February 28, 2026; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Cougars guard Milos Uzan (7) dribbles in the first half against the Colorado Buffaloes at the Fertitta Center. Mandatory Credit: Thomas Shea-Imagn Image Milos Uzan is the host no. 5 Houston poured in 26 points while hitting 5 of 7 3-pointers as Houston got back on the winning track with a 102-62 victory over Colorado in a late-season Big 12 Conference win Saturday afternoon.
The Cougars (24-5, 12-4 Big 12) shrugged off a sluggish start to build a 26-point lead at halftime behind a balanced attack that saw all eight players who saw the court score at least two points. Colorado never got closer than 21 points in the second half, and then the Cougars extended the lead to 94-58 on Emmanuel Sharp’s 3-pointer with 5:35 left.
Houston then cruised to the finish line, snapping a three-game losing streak and dispelling any doubts about its fitness for the streak and the NCAA Tournament this season.
Joseph Tugler added 14 points for the Cougars, Chris Cenac Jr. had 12, Kingston Flemings had 11 and Sharp, Chase McCarty and Mercy Miller each had 10.
Isaiah Johnson led Colorado with 19 points. Bangot Dak added 15 and Sebastian Rancik had 11 for the Buffaloes (16-13, 6-10), who had their two-game winning streak snapped.
The Buffaloes built a 10-2 lead when Rancik hit a layup with 17:09 left in the first half, but Houston responded with a 15-6 run four minutes later on a layup by Kalifa Sakho to jump to a 17-16 advantage. The margin grew to 23-16 after Flemings drove the lane for a layup with 11:58 left in the half that capped the Cougars’ 12-0 run.
Free throws by Jalin Holland and Rancik ended Houston’s run. But the Cougars began another surge when Miller hit a 3-pointer with 7 minutes, 42 seconds left before halftime, scoring 12 straight points and building a 35-19 lead.
Houston led 43-27 when Colorado coach Tad Boyle received his second technical foul and was ejected 3:06 into the second half. The Cougars finished the first half on a 12-2 run to take a 55-29 advantage into intermission.
Uzan led all scorers with 16 points by halftime, and McCarty added 10 for Houston, who topped 50 points in the first half for the second time this season while shooting 55.6 percent. Dak paced the Buffaloes with 11 points.
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