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Milos Uzan helps No. 8 Houston rally in 2nd half to beat Cincinnati 67-60 in Big 12 opener

AP
Jan 03, 2026

Cincinnati Bearcats (AP) Milos Uzan scored 18 points, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2:48 remaining, and No. 8 Houston Cougars rallied in the second half for a 67-60 victory over Cincinnati on Saturday in the Big 12 Conference opener for both teams.

Kingston Flemings led Houston with 19 points as it won its seventh straight. The Cougars (13-1) extended Division I's longest active road winning streak to 15 games.

Day Day Thomas led Cincinnati (8-6) with 15 points, 12 in the first half, and Moustapha Thiam scored 13. The Bearcats have lost four of six and have dropped 13 straight to the Cougars, dating to when both were members of the American Conference.

The game was tied at 60-all when Uzan hit his fourth 3-pointer to put Houston on top for good. Joseph Tugler's jumper with 54 seconds left made it a two-possession game.

The Cougars scored the final seven points as the Bearcats were held scoreless for the last 3:52. Cincinnati committed four turnovers and missed both of its shots after Thiam's dunk made it 60-60.

Houston started 3 of 17 from the field but was 23 of 46 the rest of the game.

Houston led 24-21 before Thomas scored Cincinnati's last 12 points to help the Bearcats take a 33-28 lead at halftime. Thomas had 10 straight points during a 10-0 Bearcats run.

Cincinnati led 40-30 early in the second half before Uzan hit three 3-pointers during a 12-2 run that led to a 42-all tie with 13:40 remaining.

Houston: Hosts Texas Tech on Tuesday.

Cincinnati: At West Virginia on Tuesday.

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1st Half
HOU
Cougars
28
CINCY
Bearcats
33

