Colorado University Athletics
Saturday, February 14
Provo, Utah
2 p.m.
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14-12,4-9Big 12
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90
BYU
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Colorado
32
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86
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No. 22 BYU Outlasts Colorado In Overtime
February 14, 2026 | Men's Basketball
PROVO, Utah – Colorado pushed No. 22 BYU Saturday afternoon, forcing overtime, but the Buffaloes came up short in the extra period, falling 90-86 at the Marriott Center.
Tad Boyle's Buffs fell to 14-11 and 4-9 in the Big 12. The 22nd-ranked Cougars improved to 19-6 and 7-5 in the Big 12.
After a big shot from freshman Isaiah Johnson to end the first half down five, the Buffs came out and used a 13-0 run in the second half to get out to a six-point lead. After surviving multiple BYU runs, the Buffs were down 78-74. Colorado scored the final two baskets of regulation, the last of which was a layup by Johnson to send the game to overtime.
In overtime, the Buffs struggled to shoot, going 2-for-10. Despite the offensive struggles, they had the ball down three points with a minute remaining. They found three open looks from deep, but couldn't capitalize, sending the game to the free-throw line, where the Cougars iced the game.
Johnson led the Buffs in scoring, setting a new career-high 27 points with 16 coming in the second half and overtime. Barrington Hargress finished with 20 points, and Bangot Dak recorded 15 points and seven rebounds. Sebastian Rancik filled up the stat sheet with nine points, 10 rebounds, and a career-high six assists.
"Isaiah Johnson is the best freshman in the country that nobody talks about," Boyle said. "I believe he'll be an NBA player someday."
BYU was led by Robert Wright III, who scored a career high 39 points while going 4-of-4 from deep and 11-of-13 from the line. Freshman phenom AJ Dybantsa filled up the stat sheet but struggled from shooting from the field. He ended with 20 points but went 6-of-20 overall, 1-of-6 from downtown, and committed seven turnovers. He added 13 rebounds, eight assists, and three steals.
"Sebastian Rancik did a phenomenal job defending AJ Dybantsa," Boyle commented. "I know he fouled out at the end, but he did a phenomenal job with his discipline. But I think it's a combination of Sebastian's individual effort on him, as well as Josiah Sanders and Jalin Holland when they were on him."
Coming off Wednesday's 34-point loss at Texas Tech, Colorado responded against one of the best teams in the country.
"That was a heck of a college basketball game from the start," Boyle said. I'm really proud of our guys. We got punched in the face on Wednesday against Texas Tech. But tonight, I felt like we were aggressive the whole game, and we fought like a team that I'm proud of representing."
HOW IT HAPPENED
Both teams opened up the game struggling to find a rhythm on offense. Colorado had a layup from Johnson and a putback by Dak, but missed four straight shots. BYU only made two shots as well, but hit on a 3-pointer to go up 7-4 with 15:45 left in the first half.
After a slow start from both teams, the lid came off the baskets, especially from deep. On six straight possessions between both teams, 3-pointers were made on all but one play, which was an and-1. Hargress and Johnson each knocked down one from beyond the arc, with Hargress also getting the layup for the and-1, but did not make the free throw. After the final 3-pointer from BYU, the Cougars led 18-14 with 11 minutes left in the opening half.
Colorado took the lead after a four-point burst from Holland and a mid-range jumper from Hargress to put the Buffs up 21-18.
BYU responded with a 15-6 run with three more 3-pointers to take a 33-27 lead with 3:40 left in the first half.
As the first half was coming to a close, Johnson hit a step-back 3-pointer on the right wing to go into halftime down five, 37-32.
Colorado bothered BYU, forcing seven turnovers in the first half, with Dybantsa committing four. The Cougars used their 3-point shooting to stay ahead, making seven of their first eight from beyond the arc, but finished the half 7-of-11.
The Buffs shot 14-of-34 from the field and 3-of-11 from deep, but took care of the ball, only committing three turnovers. Of the five offensive rebounds for BYU, they only converted those into two second-chance points.
The second half started, and it was all CU. The Buffs went on a 13-0 run after two BYU free throws to start the half. Dak scored seven straight before a Hargress transition layup gave Colorado its largest lead of the game, 45-39, with 15:20 left in the game.
BYU made a run to tie the game at 45, but Hargress pushed the lead back with two straight 3-pointers to grow the lead up to 51-45.
After six straight from the Cougars to tie the game up, the score stayed at one score four over four minutes before BYU's 12th 3-pointer of the game and the third for Wright to go up 65-60 with eight minutes left.
Down the stretch of the game, both teams went back-and-forth scoring, with Hargress and Johnson carrying the load for Colorado and Wright for BYU. The CU duo scored seven straight for the Buffs while Wright put in eight of the last 11 points for the Cougars to take a 76-71 lead with 3:16 left in the game.
Colorado cut the lead to two points twice and took a timeout with 25 seconds left, trailing 78-76 after two straight stops on defense. Johnson took the inbounds pass, drove past Dybantsa, and put it in over the BYU shot blocker.
With one shot left, Dybantsa took a highly contested mid-range jump shot over Rancik and missed, sending the game to overtime, tied at 78.
Overtime began with Colorado struggling to shoot the ball, but crashed the glass, giving Rancik two free throws to tie the game at 82. On the following defensive possession, Jalin Holland was fouled on the defensive rebound, but missed the front end of the 1-and-1, leading to a BYU 3-pointer to give the Cougars an 85-82 lead with 1:15 left in overtime.
Colorado found three open looks from 3-point range on the following possession, but couldn't put any of them down, sending BYU to the free-throw line.
