Howard 86-83 UMBC (Mar 17, 2026) Final Score

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UMBC RetrieversUMBC

83–86

Final

Howard BisonHOW

Team Season Averages

UMBC RetrieversLeads 3 of 4

Howard BisonLeads 1 of 4

Offense

47.1%Field goal percentage45.9%

Defense

90.0Points allowed per game87.0

3-Point

36.1%Three-point percentage34.5%
76.2%Free throw percentage73.1%

Highlighted values lead the matchup; for points allowed, turnovers and similar stats, lower is better.

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (HOW)	Total	UMBC ML	HOW ML
DDraftKings	-1.5	143.5	-108	-112
FFanDuel	+1.5	142.5	-106	-113
CCaesars	-1	144	-105	-115
BBetRivers	-1.5	142.5	-105	-120
FFanatics	+1	143.5	-110	-110
KKalshi	-16.5	124.5	-100	-100
PPolymarket	-1.5	143.5	+104	-104

Game Information

Venue to be announced

Stadium

Mar 17, 2026

6:40 PM EDT

Gametime weather

Conditions pending

Rankings

Team	Overall	Offense	Defense	Rebound	3-Point
UMBC	222nd	159th	234th	158th	51st
HOW	183rd	134th	205th	102nd	146th

Matchup

UMBCHOW

32Games played33
103Rest days77

Scores

Team	H1	H2	T
UMBC	41	42	83
HOW	49	37	86

Team Stats

UMBCStatHOW

83Points86
29-56 (51.8%)FG29-61 (47.5%)
9-22 (40.9%)3PT10-21 (47.6%)
16-24 (66.7%)FT18-25 (72.0%)
32Rebounds37
11Assists14
6Steals3
2Blocks1
9Turnovers8

Player Stats

UMBC

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jah'Likai KingG	33	19	2	2	0	1	4	7/15	2/5	3/4	—
DJ Armstrong Jr.G	36	17	6	0	1	0	0	5/11	3/8	4/5	—
Caden DiggsF	31	15	8	1	2	0	3	6/11	0/2	3/5	—
Ace ValentineG	36	11	3	2	2	0	1	3/6	2/4	3/4	—
Cougar DowningG	14	9	2	1	0	0	0	4/5	1/1	0/1	—
Jose Roberto TanchynF	21	7	5	3	1	0	0	3/5	1/2	0/2	—
Riley JacobsF	8	3	1	1	0	0	0	1/2	0/0	1/1	—
Josh OdunowoF	21	2	4	1	0	1	1	0/1	0/0	2/2	—
Tim EzeF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Jake StoutF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Paul GreeneF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Devin CeaserG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Saahil ThakkarG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Daylon DickersonF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Regimantas CiunysF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—

HOW

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ose OkojieG	34	23	5	0	0	0	1	9/15	3/3	2/5	—
Bryce HarrisG	36	19	14	5	1	0	1	6/12	3/4	4/4	—
Cedric Taylor IIIG	31	16	6	1	0	0	3	3/10	1/5	9/10	—
Travelle BrysonF	10	11	3	1	0	0	0	5/7	1/2	0/0	—
Cam GillusG	38	8	4	7	0	0	1	4/9	0/2	0/2	—
Alex CottonG	36	8	4	0	2	1	0	2/6	2/5	2/2	—
Isaiah BrownG	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0/1	0/0	1/2	—
BJ PowellG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
River SmithG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Shane FrazierG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Ed Holland IIIG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Julian JohnsonF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Jeremiah JohnsonG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Stefan IsailovicF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Calvin Robins Jr.F	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Danas KazakeviciusC	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/1	0/0	0/0	—

