UMBC Retrievers vs. Howard Bison

Mar 17, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
UMBC	41	42	83
HOW	49	37	86

Game Recap

Howard gets its first March Madness win, holding off UMBC 86-83 in the First Four. Bryce Harris had 19 points and 14 rebounds, and he sank a turnaround jumper with 13 seconds remaining that sent Howard to its first NCAA Tournament victory in program history,...

Player Stats

UMBC	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
14Jose Roberto Tanchyn	21	3-5	1-2	0-2	5	3	1	0	0	3	7
2Josh Odunowo	21	0-1	0-0	2-2	4	1	0	1	1	4	2
4Jah'Likai King	33	7-15	2-5	3-4	2	2	0	1	4	2	19
3DJ Armstrong Jr.	36	5-11	3-8	4-5	6	0	1	0	0	3	17
1Ace Valentine	36	3-6	2-4	3-4	3	2	2	0	1	2	11
23Riley Jacobs	7	1-2	0-0	1-1	1	1	0	0	0	1	3
10Paul Greene	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
11Caden Diggs	31	6-11	0-2	3-5	8	1	2	0	3	3	15
21Cougar Downing	14	4-5	1-1	0-1	2	1	0	0	0	1	9
TOTAL	-	29-5651.8%	9-2240.9%	16-2466.7%	32	11	6	2	9	20	83

HOWARD	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
12Cedric Taylor III	31	3-10	1-5	9-10	6	1	0	0	3	5	16
2Cam Gillus	38	4-9	0-2	0-2	4	7	0	0	1	1	8
4Alex Cotton	36	2-6	2-5	2-2	4	0	2	1	0	3	8
11Ose Okojie	34	9-15	3-3	2-5	5	0	0	0	1	4	23
34Bryce Harris	36	6-12	3-4	4-4	14	5	1	0	1	3	19
32Travelle Bryson	10	5-7	1-2	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	3	11
21Calvin Robins Jr.	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13Danas Kazakevicius	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
0Isaiah Brown	6	0-1	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
TOTAL	-	29-6147.5%	10-2147.6%	18-2572.0%	37	14	3	1	8	20	86

