(9:07) Moustapha Thiam misses dunk.
(9:03) Josiah Sanders Defensive Rebound.
+3 (8:45) Ian Inman makes 29-foot three point jumper (Barrington Hargress assists).
1127
+3 (8:30) Shon Abaev makes 23-foot three point jumper (Baba Miller assists).
1130
(8:15) Ian Inman misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(8:10) Baba Miller Defensive Rebound.
(8:10) Foul on Elijah Malone.
(7:48) Moustapha Thiam traveling turnover.
(7:34) Sebastian Rancik misses 17-foot pullup jump shot.
(7:31) Shon Abaev Defensive Rebound.
(7:21) Jizzle James turnover.
+2 (7:02) Elijah Malone makes layup (Ian Inman assists).
1330
(6:47) Jizzle James misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(6:42) Halvine Dzellat Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:34) Baba Miller makes layup (Day Day Thomas assists).
1332
+2 (6:07) Bangot Dak makes 10-foot hook shot (Ian Inman assists).
1532
(5:54) Shon Abaev misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:52) Ian Inman Defensive Rebound.
(5:45) Barrington Hargress misses driving layup.
(5:41) Barrington Hargress Offensive Rebound.
+3 (5:19) Alon Michaeli makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bangot Dak assists).
1832
+2 (5:02) Sencire Harris makes driving layup (Tyler McKinley assists).
1834
(4:45) Foul on Sencire Harris.
+1 (4:45) Sebastian Rancik makes free throw 1 of 2.
1934
+1 (4:45) Sebastian Rancik makes free throw 2 of 2.
2034
(4:30) Tyler McKinley misses layup.
(4:28) Alon Michaeli Defensive Rebound.
(4:21) Foul on Alon Michaeli.
(4:21) Alon Michaeli turnover.
+2 (4:08) Baba Miller makes 1-foot dunk (Jizzle James assists).
2036
(3:41) Alon Michaeli misses driving layup.
(3:39) Sencire Harris Defensive Rebound.
(3:33) Foul on Sebastian Rancik.
(3:33) Moustapha Thiam misses free throw 1 of 2.
(3:33) Cincinnati Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (3:33) Moustapha Thiam makes free throw 2 of 2.
2037
(3:09) Sebastian Rancik misses driving layup.
(3:07) Baba Miller Defensive Rebound.
(3:02) Day Day Thomas misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(2:59) Sebastian Rancik Defensive Rebound.
(2:53) Barrington Hargress misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(2:51) Sencire Harris Defensive Rebound.
(2:41) Moustapha Thiam bad pass turnover.
(2:41) Sebastian Rancik Steal.
+2 (2:24) Sebastian Rancik makes 10-foot pullup jump shot.
2237
(2:24) Foul on Day Day Thomas.
+1 (2:24) Sebastian Rancik makes free throw 1 of 1.
2337
+2 (2:07) Baba Miller makes 15-foot hook shot (Day Day Thomas assists).
2339
(1:42) Isaiah Johnson misses 14-foot floating jump shot.
(1:39) Bangot Dak Offensive Rebound.
(1:38) Bangot Dak misses 11-foot hook shot.
(1:35) Jizzle James Defensive Rebound.
(1:11) Sencire Harris misses 29-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(1:07) Baba Miller Offensive Rebound.
(1:07) Jizzle James misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(1:04) Sebastian Rancik Defensive Rebound.
(0:57) Sebastian Rancik bad pass turnover.
(0:57) Sencire Harris Steal.
+2 (0:53) Jizzle James makes layup (Sencire Harris assists).
2341
+2 (0:22) Isaiah Johnson makes layup (Bangot Dak assists).
2541
(0:03) Foul on Barrington Hargress.
+1 (0:03) Jizzle James makes free throw 1 of 2.
2542
+1 (0:03) Jizzle James makes free throw 2 of 2.
2543
(0:01) Barrington Hargress misses 34-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Colorado Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

COLO

CIN

68Points77

25-56(44.6%)Field Goal(%)25-56(44.6%)

7-20(35.0%)3-Point(%)3-16(18.8%)

11-15(73.3%)Free Throw(%)24-35(68.6%)

33(9)Rebounds(Offensive)32(8)

15Assists18

5Steals9

3Blocks5

17Turnovers10

24(0)Fouls(Technical)17(0)

0Largest Lead21

Game Details

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 · 7:00 PM

Fifth Third Arena · Cincinnati, OH

attendance: 9,331 (77.7%)

tv: Peacock

spread: CIN -8.5

over/under: 145.5