Scoring Summary

102 events · 92 scoring

1st Half

11:41UMBC
DJ Armstrong Jr. makes 14-foot jumper
13-19
19:45UMBC
Jah'Likai King makes free throw 2 of 2
1-0
19:16UMBC
Ace Valentine makes 24-foot three point jumper (Josh Odunowo assists)
4-0
18:47HOW
Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 1 of 2
4-1
18:47HOW
Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 2 of 2
4-2
18:24HOW
Cedric Taylor III makes layup
4-4
17:50HOW
Ose Okojie makes layup
4-6
17:50HOW
Ose Okojie makes free throw 1 of 1
4-7
17:04HOW
Cedric Taylor III makes layup
4-9
15:53UMBC
Jah'Likai King makes 11-foot jumper
6-9
15:08UMBC
Ace Valentine makes driving layup
8-9
14:47HOW
Cam Gillus makes layup (Bryce Harris assists)
8-11
14:35UMBC
DJ Armstrong Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jose Roberto Tanchyn assists)
11-11
14:08HOW
Bryce Harris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cam Gillus assists)
11-14
13:32HOW
Travelle Bryson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cam Gillus assists)
11-17
12:17HOW
Ose Okojie makes driving layup (Travelle Bryson assists)
11-19
10:29HOW
Travelle Bryson makes layup
16-23
11:33HOW
Bryce Harris makes free throw 1 of 2
13-20
11:33HOW
Bryce Harris makes free throw 2 of 2
13-21
11:17UMBC
Cougar Downing makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ace Valentine assists)
16-21
10:09UMBC
Josh Odunowo makes free throw 1 of 2
17-23
10:09UMBC
Josh Odunowo makes free throw 2 of 2
18-23
9:51HOW
Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 2 of 2
18-24
9:44UMBC
Caden Diggs makes 1-foot dunk (Jose Roberto Tanchyn assists)
20-24
9:16UMBC
Jah'Likai King makes layup (Caden Diggs assists)
22-24
9:05HOW
Ose Okojie makes 0-foot tip in layup
22-26
8:18HOW
Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 1 of 2
22-27
8:18HOW
Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 2 of 2
22-28
7:43UMBC
DJ Armstrong Jr. makes layup
24-28
7:43UMBC
DJ Armstrong Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1
25-28
7:15HOW
Ose Okojie makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cam Gillus assists)
25-31
7:02UMBC
Jose Roberto Tanchyn makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jah'Likai King assists)
28-31
6:05UMBC
Cougar Downing makes layup (Jose Roberto Tanchyn assists)
30-31
5:42HOW
Ose Okojie makes layup
30-33
5:42HOW
Ose Okojie makes free throw 1 of 1
30-34
5:25HOW
Cam Gillus makes layup
30-36
4:28HOW
Ose Okojie makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bryce Harris assists)
30-39
4:09HOW
Bryce Harris makes free throw 1 of 2
30-40
4:09HOW
Bryce Harris makes free throw 2 of 2
30-41
3:42HOW
Alex Cotton makes free throw 1 of 2
30-42
3:42HOW
Alex Cotton makes free throw 2 of 2
30-43
3:28UMBC
Jah'Likai King makes 24-foot three point jumper (Riley Jacobs assists)
33-43
3:13HOW
Travelle Bryson makes layup (Bryce Harris assists)
33-45
2:37UMBC
Jah'Likai King makes driving layup
35-45
2:12UMBC
Riley Jacobs makes 2-foot dunk (Ace Valentine assists)
37-45
2:11UMBC
Riley Jacobs makes free throw 1 of 1
38-45
1:54HOW
Travelle Bryson makes 2-foot dunk (Cam Gillus assists)
38-47
0:53UMBC
DJ Armstrong Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
39-47
0:25HOW
Travelle Bryson makes 18-foot jumper
39-49
0:02UMBC
Cougar Downing makes layup
41-49

2nd Half

17:49UMBC
Jah'Likai King makes 24-foot three point jumper
48-56
19:41UMBC
Jah'Likai King makes 11-foot jumper
43-49
19:18HOW
Ose Okojie makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cedric Taylor III assists)
43-52
18:46HOW
Bryce Harris makes 0-foot tip in layup
43-54
18:26UMBC
Jose Roberto Tanchyn makes layup
45-54
18:16HOW
Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 1 of 2
45-55
18:16HOW
Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 2 of 2
45-56
17:03HOW
Cam Gillus makes driving layup
48-58
16:24HOW
Bryce Harris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cam Gillus assists)
48-61
15:54UMBC
DJ Armstrong Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jah'Likai King assists)
51-61
15:27HOW
Bryce Harris makes layup
51-63
15:05UMBC
Ace Valentine makes free throw 1 of 2
52-63
14:52HOW
Alex Cotton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bryce Harris assists)
52-66
14:07UMBC
Jah'Likai King makes free throw 1 of 2
53-66
14:07UMBC
Jah'Likai King makes free throw 2 of 2
54-66
13:15UMBC
Caden Diggs makes layup
56-66
12:31UMBC
Caden Diggs makes 2-foot jumper (Cougar Downing assists)
58-66
11:24HOW
Alex Cotton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cam Gillus assists)
58-69
11:04UMBC
Cougar Downing makes 9-foot jumper
60-69
10:26UMBC
Caden Diggs makes 5-foot turnaround jump shot
62-69
9:51UMBC
Caden Diggs makes free throw 1 of 2
63-69
9:34HOW
Bryce Harris makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cam Gillus assists)
63-72
9:08UMBC
Jose Roberto Tanchyn makes 5-foot hook shot
65-72
8:23UMBC
Caden Diggs makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
67-72
7:36HOW
Ose Okojie makes layup
67-74
5:34HOW
Cedric Taylor III makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bryce Harris assists)
67-77
5:02HOW
Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 1 of 2
67-78
5:02HOW
Cedric Taylor III makes free throw 2 of 2
67-79
4:25UMBC
Ace Valentine makes free throw 1 of 2
68-79
4:25UMBC
Ace Valentine makes free throw 2 of 2
69-79
3:54UMBC
Ace Valentine makes 25-foot three point jumper
72-79
3:21HOW
Cam Gillus makes 5-foot floating jump shot
72-81
2:23HOW
Ose Okojie makes 0-foot tip in layup
72-83
1:54UMBC
Caden Diggs makes layup
74-83
1:13UMBC
DJ Armstrong Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
75-83
1:13UMBC
DJ Armstrong Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
76-83
0:53UMBC
Caden Diggs makes free throw 1 of 2
77-83
0:53UMBC
Caden Diggs makes free throw 2 of 2
78-83
0:51HOW
Cam Gillus misses free throw 1 of 1
78-83
0:50UMBC
Caden Diggs Defensive Rebound.
78-83
0:43UMBC
DJ Armstrong Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper
81-83
0:43UMBC
UMBC Timeout
81-83
0:13HOW
Bryce Harris makes 11-foot turnaround jump shot
81-85
0:13HOW
Howard Timeout
81-85
0:00
End of Game
83-86
0:07UMBC
Jah'Likai King makes driving layup
83-85
0:07HOW
Howard Timeout
83-85
0:05UMBC
Foul on DJ Armstrong Jr..
83-85
0:05HOW
Isaiah Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
83-86
0:05HOW
Isaiah Brown misses free throw 2 of 2
83-86
0:03UMBC
Caden Diggs Defensive Rebound.
83-86
0:00
End of 2nd half
83-86

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