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUMBCHOW

(20:00) Start game.
(19:55) Jump Ball won by UMBC.
(19:55) Jump Ball lost by Howard.
(19:45) Foul on Alex Cotton.
(19:45) Jah'Likai King misses free throw 1 of 2.
(19:45) UMBC Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (19:45) Jah'Likai King makes free throw 2 of 2.
10
(19:34) Ose Okojie misses layup.
(19:31) DJ Armstrong Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (19:16) Ace Valentine makes 24-foot three point jumper (Josh Odunowo assists).
40
(18:47) Foul on Jose Roberto Tanchyn.
+1 (18:47) Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 1 of 2.
41
+1 (18:47) Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 2 of 2.
42
(18:39) Josh Odunowo misses layup.
(18:39) Alex Cotton Block.
(18:39) Howard Deadball Team Rebound.
+2 (18:24) Cedric Taylor III makes layup.
44
(18:07) DJ Armstrong Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(18:02) Alex Cotton Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:50) Ose Okojie makes layup.
46
(17:50) Foul on Josh Odunowo.
+1 (17:50) Ose Okojie makes free throw 1 of 1.
47
(17:26) Caden Diggs misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(17:23) Bryce Harris Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:04) Cedric Taylor III makes layup.
49
(16:49) Jah'Likai King misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:45) Ose Okojie Defensive Rebound.
(16:34) Bryce Harris misses layup.
(16:31) Jose Roberto Tanchyn Defensive Rebound.
(16:21) Ace Valentine misses layup.
(16:19) Cam Gillus Defensive Rebound.
(16:06) Cam Gillus misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(16:02) DJ Armstrong Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:53) Jah'Likai King makes 11-foot jumper.
69
(15:30) Alex Cotton misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:27) Caden Diggs Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:08) Ace Valentine makes driving layup.
89
+2 (14:47) Cam Gillus makes layup (Bryce Harris assists).
811
+3 (14:35) DJ Armstrong Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jose Roberto Tanchyn assists).
1111
+3 (14:08) Bryce Harris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cam Gillus assists).
1114
(13:59) Caden Diggs bad pass turnover.
+3 (13:32) Travelle Bryson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cam Gillus assists).
1117
(13:13) Jah'Likai King bad pass turnover.
(12:50) Cedric Taylor III misses 14-foot jumper.
(12:46) Ace Valentine Defensive Rebound.
(12:31) Caden Diggs misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(12:29) Travelle Bryson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:17) Ose Okojie makes driving layup (Travelle Bryson assists).
1119
(12:08) Foul on Cam Gillus.
+2 (11:41) DJ Armstrong Jr. makes 14-foot jumper.
1319
(11:33) Foul on Riley Jacobs.
+1 (11:33) Bryce Harris makes free throw 1 of 2.
1320
+1 (11:33) Bryce Harris makes free throw 2 of 2.
1321
+3 (11:17) Cougar Downing makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ace Valentine assists).
1621
(10:49) Isaiah Brown misses layup.
(10:44) Ose Okojie Offensive Rebound.
(10:41) Ose Okojie misses layup.
(10:29) Travelle Bryson Offensive Rebound.
+2 (10:29) Travelle Bryson makes layup.
1623
(10:09) Foul on Bryce Harris.
+1 (10:09) Josh Odunowo makes free throw 1 of 2.
1723
+1 (10:09) Josh Odunowo makes free throw 2 of 2.
1823
(9:56) Travelle Bryson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(9:52) Cedric Taylor III Offensive Rebound.
(9:51) Foul on Josh Odunowo.
(9:51) Cedric Taylor III misses free throw 1 of 2.
(9:51) Howard Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (9:51) Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 2 of 2.
1824
+2 (9:44) Caden Diggs makes 1-foot dunk (Jose Roberto Tanchyn assists).
2024
(9:28) Travelle Bryson misses 10-foot jumper.
(9:27) Bryce Harris Offensive Rebound.
(9:27) Foul on DJ Armstrong Jr..
(9:25) Alex Cotton misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(9:23) Caden Diggs Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:16) Jah'Likai King makes layup (Caden Diggs assists).
2224
(9:05) Ose Okojie misses layup.
(9:05) Cedric Taylor III Offensive Rebound.
+2 (9:05) Ose Okojie makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2226
(9:05) Foul on Cougar Downing.
(9:04) Ose Okojie misses free throw 1 of 1.
(9:02) Paul Greene Defensive Rebound.
(8:41) Foul on Ose Okojie.
