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Lukosius' late 3s help Cincinnati seal Colorado's fate with 68-62 win

AP
Jan 15, 2025

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) Simas Lukosius scored 16 points, Dillon Mitchell had 11 points and Cincinnati escaped the Big 12 cellar, beating Colorado 68-62 on Wednesday night.

Both teams entered the game with four-game losing streaks and were tied for the basement position in the 16-team conference.

Dan Skillings Jr. and reserve Day Day Thomas scored 10 points each and Aziz Bandaogo grabbed 10 rebounds for Cincinnati (11-5, 1-4).

Bangot Dak scored a career-high 19 points, had a career-high eight blocks, and grabbed eight rebounds for Colorado (9-7, 0-5).

After posting a 34-27 lead at halftime, Lukosius converted a three-point play 1:40 into the second half for a 39-30 advantage. Colorado then outscored the Bearcats 21-10 over the next 14 minutes and grabbed its first and lone lead of the game at 51-50 on Trevor Baskin's layup with 4:20 left. The Buffs' lead lasted for just 19 seconds when Thomas drove right and laid it in to put the Bearcats back up 52-51 and they led the rest of the way.

The Bearcats delivered knockout punches when Lukosius wrapped a pair of 3-pointers around a dunk from Mitchell to make it 60-53 in favor of Cincinnati with 1:46 left.

Colorado, now with a five-game losing streak, travels to Oklahoma State on Saturday. The Bearcats travel to Arizona State, also on Saturday.

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1st Half
CINCY
Bearcats
34
COLO
Buffaloes
27