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Bearcats gains possession)
19:40		Sencire Harris misses three point jump shot
19:38		Chris Cenac Jr. defensive rebound
19:20		Day Day Thomas blocks Emanuel Sharp's three point jump shot
19:18		Moustapha Thiam defensive rebound
19:09		Day Day Thomas turnover (lost ball) (Joseph Tugler steals)
19:01	+2	Chris Cenac Jr. makes two point jump shot (Milos Uzan assists)	2-0
18:35		Day Day Thomas misses two point jump shot
18:33		Sencire Harris offensive rebound
18:30		Sencire Harris misses two point layup
18:28		Chris Cenac Jr. defensive rebound
18:13		Kingston Flemings misses three point jump shot
18:11		Baba Miller defensive rebound
17:56		Baba Miller misses three point jump shot
17:54		Chris Cenac Jr. defensive rebound
17:43		Chris Cenac Jr. misses three point jump shot
17:41		Emanuel Sharp offensive rebound
17:33		Milos Uzan misses two point jump shot
17:31		Baba Miller defensive rebound
17:17		Chris Cenac Jr. personal foul
17:14		Jizzle James misses three point jump shot
17:12		Chris Cenac Jr. defensive rebound
16:57		Emanuel Sharp turnover (bad pass)
16:51		Joseph Tugler blocks Jizzle James's two point layup
16:49		Bearcats offensive rebound
16:48		Day Day Thomas turnover (traveling)
16:23		Emanuel Sharp misses two point jump shot
16:19		Emanuel Sharp personal foul
15:51		Day Day Thomas misses two point jump shot
15:49		Milos Uzan defensive rebound
15:34		Kingston Flemings misses two point jump shot
15:32		Baba Miller defensive rebound
15:19		Joseph Tugler shooting foul
15:19		TV timeout
15:19	+1	Halvine Dzellat makes regular free throw 1 of 2	2-1
15:19	+1	Halvine Dzellat makes regular free throw 2 of 2	2-2
14:56		Milos Uzan misses three point jump shot
14:54		Jizzle James defensive rebound
14:45	+2	Baba Miller makes two point layup (Jizzle James assists)	2-4
14:21	+2	Kingston Flemings makes two point jump shot	4-4
13:58		Moustapha Thiam turnover (bad pass)
13:49		Milos Uzan misses two point jump shot
13:47		Jalen Celestine defensive rebound
13:26		Moustapha Thiam turnover (3-second violation)
13:13		Milos Uzan misses three point jump shot
13:12		Jalen Celestine defensive rebound
12:57		Moustapha Thiam misses two point layup
12:55		Sencire Harris offensive rebound
12:55		Joseph Tugler blocks Sencire Harris's two point layup
12:53		Joseph Tugler defensive rebound
12:29		Chris Cenac Jr. misses three point jump shot
12:29		Cougars turnover (shot clock violation)
12:17		Moustapha Thiam offensive foul
12:17		Moustapha Thiam turnover (offensive foul)
12:01		Emanuel Sharp misses three point jump shot
11:59		Moustapha Thiam defensive rebound
11:45		Chase McCarty personal foul
11:45		TV timeout
11:42		Shon Abaev misses three point jump shot
11:40		Emanuel Sharp defensive rebound
11:36		Sencire Harris shooting foul (Kingston Flemings draws the foul)
11:36	+1	Kingston Flemings makes regular free throw 1 of 2	5-4
11:36	+1	Kingston Flemings makes regular free throw 2 of 2	6-4
11:04		Jalen Celestine misses two point layup
11:02		Sencire Harris offensive rebound
11:02	+2	Sencire Harris makes two point layup	6-6
10:45		Sencire Harris personal foul
10:38		Emanuel Sharp turnover (lost ball) (Jalen Celestine steals)
10:33		Jizzle James misses two point layup
10:31		Halvine Dzellat offensive rebound
10:29	+2	Halvine Dzellat makes two point dunk	6-8
10:18	+2	Kingston Flemings makes two point layup	8-8
9:49		Emanuel Sharp shooting foul (Jizzle James draws the foul)
9:49	+1	Jizzle James makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-9
9:49	+1	Jizzle James makes regular free throw 2 of 2	8-10
9:26		Mercy Miller misses two point layup
9:24		Baba Miller defensive rebound
9:17		Milos Uzan personal foul
9:12	+3	Jalen Celestine makes three point jump shot (Day Day Thomas assists)	8-13
8:42		Milos Uzan misses two point layup
8:40		Bearcats defensive rebound
8:25	+3	Kerr Kriisa makes three point jump shot	8-16
8:02		Joseph Tugler turnover (bad pass) (Baba Miller steals)
7:39		Joseph Tugler shooting foul
7:39		TV timeout
7:39	+1	Baba Miller makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-17
7:39		Baba Miller misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:39		Halvine Dzellat personal foul
7:30		Kingston Flemings misses two point jump shot
7:28		Chris Cenac Jr. offensive rebound
7:23	+2	Milos Uzan makes two point layup	10-17
7:12		Shon Abaev misses three point jump shot
7:10		Kingston Flemings defensive rebound
7:01	+2	Kalifa Sakho makes two point dunk (Kingston Flemings assists)	12-17
6:46		Jizzle James misses two point layup
6:44		Isiah Harwell defensive rebound
6:40	+2	Isiah Harwell makes two point jump shot	14-17
6:35		Bearcats 30 second timeout
6:24		Baba Miller turnover (lost ball) (Kingston Flemings steals)
6:19	+2	Kalifa Sakho makes two point dunk (Kingston Flemings assists)	16-17
6:04		Baba Miller misses two point layup
6:02		Milos Uzan defensive rebound
5:48	+2	Kingston Flemings makes two point layup	18-17
5:17		Baba Miller misses three point jump shot
5:15		Isiah Harwell defensive rebound
5:09		Kingston Flemings turnover (lost ball)
4:52	+3	Jalen Celestine makes three point jump shot	18-20
4:34	+3	Chase McCarty makes three point jump shot (Milos Uzan assists)	21-20
4:13		Chase McCarty shooting foul (Baba Miller draws the foul)
4:13	+1	Baba Miller makes regular free throw 1 of 2	21-21
4:13		Baba Miller misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:13		Ramon Walker Jr. defensive rebound
3:52		Isiah Harwell misses two point jump shot
3:50		Bearcats defensive rebound
3:50		TV timeout
3:44		Milos Uzan misses two point layup
3:42		Day Day Thomas defensive rebound
3:38		Sencire Harris misses two point layup
3:36		Isiah Harwell defensive rebound
3:32	+3	Ramon Walker Jr. makes three point jump shot (Kingston Flemings assists)	24-21
3:11	+3	Day Day Thomas makes three point jump shot (Jizzle James assists)	24-24
2:47		Ramon Walker Jr. misses three point jump shot
2:45		Sencire Harris defensive rebound
2:29	+3	Day Day Thomas makes three point jump shot (Jizzle James assists)	24-27
2:02		Isiah Harwell misses three point jump shot
2:00		Jizzle James defensive rebound
1:51	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point layup	24-29
1:50		Cougars 30 second timeout
1:33		Kingston Flemings misses two point jump shot
1:31		Baba Miller defensive rebound
1:24		Milos Uzan personal foul (Day Day Thomas draws the foul)
1:24	+1	Day Day Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-30
1:24	+1	Day Day Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-31
1:02	+2	Kingston Flemings makes two point layup	26-31
0:38		Jizzle James turnover (lost ball) (Kingston Flemings steals)
0:34		Baba Miller shooting foul (Ramon Walker Jr. draws the foul)
0:34	+1	Ramon Walker Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-31
0:34	+1	Ramon Walker Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-31
0:08	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point jump shot	28-33
0:02		Kingston Flemings misses three point jump shot
0:00		Cougars offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
HOU
Cougars
39
CINCY
Bearcats
27

