BYU Cougars vs. Houston Cougars

Mar 12, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
BYU	41	25	66
HOU	37	36	73

Game Recap

No. 5 Houston stops record-setting Dybantsa, BYU. Kingston Fleming scored 17 points as No. 5 Houston held off AJ Dybantsa and defeated BYU 73-66 in the Big 12 quarterfinals Thursday night.

Player Stats

BYU	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
3AJ Dybantsa	40	7-18	3-5	9-10	5	2	0	0	5	2	26
13Keba Keita	28	3-5	0-0	2-2	13	0	1	2	0	4	8
30Kennard Davis Jr.	39	1-8	0-5	2-3	4	1	1	1	1	3	4
6Aleksej Kostic	12	3-6	3-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	3	2	9
1Robert Wright III	38	5-12	2-2	3-4	2	5	1	0	5	3	15
24Dominique Diomande	14	2-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	3	1	1	0	4
7Khadim Mboup	15	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0
5Mihailo Boškovic	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
34Abdullah Ahmed	12	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
TOTAL	-	21-5141.2%	8-1747.1%	16-1984.2%	29	8	6	4	17	20	66

HOUSTON	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
5Chris Cenac Jr.	28	5-6	0-0	0-1	7	0	1	0	2	1	10
11Joseph Tugler	28	5-8	0-0	2-3	8	4	4	2	4	4	12
4Kingston Flemings	27	7-15	2-3	1-3	4	3	2	0	2	4	17
7Milos Uzan	35	3-10	1-4	0-0	5	4	4	2	4	2	7
21Emanuel Sharp	30	1-9	1-6	10-10	4	0	0	0	1	3	13
14Kalifa Sakho	12	2-2	0-0	1-1	2	0	0	1	0	0	5
24Chase McCarty	23	1-4	1-3	0-0	6	0	1	0	0	0	3
1Isiah Harwell	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25Mercy Miller	15	2-4	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	0	1	3	6
TOTAL	-	26-5844.8%	5-1729.4%	16-2080.0%	36	11	12	5	14	17	73