(8:25) Jah'Likai King misses 18-foot jumper.
(8:23) Cedric Taylor III Defensive Rebound.
(8:18) Foul on Paul Greene.
+1 (8:18) Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 1 of 2.
2227
+1 (8:18) Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 2 of 2.
2228
(8:08) Caden Diggs misses layup.
(8:05) Cedric Taylor III Defensive Rebound.
(7:54) Danas Kazakevicius bad pass turnover.
(7:54) Caden Diggs Steal.
+2 (7:43) DJ Armstrong Jr. makes layup.
2428
(7:43) Foul on Cedric Taylor III.
+1 (7:43) DJ Armstrong Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1.
2528
+3 (7:15) Ose Okojie makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cam Gillus assists).
2531
+3 (7:02) Jose Roberto Tanchyn makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jah'Likai King assists).
2831
(6:43) Danas Kazakevicius misses 8-foot jumper.
(6:40) Jose Roberto Tanchyn Defensive Rebound.
(6:27) Jah'Likai King misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(6:23) Cam Gillus Defensive Rebound.
(6:16) Foul on DJ Armstrong Jr..
(6:15) Ose Okojie misses free throw 1 of 1.
(6:13) Cougar Downing Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:05) Cougar Downing makes layup (Jose Roberto Tanchyn assists).
3031
(5:46) Bryce Harris misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:43) Ose Okojie Offensive Rebound.
+2 (5:42) Ose Okojie makes layup.
3033
(5:42) Foul on Caden Diggs.
+1 (5:42) Ose Okojie makes free throw 1 of 1.
3034
(5:30) Caden Diggs misses layup.
(5:28) Cam Gillus Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:25) Cam Gillus makes layup.
3036
(5:20) Foul on Cedric Taylor III.
(4:59) Cougar Downing misses 6-foot jumper.
(4:57) Jose Roberto Tanchyn Offensive Rebound.
(4:57) Foul on Ose Okojie.
(4:57) Jose Roberto Tanchyn misses free throw 1 of 2.
(4:57) UMBC Deadball Team Rebound.
(4:56) Jose Roberto Tanchyn misses free throw 2 of 2.
(4:55) Alex Cotton Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:28) Ose Okojie makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bryce Harris assists).
3039
(4:10) Foul on Travelle Bryson.
(4:10) Caden Diggs misses free throw 1 of 1.
(4:09) Bryce Harris Defensive Rebound.
(4:09) Foul on Ace Valentine.
+1 (4:09) Bryce Harris makes free throw 1 of 2.
3040
+1 (4:09) Bryce Harris makes free throw 2 of 2.
3041
(3:49) Jah'Likai King misses 9-foot jumper.
(3:44) Bryce Harris Defensive Rebound.
(3:42) Foul on Jose Roberto Tanchyn.
+1 (3:42) Alex Cotton makes free throw 1 of 2.
3042
+1 (3:42) Alex Cotton makes free throw 2 of 2.
3043
+3 (3:28) Jah'Likai King makes 24-foot three point jumper (Riley Jacobs assists).
3343
+2 (3:13) Travelle Bryson makes layup (Bryce Harris assists).
3345
(2:45) Ace Valentine misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(2:40) Caden Diggs Offensive Rebound.
+2 (2:37) Jah'Likai King makes driving layup.
3545
(2:16) Bryce Harris bad pass turnover.
(2:16) Ace Valentine Steal.
+2 (2:12) Riley Jacobs makes 2-foot dunk (Ace Valentine assists).
3745
(2:11) Foul on Travelle Bryson.
+1 (2:11) Riley Jacobs makes free throw 1 of 1.
3845
+2 (1:54) Travelle Bryson makes 2-foot dunk (Cam Gillus assists).
3847
(1:41) DJ Armstrong Jr. misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(1:34) Riley Jacobs Offensive Rebound.
(1:34) Riley Jacobs misses tip in layup.
(1:33) Travelle Bryson Defensive Rebound.
(1:14) Bryce Harris misses 13-foot jumper.
(1:11) DJ Armstrong Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(1:05) Jah'Likai King misses 6-foot jumper.
(1:01) Bryce Harris Defensive Rebound.
(0:53) Cam Gillus misses layup.
(0:53) DJ Armstrong Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+1 (0:53) DJ Armstrong Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
3947
(0:53) Foul on Calvin Robins Jr..
(0:52) DJ Armstrong Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2.
(0:51) Bryce Harris Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:25) Travelle Bryson makes 18-foot jumper.
3949
+2 (0:02) Cougar Downing makes layup.
4149

2nd half

Team Stats

UMBC

HOW

83Points86

29-56(51.8%)Field Goal(%)29-61(47.5%)

9-22(40.9%)3-Point(%)10-21(47.6%)

16-24(66.7%)Free Throw(%)18-25(72.0%)

32(6)Rebounds(Offensive)38(12)

11Assists14

6Steals3

2Blocks1

9Turnovers8

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

4Largest Lead14

Game Details

Tuesday, March 17, 2026 · 6:40 PM

UD Arena · Dayton, OH

attendance: 11,756 (87.7%)

tv: truTV

spread: HOW -1.5

over/under: 143.5