Cincinnati Bearcats vs. Kansas Jayhawks

FINAL

Feb 21, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
CIN	36	48	84
KU	34	34	68

Game Recap

Thiam scores career-high 28 to lead Cincinnati to an 84-68 upset of No. 8 Kansas. Moustapha Thiam had a career-high 28 points and led Cincinnati to an 84-68 upset of No. 8 Kansas on Saturday.

Player Stats

CINCINNATI	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
18Baba Miller	39	6-8	2-2	4-6	7	8	2	0	5	1	18
52Moustapha Thiam	30	11-17	2-5	4-7	8	2	0	0	0	0	28
2Jizzle James	19	2-7	1-4	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	4	5
1Day Day Thomas	36	4-14	2-9	0-0	4	0	1	0	0	1	10
32Jalen Celestine	33	5-9	4-8	0-0	8	2	4	0	0	2	14
24Tyler McKinley	9	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Keyshuan Tillery	24	2-6	0-2	2-2	4	2	0	1	2	3	6
5Sencire Harris	10	1-1	1-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	2	3

TOTAL	-	31-6448.4%	12-3138.7%	10-1566.7%	37	16	8	1	8	13	84

KANSAS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
40Flory Bidunga	34	8-10	0-0	2-2	12	3	1	1	4	4	18
15Bryson Tiller	28	2-3	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	1	1	2	4
14Melvin Council Jr.	39	3-13	0-2	1-1	5	4	2	0	1	0	7
3Tre White	29	3-9	1-3	4-5	3	1	1	0	0	0	11
22Darryn Peterson	32	7-17	1-7	2-3	4	1	1	0	0	1	17
7Kohl Rosario	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
1Jayden Dawson	2	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
11Jamari McDowell	16	1-3	1-3	1-2	2	0	0	0	1	2	4
13Elmarko Jackson	16	1-4	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	2	2	2
TOTAL	-	27-6144.3%	4-1822.2%	10-1376.9%	28	11	5	2	9	12	68

