Howard Bison vs Michigan Wolverines, NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Midwest Region 1st Round

College Basketball

24-11

80-101

Final

32-3

KeyBank Center

TV: CBS

Team	1H	2H	T
HOW	46	34	80
MICH	50	51	101

Who won: Michigan 101-80

The Michigan Wolverines beat the Howard Bison 101-80 in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Midwest Region 1st Round on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Michigan outscored the Howard 51-34 in the 2nd half. Morez Johnson Jr. led the Michigan in points (21). Cam Gillus led the Howard in points (21).

Leaders

HOWMICH

Points

Cam Gillus

21

Morez Johnson Jr.

21

Assists

Cam Gillus

5

Elliot Cadeau

9

Rebounds

Cedric Taylor III

6

Morez Johnson Jr.

10

Scoring

2nd Half

17:18

JumpShot

Morez Johnson Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Elliot Cadeau assists)

52-61

17:04

JumpShot

Ose Okojie makes 18-foot jumper

54-61

16:27

JumpShot

Morez Johnson Jr. makes 6-foot turnaround jump shot

54-63

16:10

MadeFreeThrow

Ose Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2

55-63

16:10

MadeFreeThrow

Ose Okojie makes free throw 2 of 2

56-63

15:41

LayUpShot

Morez Johnson Jr. makes layup (Yaxel Lendeborg assists)

56-65

15:22

LayUpShot

Cam Gillus makes layup (Cedric Taylor III assists)

58-65

15:00

JumpShot

Elliot Cadeau makes 27-foot three point jumper (Yaxel Lendeborg assists)

58-68

13:49

LayUpShot

Yaxel Lendeborg makes layup

58-70

13:29

MadeFreeThrow

Bryce Harris makes free throw 2 of 2

59-70

13:18

DunkShot

Morez Johnson Jr. makes 1-foot dunk (Elliot Cadeau assists)

59-72

13:00

MadeFreeThrow

Yaxel Lendeborg makes free throw 1 of 2

59-73

13:00

MadeFreeThrow

Yaxel Lendeborg makes free throw 2 of 2

59-74

12:35

JumpShot

Roddy Gayle Jr. makes 22-foot three point jumper (Elliot Cadeau assists)

59-77

11:33

JumpShot

Cedric Taylor III makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cam Gillus assists)

62-77

10:12

LayUpShot

Cedric Taylor III makes layup

64-77

9:52

LayUpShot

Aday Mara makes layup

64-79

9:28

MadeFreeThrow

Aday Mara makes free throw 1 of 2

64-80

9:28

MadeFreeThrow

Aday Mara makes free throw 2 of 2

64-81

9:21

MadeFreeThrow

Ose Okojie makes free throw 1 of 2

65-81

8:54

DunkShot

Aday Mara makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Yaxel Lendeborg assists)

65-83

8:24

DunkShot

Morez Johnson Jr. makes 1-foot dunk (Aday Mara assists)

65-85

7:32

DunkShot

Aday Mara makes 1-foot dunk (Nimari Burnett assists)

65-87

7:00

DunkShot

Aday Mara makes 1-foot dunk (Yaxel Lendeborg assists)

65-89

6:09

DunkShot

Aday Mara makes 1-foot dunk

65-91

5:31

LayUpShot

Trey McKenney makes layup (Aday Mara assists)

65-93

5:10

MadeFreeThrow

Morez Johnson Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2

65-94

4:46

DunkShot

Bryce Harris makes 2-foot dunk (Alex Cotton assists)

67-94

4:20

LayUpShot

Roddy Gayle Jr. makes layup

67-96

3:27

DunkShot

Nimari Burnett makes 0-foot dunk (Roddy Gayle Jr. assists)

67-98

3:13

JumpShot

Bryce Harris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alex Cotton assists)

70-98

2:25

MadeFreeThrow

Cam Gillus makes free throw 1 of 2

71-98

2:25

MadeFreeThrow

Cam Gillus makes free throw 2 of 2

72-98

1:53

MadeFreeThrow

Cam Gillus makes free throw 2 of 2

73-98

1:09

MadeFreeThrow

Bryce Harris makes free throw 1 of 2

74-98

1:09

MadeFreeThrow

Bryce Harris makes free throw 2 of 2

75-98

1:00

DunkShot

Malick Kordel makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Oscar Goodman assists)

75-100

0:47

JumpShot

Cam Gillus makes 24-foot three point jumper

78-100

0:30

MadeFreeThrow

Trey McKenney makes free throw 1 of 2

78-101

0:10

JumpShot

BJ Powell makes 8-foot pullup jump shot

80-101

Scores shown as HOW-MICH.

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