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Aziz Bandaogo vs. Bangot Dak (Buffaloes gains possession)
19:27		Aziz Bandaogo blocks Bangot Dak's two point layup
19:27		Buffaloes offensive rebound
19:27		Buffaloes offensive rebound
19:27		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
19:25		Assane Diop offensive rebound
19:22		Assane Diop misses two point layup
19:20		Simas Lukošius defensive rebound
19:05		Simas Lukošius misses three point jump shot
19:03		Bangot Dak defensive rebound
18:54		Assane Diop turnover (bad pass)
18:32	+2	Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point layup	2-0
18:18		Trevor Baskin misses two point layup
18:16		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
18:11		Bangot Dak shooting foul (Dillon Mitchell draws the foul)
18:11	+1	Dillon Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	3-0
18:11		Dillon Mitchell misses regular free throw 2 of 2
18:11		Trevor Baskin defensive rebound
17:55		Assane Diop misses three point jump shot
17:53		Simas Lukošius defensive rebound
17:39		Aziz Bandaogo turnover (Andrej Jakimovski steals)
17:34		Dan Skillings Jr. personal foul
17:20		Assane Diop turnover (lost ball) (Simas Lukošius steals)
17:08		Dillon Mitchell misses two point jump shot
17:06		Assane Diop defensive rebound
16:55		Bangot Dak misses three point jump shot
16:53		Jizzle James defensive rebound
16:41	+3	Dan Skillings Jr. makes three point jump shot (Jizzle James assists)	6-0
16:08		Jizzle James shooting foul (Julian Hammond III draws the foul)
16:08	+1	Julian Hammond III makes regular free throw 1 of 3	6-1
16:08	+1	Julian Hammond III makes regular free throw 2 of 3	6-2
16:08	+1	Julian Hammond III makes regular free throw 3 of 3	6-3
15:36		Bangot Dak blocks Dillon Mitchell's two point layup
15:36		Bangot Dak defensive rebound
15:14		Sebastian Rancik misses two point layup
15:12		Bangot Dak offensive rebound
15:11	+2	Bangot Dak makes two point layup	6-5
14:57		Bangot Dak blocks Day Day Thomas's two point layup
14:55		Arrinten Page offensive rebound
14:50		Bangot Dak blocks Arrinten Page's two point layup
14:48		Arrinten Page offensive rebound
14:42		Bangot Dak blocks Arrinten Page's two point layup
14:40		Trevor Baskin defensive rebound
14:05		Julian Hammond III misses three point jump shot
14:05		CJ Fredrick Jr. defensive rebound
14:05		Josh Reed misses three point jump shot
14:05		Sebastian Rancik defensive rebound
14:05		Julian Hammond III turnover (bad pass) (Josh Reed steals)
14:05	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point layup (Josh Reed assists)	8-5
14:05		Trevor Baskin turnover (bad pass) (Josh Reed steals)
14:03	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point layup (Josh Reed assists)	10-5
13:15		CJ Fredrick Jr. personal foul
13:15		TV timeout
13:05		Javon Ruffin misses two point jump shot
13:03		Trevor Baskin offensive rebound
12:55		Day Day Thomas blocks Sebastian Rancik's two point layup
12:53		Buffaloes offensive rebound
12:43		Trevor Baskin misses two point layup
12:41		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
12:33	+2	Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point layup	12-5
12:17		Sebastian Rancik misses two point layup
12:15		Jizzle James defensive rebound
12:09		Jizzle James misses two point layup
12:07		Aziz Bandaogo offensive rebound
11:55		Aziz Bandaogo misses two point jump shot
11:53		Assane Diop defensive rebound
11:42		Tyler Betsey shooting foul (Sebastian Rancik draws the foul)
11:42		TV timeout
11:42	+1	Sebastian Rancik makes regular free throw 1 of 2	12-6
11:42	+1	Sebastian Rancik makes regular free throw 2 of 2	12-7
11:28	+3	Jizzle James makes three point jump shot	15-7
11:07		Javon Ruffin turnover (bad pass) (Jizzle James steals)
11:02		Simas Lukošius misses three point jump shot
11:00		Aziz Bandaogo offensive rebound
10:43		Simas Lukošius misses three point jump shot
10:41		Aziz Bandaogo offensive rebound
10:30	+2	Aziz Bandaogo makes two point layup	17-7
10:18	+2	Javon Ruffin makes two point layup	17-9