Play-by-Play

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1st halfCINKU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Kansas.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Cincinnati.
(19:42) Bryson Tiller misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(19:37) Flory Bidunga Offensive Rebound.
(19:37) Darryn Peterson misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(19:33) Moustapha Thiam Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:20) Moustapha Thiam makes 14-foot turnaround jump shot (Baba Miller assists).
20
(19:10) Melvin Council Jr. misses 6-foot floating jump shot.
(19:08) Flory Bidunga Offensive Rebound.
+2 (18:54) Darryn Peterson makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Flory Bidunga assists).
22
+2 (18:32) Baba Miller makes layup.
42
+2 (18:14) Darryn Peterson makes 18-foot jumper.
44
(17:45) Moustapha Thiam misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:43) Darryn Peterson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:28) Flory Bidunga makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Tre White assists).
46
(17:13) Foul on Flory Bidunga.
(17:13) Baba Miller misses free throw 1 of 2.
(17:13) Cincinnati Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (17:13) Baba Miller makes free throw 2 of 2.
56
+2 (16:54) Flory Bidunga makes 1-foot dunk (Melvin Council Jr. assists).
58
(16:36) Baba Miller misses 7-foot jumper.
(16:34) Moustapha Thiam Offensive Rebound.
(16:34) Moustapha Thiam misses tip in layup.
(16:34) Cincinnati Offensive Rebound.
(16:25) Moustapha Thiam misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:23) Melvin Council Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(16:15) Jamari McDowell bad pass turnover.
(16:15) Jalen Celestine Steal.
(16:13) Foul on Jamari McDowell.
+3 (15:51) Jizzle James makes 23-foot three point jumper (Baba Miller assists).
88
(15:31) Tre White misses dunk.
(15:28) Jizzle James Defensive Rebound.
(15:26) Jizzle James misses layup.
(15:26) Bryson Tiller Block.
(15:25) Cincinnati Offensive Rebound.
(15:18) Day Day Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(15:14) Tre White Defensive Rebound.
(14:48) Melvin Council Jr. misses 13-foot jumper.
(14:45) Moustapha Thiam Defensive Rebound.
(14:34) Day Day Thomas misses 14-foot jumper.
(14:31) Darryn Peterson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:20) Bryson Tiller makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot.
810
(14:01) Moustapha Thiam misses 17-foot jumper.
(13:58) Jalen Celestine Offensive Rebound.
(13:56) Jizzle James misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:54) Tre White Defensive Rebound.
(13:46) Tre White misses 18-foot jumper.
(13:43) Jalen Celestine Defensive Rebound.
+3 (13:30) Baba Miller makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jizzle James assists).
1110
(13:11) Tre White misses layup.
(13:11) Tre White Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:11) Tre White makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1112
(13:11) Foul on Baba Miller.
+1 (13:11) Tre White makes free throw 1 of 1.
1113
(12:56) Jizzle James misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(12:53) Jamari McDowell Defensive Rebound.
(12:48) Elmarko Jackson bad pass turnover.
(12:48) Baba Miller Steal.
+2 (12:33) Baba Miller makes layup.
1313
(12:10) Jamari McDowell misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:07) Flory Bidunga Offensive Rebound.
+2 (12:07) Flory Bidunga makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1315
(11:36) Jizzle James misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:34) Sencire Harris Offensive Rebound.
(11:13) Keyshuan Tillery bad pass turnover.
(11:13) Darryn Peterson Steal.
(11:09) Darryn Peterson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:06) Sencire Harris Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:45) Baba Miller makes 7-foot hook shot.
1515
(10:15) Melvin Council Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(10:11) Tyler McKinley Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:55) Keyshuan Tillery makes driving layup.
1715
+2 (9:35) Flory Bidunga makes 1-foot dunk (Melvin Council Jr. assists).
1717
+2 (9:17) Baba Miller makes 11-foot jumper.
1917
+2 (8:56) Flory Bidunga makes layup.
1919
(8:36) Baba Miller bad pass turnover.
(8:36) Tre White Steal.
(8:32) Foul on Keyshuan Tillery.
+1 (8:32) Tre White makes free throw 1 of 2.
1920
(8:32) Tre White misses free throw 2 of 2.
(8:30) Jalen Celestine Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:15) Moustapha Thiam makes 8-foot jumper.
2120
+3 (7:56) Tre White makes 23-foot three point jumper (Elmarko Jackson assists).
2123
+3 (7:32) Jalen Celestine makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot.
2423
+2 (7:13) Melvin Council Jr. makes 13-foot floating jump shot.
2425
(7:13) Foul on Keyshuan Tillery.
+1 (7:13) Melvin Council Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1.
2426
+2 (6:55) Moustapha Thiam makes 6-foot hook shot (Baba Miller assists).
2626
(6:23) Melvin Council Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(6:21) Day Day Thomas Defensive Rebound.
(6:14) Jalen Celestine misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(6:11) Bryson Tiller Defensive Rebound.
(6:07) Foul on Jizzle James.
+2 (6:01) Flory Bidunga makes layup.
2628
(5:41) Kansas Coach's Challenge (Overturned) Kansas retains its timeout.
(5:41) Baba Miller bad pass turnover.
(5:41) Flory Bidunga Steal.
(5:23) Flory Bidunga misses 7-foot hook shot.
(5:20) Flory Bidunga Offensive Rebound.
(5:20) Flory Bidunga bad pass turnover.
(5:20) Jalen Celestine Steal.
(5:04) Day Day Thomas misses 12-foot jumper.
(5:02) Moustapha Thiam Offensive Rebound.
(5:02) Moustapha Thiam misses tip in layup.
(5:00) Darryn Peterson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:51) Darryn Peterson makes driving layup.
2630
+2 (4:29) Jizzle James makes 14-foot step back jumpshot.
2830
(4:11) Foul on Jizzle James.
+1 (4:11) Darryn Peterson makes free throw 1 of 2.
2831
+1 (4:11) Darryn Peterson makes free throw 2 of 2.
2832
(3:40) Day Day Thomas misses 31-foot three point jumper.
(3:39) Cincinnati Deadball Team Rebound.
(3:39) team shot clock turnover .
(3:19) Tre White misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(3:16) Sencire Harris Defensive Rebound.
(2:56) Baba Miller misses layup.
(2:54) Tyler McKinley Offensive Rebound.
(2:44) Tyler McKinley misses 9-foot turnaround jump shot.
(2:41) Flory Bidunga Defensive Rebound.
(2:22) Jalen Celestine Steal.
(2:22) Melvin Council Jr. bad pass turnover.
(2:17) Sencire Harris bad pass turnover.
(2:03) Darryn Peterson misses 16-foot jumper.
(2:00) Keyshuan Tillery Defensive Rebound.
+3 (1:53) Moustapha Thiam makes 24-foot three point jumper (Keyshuan Tillery assists).
3132
(1:35) Flory Bidunga bad pass turnover.
(1:35) Baba Miller Steal.
+3 (1:28) Jalen Celestine makes 24-foot three point jumper (Keyshuan Tillery assists).
3432
+2 (1:08) Darryn Peterson makes 15-foot jumper.
3434
+2 (0:46) Moustapha Thiam makes 9-foot jumper.
3634
(0:32) Melvin Council Jr. misses 7-foot floating jump shot.
(0:29) Baba Miller Defensive Rebound.
(0:28) Baba Miller bad pass turnover.
(0:28) Melvin Council Jr. Steal.
(0:24) Darryn Peterson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:22) Keyshuan Tillery Defensive Rebound.
(0:06) Foul on Jamari McDowell.
(0:04) Foul on Elmarko Jackson.
(0:00) Jizzle James misses layup.
(0:00) Flory Bidunga Block.
(0:00) Moustapha Thiam Offensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

CIN

84Points68

31-64(48.4%)Field Goal(%)27-61(44.3%)

12-31(38.7%)3-Point(%)4-18(22.2%)

10-15(66.7%)Free Throw(%)10-13(76.9%)

40(14)Rebounds(Offensive)29(9)

16Assists11

8Steals5

1Blocks2

10Turnovers10

13(0)Fouls(Technical)12(0)

19Largest Lead4

Game Details

Saturday, February 21, 2026 · 1:00 PM

Allen Fieldhouse · Lawrence, KS

attendance: 15,300 (93.9%)

tv: CBS

spread: KU -8.5

over/under: 139.5