Time		Play	Score
19:42		Jizzle James misses three point jump shot
19:40		Milos Uzan defensive rebound
19:30		Moustapha Thiam blocks Emanuel Sharp's two point layup
19:28		Chris Cenac Jr. offensive rebound
19:27		Chris Cenac Jr. misses two point layup
19:25		Cougars offensive rebound
19:25		Bearcats 30 second timeout
19:25		TV timeout
19:24		Emanuel Sharp misses two point jump shot
19:22		Baba Miller defensive rebound
19:06	+3	Moustapha Thiam makes three point jump shot (Jizzle James assists)	28-36
18:47		Joseph Tugler turnover (lost ball)
18:30	+2	Moustapha Thiam makes two point layup (Baba Miller assists)	28-38
18:27		Cougars 30 second timeout
18:15		Chris Cenac Jr. misses three point jump shot
18:12		Bearcats defensive rebound
17:50		Sencire Harris misses three point jump shot
17:48		Chris Cenac Jr. defensive rebound
17:35		Baba Miller personal foul (Joseph Tugler draws the foul)
17:34	+2	Joseph Tugler makes two point dunk (Kingston Flemings assists)	30-38
17:11	+2	Moustapha Thiam makes two point floating jump shot (Day Day Thomas assists)	30-40
16:50	+3	Milos Uzan makes three point jump shot (Emanuel Sharp assists)	33-40
16:29		Day Day Thomas misses three point running jump shot
16:27		Kingston Flemings defensive rebound
16:20	+3	Milos Uzan makes three point jump shot (Kingston Flemings assists)	36-40
15:59		Baba Miller turnover (bad pass) (Kingston Flemings steals)
15:54		Day Day Thomas shooting foul (Kingston Flemings draws the foul)
15:54		TV timeout
15:54		Kingston Flemings misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:54	+1	Kingston Flemings makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-40
15:30		Baba Miller turnover (traveling)
15:09		Joseph Tugler misses two point layup
15:07		Joseph Tugler offensive rebound
15:04	+2	Joseph Tugler makes two point tip layup	39-40
14:47		Chris Cenac Jr. personal foul (Halvine Dzellat draws the foul)
14:37		Jalen Celestine misses three point jump shot
14:35		Emanuel Sharp defensive rebound
14:12		Emanuel Sharp misses three point stepback jump shot
14:10		Jalen Celestine defensive rebound
14:01	+2	Halvine Dzellat makes two point layup (Baba Miller assists)	39-42
13:40	+3	Milos Uzan makes three point stepback jump shot	42-42
13:13	+2	Baba Miller makes two point driving layup	42-44
13:13		Chris Cenac Jr. shooting foul (Baba Miller draws the foul)
13:13	+1	Baba Miller makes regular free throw 1 of 1	42-45
12:52	+2	Kalifa Sakho makes two point layup (Emanuel Sharp assists)	44-45
12:23		Isiah Harwell personal foul (Baba Miller draws the foul)
12:14		Jalen Celestine misses three point stepback jump shot
12:12		Isiah Harwell defensive rebound
11:50		TV timeout
11:43	+2	Milos Uzan makes two point pullup jump shot	46-45
11:18	+2	Moustapha Thiam makes two point layup (Sencire Harris assists)	46-47
11:07		Emanuel Sharp offensive foul (Sencire Harris draws the foul)
11:07		Emanuel Sharp turnover (offensive foul)
11:02		Day Day Thomas misses two point driving layup
11:00		Moustapha Thiam offensive rebound
10:57	+2	Moustapha Thiam makes two point tip layup	46-49
10:38		Ramon Walker Jr. misses three point jump shot
10:36		Moustapha Thiam defensive rebound
10:28		Milos Uzan blocks Sencire Harris's two point driving layup
10:26		Kalifa Sakho defensive rebound
9:58		Milos Uzan turnover (bad pass)
9:39		Shon Abaev misses two point pullup jump shot
9:37		Joseph Tugler defensive rebound
9:28		Kingston Flemings misses two point pullup jump shot
9:26		Joseph Tugler offensive rebound
9:12	+3	Kingston Flemings makes three point pullup jump shot	49-49
8:45		Jalen Celestine turnover (lost ball) (Joseph Tugler steals)
8:25		Day Day Thomas blocks Emanuel Sharp's three point jump shot