9:57		Dan Skillings Jr. misses three point jump shot
9:55		Julian Hammond III defensive rebound
9:44	+2	Sebastian Rancik makes two point layup	17-11
9:24		Jizzle James misses two point jump shot
9:22		Julian Hammond III defensive rebound
9:09		Javon Ruffin misses two point layup
9:07		Tyler Betsey defensive rebound
9:00	+3	Simas Lukošius makes three point jump shot (Dan Skillings Jr. assists)	20-11
8:46		Jizzle James personal foul
8:29	+3	Bangot Dak makes three point jump shot	20-14
8:18		Day Day Thomas turnover (lost ball) (Julian Hammond III steals)
8:11		Javon Ruffin turnover (lost ball) (Day Day Thomas steals)
8:07	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point layup	22-14
7:53	+3	Javon Ruffin makes three point jump shot (Julian Hammond III assists)	22-17
7:26		Day Day Thomas misses two point jump shot
7:24		Javon Ruffin defensive rebound
7:15		Bangot Dak misses two point layup
7:13		Simas Lukošius defensive rebound
7:03	+2	Simas Lukošius makes two point jump shot	24-17
6:50		Day Day Thomas personal foul
6:50		TV timeout
6:37		Trevor Baskin turnover (bad pass)
6:16	+2	Arrinten Page makes two point layup	26-17
6:01	+2	Julian Hammond III makes two point layup	26-19
5:57		Dillon Mitchell turnover (lost ball) (Trevor Baskin steals)
5:50	+2	Bangot Dak makes two point layup (Trevor Baskin assists)	26-21
5:24		Trevor Baskin personal foul
5:18	+3	Arrinten Page makes three point jump shot (CJ Fredrick Jr. assists)	29-21
4:58	+2	Sebastian Rancik makes two point dunk (Bangot Dak assists)	29-23
4:36	+3	CJ Fredrick Jr. makes three point jump shot (Dillon Mitchell assists)	32-23
4:04		Trevor Baskin turnover (lost ball) (Josh Reed steals)
4:04		TV timeout
3:38		Dan Skillings Jr. misses three point jump shot
3:36		Aziz Bandaogo offensive rebound
3:36		Sebastian Rancik personal foul
3:31		Andrej Jakimovski blocks Aziz Bandaogo's two point layup
3:29		Assane Diop defensive rebound
3:15		Trevor Baskin misses two point layup
3:13		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
3:00		Tyler Betsey misses two point layup
2:58		Sebastian Rancik defensive rebound
2:48		Andrej Jakimovski misses two point layup
2:46		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
2:42		Trevor Baskin personal foul
2:29		Simas Lukošius turnover (bad pass) (Harrison Carrington steals)
2:22		Julian Hammond III misses three point jump shot
2:20		Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound
2:00		Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point layup
1:58		Assane Diop defensive rebound
1:58		Aziz Bandaogo personal foul (Assane Diop draws the foul)
1:58	+1	Assane Diop makes regular free throw 1 of 2	32-24
1:58		Assane Diop misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:58		Bearcats defensive rebound
1:58		Harrison Carrington personal foul
1:55		Assane Diop shooting foul (Dillon Mitchell draws the foul)
1:55	+1	Dillon Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	33-24
1:55	+1	Dillon Mitchell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	34-24
1:48		Dan Skillings Jr. personal foul (Sebastian Rancik draws the foul)
1:48		Sebastian Rancik misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:48		Bangot Dak offensive rebound
1:46	+2	Bangot Dak makes two point layup	34-26
1:26		Simas Lukošius misses three point jump shot
1:24		Julian Hammond III defensive rebound
1:05		Arrinten Page personal foul (Bangot Dak draws the foul)
1:05	+1	Bangot Dak makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-27
1:05		Bangot Dak misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:05		Josh Reed defensive rebound
0:47		Bangot Dak blocks Dillon Mitchell's two point layup
0:45		Buffaloes defensive rebound
0:36		Javon Ruffin misses two point jump shot
0:34		Arrinten Page defensive rebound
0:08		Day Day Thomas misses two point layup
0:06		Julian Hammond III defensive rebound
0:04		Javon Ruffin misses three point jump shot
0:02		Bearcats defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
CINCY
Bearcats
34
COLO
Buffaloes
35