Play-by-Play

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1st halfBYUHOU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by BYU.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Houston.
(19:33) AJ Dybantsa bad pass turnover.
(19:33) Milos Uzan Steal.
+2 (19:26) Chris Cenac Jr. makes 1-foot dunk (Milos Uzan assists).
02
(19:01) Keba Keita misses dunk.
(18:57) Joseph Tugler Defensive Rebound.
(18:44) Joseph Tugler bad pass turnover.
(18:44) Kennard Davis Jr. Steal.
(18:26) AJ Dybantsa misses 14-foot pullup jump shot.
(18:22) Keba Keita Offensive Rebound.
(18:09) Foul on Joseph Tugler.
+1 (18:09) Keba Keita makes free throw 1 of 2.
12
+1 (18:09) Keba Keita makes free throw 2 of 2.
22
(17:43) Milos Uzan misses layup.
(17:38) Joseph Tugler Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:38) Joseph Tugler makes 0-foot tip in layup.
24
(17:23) Aleksej Kostic misses layup.
(17:19) Keba Keita Offensive Rebound.
(17:19) Keba Keita misses tip in layup.
(17:16) Kingston Flemings Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:08) Kingston Flemings makes 14-foot pullup jump shot.
26
(16:36) Kennard Davis Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(16:32) Chris Cenac Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:24) Milos Uzan makes 10-foot floating jump shot.
28
(16:06) Aleksej Kostic misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:03) Chris Cenac Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(15:55) Kingston Flemings misses layup.
(15:53) Keba Keita Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:42) Robert Wright III makes layup.
48
(15:13) Chris Cenac Jr. bad pass turnover.
(15:13) Robert Wright III Steal.
(15:13) Foul on Kingston Flemings.
(14:56) Robert Wright III misses 5-foot floating jump shot.
(14:52) Emanuel Sharp Defensive Rebound.
(14:32) Foul on Robert Wright III.
+1 (14:32) Emanuel Sharp makes free throw 1 of 2.
49
+1 (14:32) Emanuel Sharp makes free throw 2 of 2.
410
+3 (14:24) Robert Wright III makes 24-foot three point jumper (AJ Dybantsa assists).
710
(13:52) Chase McCarty misses 11-foot step back jumpshot.
(13:47) Keba Keita Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:45) AJ Dybantsa makes 18-foot floating jump shot.
910
(13:45) Foul on Emanuel Sharp.
+1 (13:45) AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 1 of 1.
1010
+3 (13:23) Emanuel Sharp makes 23-foot three point jumper (Milos Uzan assists).
1013
(12:50) Robert Wright III bad pass turnover.
(12:50) Milos Uzan Steal.
(12:44) Emanuel Sharp misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(12:41) AJ Dybantsa Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:35) AJ Dybantsa makes driving layup.
1213
(12:14) Joseph Tugler bad pass turnover.
(11:51) Foul on Khadim Mboup.
(11:51) Khadim Mboup turnover.
+2 (11:39) Kingston Flemings makes 12-foot jumper.
1215
(11:22) Robert Wright III bad pass turnover.
(11:22) Chris Cenac Jr. Steal.
+2 (11:15) Chris Cenac Jr. makes layup (Joseph Tugler assists).
1217
(10:54) AJ Dybantsa misses 16-foot jumper.
(10:54) Milos Uzan Block.
(10:50) Chase McCarty Defensive Rebound.
(10:50) Foul on AJ Dybantsa.
(10:42) Kingston Flemings bad pass turnover.
(10:27) AJ Dybantsa misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(10:23) Kingston Flemings Defensive Rebound.
(10:16) Chase McCarty misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(10:13) AJ Dybantsa Defensive Rebound.
(10:09) AJ Dybantsa bad pass turnover.
(10:09) Chase McCarty Steal.
+2 (9:50) Milos Uzan makes 12-foot floating jump shot.
1219
(9:41) Foul on Kingston Flemings.
+2 (9:37) AJ Dybantsa makes 2-foot dunk.
1419
(9:22) Foul on Mihailo Boškovic.
(9:14) Emanuel Sharp misses 22-foot jumper.
(9:11) Emanuel Sharp Offensive Rebound.
+2 (9:09) Chris Cenac Jr. makes 5-foot jumper.
1421
(9:09) Foul on Mihailo Boškovic.
(9:08) Chris Cenac Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1.
(9:07) AJ Dybantsa Defensive Rebound.
(9:01) AJ Dybantsa misses 5-foot jumper.
(8:58) Milos Uzan Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:53) Joseph Tugler makes layup (Milos Uzan assists).
1423
+3 (8:27) Robert Wright III makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kennard Davis Jr. assists).
1723
(7:52) Milos Uzan misses 30-foot three point jumper.
(7:49) AJ Dybantsa Defensive Rebound.