8:24		Cougars offensive rebound
8:18		Kingston Flemings misses three point stepback jump shot
8:16		Jizzle James defensive rebound
8:12	+2	Baba Miller makes two point running alley-oop dunk (Day Day Thomas assists)	49-51
7:59	+2	Joseph Tugler makes two point layup (Kingston Flemings assists)	51-51
7:32	+2	Baba Miller makes two point turnaround jump shot (Day Day Thomas assists)	51-53
7:19		Kingston Flemings misses two point driving layup
7:17		Chris Cenac Jr. offensive rebound
7:13	+2	Chris Cenac Jr. makes two point tip dunk	53-53
6:53	+2	Jizzle James makes two point driving layup	53-55
6:31		Jizzle James personal foul (Kingston Flemings draws the foul)
6:31		TV timeout
6:14	+2	Milos Uzan makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot	55-55
5:54		Joseph Tugler personal foul (Sencire Harris draws the foul)
5:50		Jizzle James misses three point jump shot
5:48		Kingston Flemings defensive rebound
5:31		Kingston Flemings misses two point pullup jump shot
5:29		Joseph Tugler offensive rebound
5:22	+3	Kingston Flemings makes three point jump shot (Joseph Tugler assists)	58-55
5:02		Day Day Thomas turnover (bad pass) (Kingston Flemings steals)
4:56	+2	Kingston Flemings makes two point driving layup	60-55
4:54		Bearcats 30 second timeout
4:24		Chris Cenac Jr. shooting foul (Day Day Thomas draws the foul)
4:24	+1	Day Day Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 3	60-56
4:24	+1	Day Day Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 3	60-57
4:24	+1	Day Day Thomas makes regular free throw 3 of 3	60-58
4:10		Kingston Flemings misses two point pullup jump shot
4:08		Baba Miller defensive rebound
3:51	+2	Moustapha Thiam makes two point dunk (Baba Miller assists)	60-60
3:33		Emanuel Sharp misses three point jump shot
3:31		Joseph Tugler offensive rebound
3:28		Milos Uzan misses three point jump shot
3:26		Day Day Thomas defensive rebound
3:04		Day Day Thomas turnover (lost ball) (Joseph Tugler steals)
2:48	+3	Milos Uzan makes three point pullup jump shot	63-60
2:19		TV timeout
2:15		Baba Miller turnover (bad pass) (Kingston Flemings steals)
1:47		Emanuel Sharp misses two point turnaround jump shot
1:45		Baba Miller defensive rebound
1:23		Jizzle James offensive foul (Ramon Walker Jr. draws the foul)
1:23		Jizzle James turnover (offensive foul)
1:01		Kingston Flemings misses two point driving layup
0:59		Joseph Tugler offensive rebound
0:59	+2	Joseph Tugler makes two point tip dunk	65-60
0:54		Bearcats 60 second timeout
0:43		Emanuel Sharp shooting foul (Baba Miller draws the foul)
0:43		Baba Miller misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:43		Baba Miller misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:43		Ramon Walker Jr. defensive rebound
0:40		Jump ball. Ramon Walker Jr. vs. Sencire Harris (Cougars gains possession)
0:36		Cougars 30 second timeout
0:36		Day Day Thomas personal foul (Emanuel Sharp draws the foul)
0:28		Sencire Harris personal foul (Kingston Flemings draws the foul)
0:25		Day Day Thomas personal foul (Kingston Flemings draws the foul)
0:25		Kingston Flemings misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:25		Jizzle James defensive rebound
0:19		Jizzle James turnover (lost ball) (Joseph Tugler steals)
0:14		Moustapha Thiam personal foul (Emanuel Sharp draws the foul)
0:14	+1	Emanuel Sharp makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-60
0:14	+1	Emanuel Sharp makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-60
0:08		Day Day Thomas misses three point jump shot
0:06		Moustapha Thiam offensive rebound
0:01		Day Day Thomas misses three point heave jump shot
0:00		End of period

Day Day Thomas misses three point heave jump shot