Time		Play	Score
19:36		Assane Diop misses two point layup
19:34		Simas Lukošius defensive rebound
19:30	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point dunk (Jizzle James assists)	36-27
19:09		Bangot Dak misses three point jump shot
19:07		Assane Diop offensive rebound
19:06	+2	Assane Diop makes two point layup	36-29
19:06		Dan Skillings Jr. shooting foul (Assane Diop draws the foul)
19:06	+1	Assane Diop makes regular free throw 1 of 1	36-30
18:44		Simas Lukošius misses two point layup
18:42		Trevor Baskin defensive rebound
18:40		Julian Hammond III turnover (bad pass)
18:20	+2	Simas Lukošius makes two point layup	38-30
18:20		Assane Diop shooting foul (Simas Lukošius draws the foul)
18:20	+1	Simas Lukošius makes regular free throw 1 of 1	39-30
18:05		Assane Diop turnover (Aziz Bandaogo steals)
17:51		Jizzle James misses three point jump shot
17:49		Assane Diop defensive rebound
17:44		Julian Hammond III misses two point layup
17:42		Bearcats defensive rebound
17:20		Dillon Mitchell misses three point jump shot
17:18		Buffaloes defensive rebound
16:58		Trevor Baskin misses two point layup
16:56		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
16:49		Bangot Dak blocks Day Day Thomas's two point layup
16:47		Sebastian Rancik defensive rebound
16:41		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
16:39		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
16:32		Aziz Bandaogo turnover (traveling)
16:18		Bangot Dak turnover (bad pass) (Aziz Bandaogo steals)
16:13	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point layup	41-30
16:13		Andrej Jakimovski shooting foul (Dillon Mitchell draws the foul)
16:13	+1	Dillon Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 1	42-30
15:51		CJ Fredrick Jr. personal foul
15:51		TV timeout
15:49		Javon Ruffin turnover (bad pass) (Arrinten Page steals)
15:46		Arrinten Page turnover (lost ball)
15:37		Day Day Thomas personal foul
15:22	+2	Harrison Carrington makes two point layup (Javon Ruffin assists)	42-32
15:03		Arrinten Page misses two point jump shot
15:01		Bangot Dak defensive rebound
14:53		CJ Fredrick Jr. blocks Andrej Jakimovski's two point layup
14:51		Andrej Jakimovski offensive rebound
14:45		Andrej Jakimovski misses two point layup
14:43		Josh Reed defensive rebound
14:39		Andrej Jakimovski shooting foul (CJ Fredrick Jr. draws the foul)
14:39		CJ Fredrick Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 3
14:39	+1	CJ Fredrick Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 3	43-32
14:39	+1	CJ Fredrick Jr. makes regular free throw 3 of 3	44-32
14:27		CJ Fredrick Jr. personal foul
14:16		Bangot Dak misses two point layup
14:14		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
13:45		Josh Reed misses two point jump shot
13:43		Julian Hammond III defensive rebound
13:29		Julian Hammond III misses two point layup
13:27		Harrison Carrington offensive rebound
13:24	+2	Harrison Carrington makes two point layup	44-34
13:14		Arrinten Page misses two point layup
13:12		Dillon Mitchell offensive rebound
13:10		Dillon Mitchell misses two point layup
13:08		Bangot Dak defensive rebound
13:06	+2	Harrison Carrington makes two point layup (Sebastian Rancik assists)	44-36
12:54		Harrison Carrington personal foul
12:37		Dan Skillings Jr. misses three point jump shot
12:35		Bearcats offensive rebound
12:35		Javon Ruffin personal foul
12:33		Simas Lukošius misses three point jump shot
12:31		Assane Diop defensive rebound
12:19	+2	Sebastian Rancik makes two point layup	44-38
11:54		Dan Skillings Jr. turnover (out of bounds)
11:54		TV timeout
11:39		Tyler Betsey shooting foul (Sebastian Rancik draws the foul)
11:39		Sebastian Rancik misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:39	+1	Sebastian Rancik makes regular free throw 2 of 2	44-39
11:22	+2	Simas Lukošius makes two point layup	46-39
11:06		Assane Diop misses three point jump shot
11:04		Simas Lukošius defensive rebound
10:53		Simas Lukošius turnover (lost ball) (Julian Hammond III steals)
10:33		Simas Lukošius personal foul
10:32		Julian Hammond III turnover (bad pass) (Simas Lukošius steals)
10:24		Jizzle James misses three point jump shot
10:22		Aziz Bandaogo offensive rebound
10:22		Assane Diop personal foul
10:14		Bangot Dak blocks Dan Skillings Jr.'s two point layup
10:12		Bearcats offensive rebound
10:05		Tyler Betsey misses three point jump shot
10:03		Trevor Baskin defensive rebound
