Kansas Jayhawks vs. Colorado Buffaloes

Jan 20, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
KU	40	35	75
COLO	38	31	69

Game Recap

Kansas Jayhawks vs Colorado Buffaloes game highlights

Council's late scoring helps No. 19 Kansas beat Colorado 75-69 win with Bill Self missing from bench. Melvin Council Jr. scored 10 of his 18 points over the final 5:07 and No. 19 Kansas held off Colorado 75-69 on Tuesday night with assistant coach Jacque Vaughn leading the Jayhawks as .

Player Stats

KANSAS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
40Flory Bidunga	33	4-5	0-0	3-3	9	2	0	4	1	1	11
15Bryson Tiller	23	2-6	0-1	1-2	5	1	1	1	3	3	5
14Melvin Council Jr.	35	7-13	2-4	2-3	7	3	2	0	3	1	18
3Tre White	36	3-6	2-4	9-10	15	4	0	0	2	0	17
22Darryn Peterson	32	6-15	3-5	1-2	6	0	0	0	2	3	16
1Jayden Dawson	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
11Jamari McDowell	23	1-4	1-4	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	5	3
13Elmarko Jackson	13	1-3	0-1	3-4	1	2	0	0	0	0	5


TOTAL	-	24-5246.2%	8-1942.1%	19-2479.2%	44	14	3	5	11	15	75

COLORADO	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
8Bangot Dak	33	3-12	0-2	0-0	7	1	1	1	0	4	6
7Sebastian Rancik	30	3-10	1-4	1-2	6	1	2	0	2	2	8
50Elijah Malone	7	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2Isaiah Johnson	36	6-14	2-7	5-5	3	2	0	0	0	2	19
24Barrington Hargress	35	6-15	3-8	2-3	4	4	0	0	0	3	17
3Alon Michaeli	28	5-12	2-5	1-2	5	2	4	0	1	1	13
25Tacko Ifaola	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
5Josiah Sanders	8	0-3	0-2	0-2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
15Felix Kossaras	11	1-2	1-2	1-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	4
11Jalin Holland	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	2	2
TOTAL	-	25-7035.7%	9-3129.0%	10-1662.5%	32	14	8	1	3	16	69