(7:44) AJ Dybantsa bad pass turnover.
(7:44) Joseph Tugler Steal.
(7:37) Foul on Mihailo Boškovic.
+1 (7:37) Mercy Miller makes free throw 1 of 2.
1724
+1 (7:37) Mercy Miller makes free throw 2 of 2.
1725
+2 (7:26) Robert Wright III makes layup (AJ Dybantsa assists).
1925
(6:53) Milos Uzan misses 6-foot jumper.
(6:50) Kennard Davis Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:45) AJ Dybantsa makes 26-foot three point jumper (Robert Wright III assists).
2225
(6:26) Milos Uzan bad pass turnover.
(6:26) Dominique Diomande Steal.
(6:22) Foul on Milos Uzan.
+1 (6:22) AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 1 of 2.
2325
+1 (6:22) AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 2 of 2.
2425
(5:59) Foul on Kennard Davis Jr..
+1 (5:59) Emanuel Sharp makes free throw 1 of 2.
2426
+1 (5:59) Emanuel Sharp makes free throw 2 of 2.
2427
(5:44) Kennard Davis Jr. misses 4-foot floating jump shot.
(5:41) Emanuel Sharp Defensive Rebound.
(5:34) Emanuel Sharp misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(5:30) Abdullah Ahmed Defensive Rebound.
(5:24) Robert Wright III bad pass turnover.
(5:24) Joseph Tugler Steal.
(5:18) Mercy Miller bad pass turnover.
(5:18) Dominique Diomande Steal.
(5:13) Foul on Milos Uzan.
+1 (5:13) Robert Wright III makes free throw 1 of 2.
2527
+1 (5:13) Robert Wright III makes free throw 2 of 2.
2627
(4:47) Kingston Flemings misses 14-foot jumper.
(4:41) Joseph Tugler Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:41) Joseph Tugler makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2629
(4:28) Foul on Emanuel Sharp.
+1 (4:28) AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 1 of 2.
2729
+1 (4:28) AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 2 of 2.
2829
(4:00) Mercy Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:58) Joseph Tugler Offensive Rebound.
(3:57) Foul on Robert Wright III.
(3:55) Joseph Tugler misses free throw 1 of 1.
(3:54) AJ Dybantsa Defensive Rebound.
(3:54) Foul on Chris Cenac Jr..
(3:53) AJ Dybantsa misses free throw 1 of 1.
(3:53) Chase McCarty Defensive Rebound.
(3:42) Joseph Tugler misses layup.
(3:38) Chris Cenac Jr. Offensive Rebound.
+2 (3:38) Chris Cenac Jr. makes 0-foot tip in dunk.
2831
(3:18) Kennard Davis Jr. bad pass turnover.
(3:18) Joseph Tugler Steal.
(3:10) Joseph Tugler bad pass turnover.
(2:55) Foul on Joseph Tugler.
+1 (2:55) AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 1 of 2.
2931
+1 (2:55) AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 2 of 2.
3031
(2:41) Kingston Flemings misses 8-foot turnaround jump shot.
(2:39) Chase McCarty Offensive Rebound.
(2:31) Foul on Abdullah Ahmed.
+1 (2:31) Kingston Flemings makes free throw 1 of 2.
3032
(2:30) Kingston Flemings misses free throw 2 of 2.
(2:29) Dominique Diomande Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:14) Kennard Davis Jr. makes 9-foot step back jumpshot.
3232
(2:14) Foul on Mercy Miller.
+1 (2:14) Kennard Davis Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1.
3332
+2 (2:06) Kingston Flemings makes 2-foot dunk.
3334
(1:51) Dominique Diomande offensive goaltending turnover.
(1:36) Chris Cenac Jr. traveling turnover.
+3 (1:24) Aleksej Kostic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Robert Wright III assists).
3634
(1:06) Kingston Flemings misses layup.
(1:06) Keba Keita Block.
(1:03) Robert Wright III Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:43) Aleksej Kostic makes 28-foot three point jumper (Robert Wright III assists).
3934
(0:33) Kingston Flemings bad pass turnover.
(0:33) Dominique Diomande Steal.
+2 (0:28) Dominique Diomande makes 2-foot dunk.
4134
(0:01) Kingston Flemings misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Kalifa Sakho Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:00) Kalifa Sakho makes layup.
4136
(0:00) Foul on Keba Keita.
+1 (0:00) Kalifa Sakho makes free throw 1 of 1.
4137

2nd half

Team Stats

BYU

HOU

66Points73

21-51(41.2%)Field Goal(%)26-58(44.8%)

8-17(47.1%)3-Point(%)5-17(29.4%)

16-19(84.2%)Free Throw(%)16-20(80.0%)

30(9)Rebounds(Offensive)37(14)

8Assists11

6Steals12

4Blocks5

18Turnovers16

20(0)Fouls(Technical)17(0)

7Largest Lead10

Game Details

Thursday, March 12, 2026 · 7:00 PM

T-Mobile Center · Kansas City, MOS

attendance: 17,015 (89.7%)

tv: ESPN2

spread: HOU -9.5

over/under: 146.5