9:53	+2	Trevor Baskin makes two point layup (Julian Hammond III assists)	46-41
9:36		Jizzle James misses three point jump shot
9:34		Bangot Dak defensive rebound
9:10		Javon Ruffin misses two point layup
9:08		Simas Lukošius defensive rebound
8:58		Aziz Bandaogo turnover (lost ball) (Trevor Baskin steals)
8:54	+2	Bangot Dak makes two point dunk (Trevor Baskin assists)	46-43
8:28	+3	Dan Skillings Jr. makes three point jump shot	49-43
8:12		Javon Ruffin misses two point jump shot
8:10		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
8:08		Trevor Baskin personal foul (Dillon Mitchell draws the foul)
8:08	+1	Dillon Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-43
8:08		Dillon Mitchell misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:08		Buffaloes defensive rebound
7:52		Harrison Carrington turnover (bad pass)
7:52		TV timeout
7:26		Bangot Dak blocks Dillon Mitchell's two point layup
7:24		Javon Ruffin defensive rebound
6:48	+2	Trevor Baskin makes two point jump shot	50-45
6:16		Day Day Thomas turnover (bad pass) (Bangot Dak steals)
6:03		Day Day Thomas shooting foul (Trevor Baskin draws the foul)
6:03	+1	Trevor Baskin makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-46
6:03	+1	Trevor Baskin makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-47
5:46		Jizzle James misses three point jump shot
5:44		Julian Hammond III defensive rebound
5:34		Harrison Carrington turnover (bad pass) (Dan Skillings Jr. steals)
5:30		Julian Hammond III shooting foul (Dan Skillings Jr. draws the foul)
5:30		Dan Skillings Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:30		Dan Skillings Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:30		Trevor Baskin defensive rebound
5:16	+2	Bangot Dak makes two point jump shot	50-49
5:10		Bearcats 30 second timeout
5:10		TV timeout
4:49		Dillon Mitchell misses two point layup
4:47		Harrison Carrington defensive rebound
4:20	+2	Trevor Baskin makes two point layup	50-51
4:01	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point layup	52-51
3:47		Day Day Thomas personal foul (Julian Hammond III draws the foul)
3:47		TV timeout
3:47		Julian Hammond III misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:47		Simas Lukošius defensive rebound
3:31	+3	Simas Lukošius makes three point jump shot (Aziz Bandaogo assists)	55-51
3:02	+2	Andrej Jakimovski makes two point layup	55-53
2:41	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point dunk (Dan Skillings Jr. assists)	57-53
2:13		Dan Skillings Jr. shooting foul (Andrej Jakimovski draws the foul)
2:13		Andrej Jakimovski misses regular free throw 1 of 3
2:13		Andrej Jakimovski misses regular free throw 2 of 3
2:13		Andrej Jakimovski misses regular free throw 3 of 3
2:13		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
1:46	+3	Simas Lukošius makes three point jump shot (Dillon Mitchell assists)	60-53
1:40		Buffaloes 30 second timeout
1:21	+2	Javon Ruffin makes two point layup	60-55
1:04		Harrison Carrington personal foul (Aziz Bandaogo draws the foul)
1:04	+1	Aziz Bandaogo makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-55
1:04	+1	Aziz Bandaogo makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-55
0:50	+3	Bangot Dak makes three point jump shot (Andrej Jakimovski assists)	62-58
0:50		Buffaloes 30 second timeout
0:49		Harrison Carrington personal foul (Day Day Thomas draws the foul)
0:49	+1	Day Day Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-58
0:49	+1	Day Day Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-58
0:42		Julian Hammond III misses two point layup
0:40		Bangot Dak offensive rebound
0:40		Aziz Bandaogo shooting foul (Bangot Dak draws the foul)
0:40	+1	Bangot Dak makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-59
0:40	+1	Bangot Dak makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-60
0:37		Andrej Jakimovski personal foul (Jizzle James draws the foul)
0:37	+1	Jizzle James makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-60
0:37	+1	Jizzle James makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-60
0:26		Bangot Dak misses three point jump shot
0:24		Josh Reed defensive rebound
0:22		Andrej Jakimovski personal foul (Josh Reed draws the foul)
0:22	+1	Josh Reed makes regular free throw 1 of 2	67-60
0:22	+1	Josh Reed makes regular free throw 2 of 2	68-60
0:15	+2	Javon Ruffin makes two point layup	68-62
0:12		Bearcats 30 second timeout
0:00		End of period

Bearcats 30 second timeout