Play-by-Play

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1st halfKUCOLO

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Kansas.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Colorado.
(19:40) Flory Bidunga misses 16-foot jumper.
(19:37) Bangot Dak Defensive Rebound.
(19:19) Foul on Bryson Tiller.
+3 (19:08) Isaiah Johnson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bangot Dak assists).
03
(18:51) Foul on Elijah Malone.
+1 (18:51) Flory Bidunga makes free throw 1 of 2.
13
+1 (18:51) Flory Bidunga makes free throw 2 of 2.
23
(18:30) Barrington Hargress misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(18:26) Darryn Peterson Defensive Rebound.
(18:20) Darryn Peterson misses 13-foot jumper.
(18:17) Darryn Peterson Offensive Rebound.
(18:12) Darryn Peterson misses 6-foot jumper.
(18:08) Bangot Dak Defensive Rebound.
(17:57) Sebastian Rancik misses 9-foot step back jumpshot.
(17:51) Tre White Defensive Rebound.
(17:29) Melvin Council Jr. misses 13-foot jumper.
(17:24) Bryson Tiller Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:24) Bryson Tiller makes 0-foot tip in layup.
43
+2 (17:06) Isaiah Johnson makes 18-foot jumper (Elijah Malone assists).
45
+3 (16:50) Darryn Peterson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Melvin Council Jr. assists).
75
(16:35) Bangot Dak misses 10-foot jumper.
(16:32) Tre White Defensive Rebound.
(16:26) Bryson Tiller misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(16:26) Flory Bidunga Offensive Rebound.
(16:26) Foul on Bangot Dak.
+3 (16:25) Darryn Peterson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Melvin Council Jr. assists).
105
(15:56) Elijah Malone misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(15:53) Flory Bidunga Defensive Rebound.
(15:46) Darryn Peterson misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(15:42) Bangot Dak Defensive Rebound.
(15:35) Bangot Dak misses layup.
(15:35) Flory Bidunga Block.
(15:31) Darryn Peterson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (15:26) Melvin Council Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Flory Bidunga assists).
135
+2 (15:07) Bangot Dak makes 21-foot jumper (Barrington Hargress assists).
137
(14:46) Bryson Tiller misses layup.
(14:46) Bangot Dak Block.
(14:41) Sebastian Rancik Defensive Rebound.
(14:40) Barrington Hargress misses layup.
(14:37) Melvin Council Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:26) Bryson Tiller makes 12-foot jumper (Flory Bidunga assists).
157
(13:56) Isaiah Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(13:52) Flory Bidunga Defensive Rebound.
(13:45) Darryn Peterson misses 13-foot jumper.
(13:43) Sebastian Rancik Defensive Rebound.
+3 (13:38) Barrington Hargress makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sebastian Rancik assists).
1510
(13:09) Bryson Tiller misses layup.
(13:06) Sebastian Rancik Defensive Rebound.
(13:02) Barrington Hargress misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(12:56) Isaiah Johnson Offensive Rebound.
+2 (12:54) Bangot Dak makes 0-foot dunk (Isaiah Johnson assists).
1512
+2 (12:26) Melvin Council Jr. makes 19-foot pullup jump shot.
1712
(12:03) Sebastian Rancik misses 17-foot jumper.
(11:59) Melvin Council Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:53) Tre White makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jamari McDowell assists).
2012
(11:31) Josiah Sanders misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(11:28) Josiah Sanders Offensive Rebound.
+3 (11:27) Barrington Hargress makes 25-foot three point jumper (Josiah Sanders assists).
2015
(11:10) Tre White misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(11:07) Barrington Hargress Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:56) Sebastian Rancik makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alon Michaeli assists).
2018
+3 (10:30) Tre White makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamari McDowell assists).
2318
(9:58) Josiah Sanders misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(9:54) Flory Bidunga Defensive Rebound.
(9:43) Melvin Council Jr. bad pass turnover.
(9:43) Alon Michaeli Steal.
(9:38) Barrington Hargress misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(9:32) Alon Michaeli Offensive Rebound.
+2 (9:32) Alon Michaeli makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2320
(9:18) Foul on Sebastian Rancik.
+1 (9:18) Elmarko Jackson makes free throw 1 of 2.
2420
+1 (9:18) Elmarko Jackson makes free throw 2 of 2.
2520
(9:01) Isaiah Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(8:53) Alon Michaeli Offensive Rebound.
(8:53) Alon Michaeli misses tip in layup.
(8:52) Elmarko Jackson Defensive Rebound.
(8:48) Foul on Felix Kossaras.
+1 (8:48) Bryson Tiller makes free throw 1 of 2.
2620
(8:48) Bryson Tiller misses free throw 2 of 2.
(8:46) Jalin Holland Defensive Rebound.
(8:27) Bangot Dak misses 21-foot jumper.
(8:24) Bryson Tiller Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:21) Elmarko Jackson makes layup (Bryson Tiller assists).
2820
+3 (8:02) Felix Kossaras makes 22-foot three point jumper (Alon Michaeli assists).
2823
(7:37) Foul on Jalin Holland.
(7:37) Darryn Peterson misses free throw 1 of 2.
(7:37) Kansas Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (7:37) Darryn Peterson makes free throw 2 of 2.
2923
+3 (7:18) Alon Michaeli makes 25-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Johnson assists).
2926
(6:50) Darryn Peterson misses 9-foot jumper.
(6:46) Felix Kossaras Defensive Rebound.
(6:37) Alon Michaeli misses layup.
(6:34) Flory Bidunga Defensive Rebound.
(6:19) Bryson Tiller misses 6-foot jumper.
(6:16) Bangot Dak Defensive Rebound.
(6:13) Foul on Darryn Peterson.
+1 (6:13) Barrington Hargress makes free throw 1 of 2.
2927
+1 (6:13) Barrington Hargress makes free throw 2 of 2.
2928
(5:47) Tre White bad pass turnover.
(5:47) Alon Michaeli Steal.
(5:34) Foul on Jayden Dawson.
(5:24) Barrington Hargress misses 13-foot jumper.
(5:19) Melvin Council Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:02) Darryn Peterson makes 17-foot jumper.
3128
(4:35) Bangot Dak misses 18-foot jumper.
(4:32) Darryn Peterson Defensive Rebound.
(4:12) Melvin Council Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(4:08) Barrington Hargress Defensive Rebound.
(4:03) Isaiah Johnson misses layup.
(4:00) Melvin Council Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(3:57) Darryn Peterson misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(3:54) Jayden Dawson Offensive Rebound.
+2 (3:46) Tre White makes driving layup.
3328
(3:40) Foul on Jayden Dawson.
+1 (3:40) Isaiah Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2.
3329
+1 (3:40) Isaiah Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2.
3330
(3:11) Darryn Peterson bad pass turnover.
(3:11) Alon Michaeli Steal.
+2 (3:05) Sebastian Rancik makes driving layup.
3332
(2:47) Tre White misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(2:46) Colorado Defensive Rebound.
(2:31) Alon Michaeli bad pass turnover.
(2:31) Bryson Tiller Steal.
(2:25) Foul on Alon Michaeli.
+1 (2:25) Tre White makes free throw 1 of 2.
3432
+1 (2:25) Tre White makes free throw 2 of 2.
3532
+2 (2:02) Sebastian Rancik makes 5-foot jumper.
3534
(1:39) Melvin Council Jr. misses 14-foot jumper.
(1:34) Tre White Offensive Rebound.
(1:29) Foul on Barrington Hargress.
+1 (1:29) Tre White makes free throw 1 of 2.
3634
+1 (1:29) Tre White makes free throw 2 of 2.
3734
(1:14) Bangot Dak misses 3-foot jumper.
(1:11) Tre White Defensive Rebound.
(1:06) Melvin Council Jr. misses 15-foot jumper.
(1:03) Bangot Dak Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:50) Barrington Hargress makes layup.
3736
+3 (0:24) Melvin Council Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Elmarko Jackson assists).
4036
(0:02) Isaiah Johnson misses 14-foot jumper.
(0:02) Barrington Hargress Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:01) Barrington Hargress makes 0-foot tip in layup.
4038

2nd half

Team Stats

COLO

75Points69

24-52(46.2%)Field Goal(%)25-70(35.7%)

8-19(42.1%)3-Point(%)9-31(29.0%)

19-24(79.2%)Free Throw(%)10-16(62.5%)

45(9)Rebounds(Offensive)33(12)

14Assists14

3Steals8

5Blocks1

12Turnovers3

15(0)Fouls(Technical)16(0)

11Largest Lead3

Game Details

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 · 11:10 PM

CU Events Center · Boulder, CO

attendance: 8,356 (75.5%)

spread: KU -4.5

over/under: 155.5