Colorado scored quickly, and after BYU missed the second free throw, the Cougars fouled Holland. After missing the first free throw, he intentionally missed the second, but BYU rebounded it and dribbled out the clock, finishing 90-86.
UP NEXT
Colorado returns home with only one game next week against Oklahoma State on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 1:30 p.m. on TNT/truTV.
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Tad Boyle's Buffs fell to 14-11 and 4-9 in the Big 12. The 22nd-ranked Cougars improved to 19-6 and 7-5 in the Big 12.
After a big shot from freshman Isaiah Johnson to end the first half down five, the Buffs came out and used a 13-0 run in the second half to get out to a six-point lead. After surviving multiple BYU runs, the Buffs were down 78-74. Colorado scored the final two baskets of regulation, the last of which was a layup by Johnson to send the game to overtime.
In overtime, the Buffs struggled to shoot, going 2-for-10. Despite the offensive struggles, they had the ball down three points with a minute remaining. They found three open looks from deep, but couldn't capitalize, sending the game to the free-throw line, where the Cougars iced the game.
Johnson led the Buffs in scoring, setting a new career-high 27 points with 16 coming in the second half and overtime. Barrington Hargress finished with 20 points, and Bangot Dak recorded 15 points and seven rebounds. Sebastian Rancik filled up the stat sheet with nine points, 10 rebounds, and a career-high six assists.
"Isaiah Johnson is the best freshman in the country that nobody talks about," Boyle said. "I believe he'll be an NBA player someday."
BYU was led by Robert Wright III, who scored a career high 39 points while going 4-of-4 from deep and 11-of-13 from the line. Freshman phenom AJ Dybantsa filled up the stat sheet but struggled from shooting from the field. He ended with 20 points but went 6-of-20 overall, 1-of-6 from downtown, and committed seven turnovers. He added 13 rebounds, eight assists, and three steals.
"Sebastian Rancik did a phenomenal job defending AJ Dybantsa," Boyle commented. "I know he fouled out at the end, but he did a phenomenal job with his discipline. But I think it's a combination of Sebastian's individual effort on him, as well as Josiah Sanders and Jalin Holland when they were on him."
Coming off Wednesday's 34-point loss at Texas Tech, Colorado responded against one of the best teams in the country.
"That was a heck of a college basketball game from the start," Boyle said. I'm really proud of our guys. We got punched in the face on Wednesday against Texas Tech. But tonight, I felt like we were aggressive the whole game, and we fought like a team that I'm proud of representing."
HOW IT HAPPENED
Both teams opened up the game struggling to find a rhythm on offense. Colorado had a layup from Johnson and a putback by Dak, but missed four straight shots. BYU only made two shots as well, but hit on a 3-pointer to go up 7-4 with 15:45 left in the first half.
After a slow start from both teams, the lid came off the baskets, especially from deep. On six straight possessions between both teams, 3-pointers were made on all but one play, which was an and-1. Hargress and Johnson each knocked down one from beyond the arc, with Hargress also getting the layup for the and-1, but did not make the free throw. After the final 3-pointer from BYU, the Cougars led 18-14 with 11 minutes left in the opening half.
Colorado took the lead after a four-point burst from Holland and a mid-range jumper from Hargress to put the Buffs up 21-18.
BYU responded with a 15-6 run with three more 3-pointers to take a 33-27 lead with 3:40 left in the first half.
As the first half was coming to a close, Johnson hit a step-back 3-pointer on the right wing to go into halftime down five, 37-32.
Colorado bothered BYU, forcing seven turnovers in the first half, with Dybantsa committing four. The Cougars used their 3-point shooting to stay ahead, making seven of their first eight from beyond the arc, but finished the half 7-of-11.
The Buffs shot 14-of-34 from the field and 3-of-11 from deep, but took care of the ball, only committing three turnovers. Of the five offensive rebounds for BYU, they only converted those into two second-chance points.
The second half started, and it was all CU. The Buffs went on a 13-0 run after two BYU free throws to start the half. Dak scored seven straight before a Hargress transition layup gave Colorado its largest lead of the game, 45-39, with 15:20 left in the game.
BYU made a run to tie the game at 45, but Hargress pushed the lead back with two straight 3-pointers to grow the lead up to 51-45.
After six straight from the Cougars to tie the game up, the score stayed at one score four over four minutes before BYU's 12th 3-pointer of the game and the third for Wright to go up 65-60 with eight minutes left.
Down the stretch of the game, both teams went back-and-forth scoring, with Hargress and Johnson carrying the load for Colorado and Wright for BYU. The CU duo scored seven straight for the Buffs while Wright put in eight of the last 11 points for the Cougars to take a 76-71 lead with 3:16 left in the game.
Colorado cut the lead to two points twice and took a timeout with 25 seconds left, trailing 78-76 after two straight stops on defense. Johnson took the inbounds pass, drove past Dybantsa, and put it in over the BYU shot blocker.
With one shot left, Dybantsa took a highly contested mid-range jump shot over Rancik and missed, sending the game to overtime, tied at 78.
Overtime began with Colorado struggling to shoot the ball, but crashed the glass, giving Rancik two free throws to tie the game at 82. On the following defensive possession, Jalin Holland was fouled on the defensive rebound, but missed the front end of the 1-and-1, leading to a BYU 3-pointer to give the Cougars an 85-82 lead with 1:15 left in overtime.
Colorado found three open looks from 3-point range on the following possession, but couldn't put any of them down, sending BYU to the free-throw line.
Colorado scored quickly, and after BYU missed the second free throw, the Cougars fouled Holland. After missing the first free throw, he intentionally missed the second, but BYU rebounded it and dribbled out the clock, finishing 90-86.
UP NEXT
Colorado returns home with only one game next week against Oklahoma State on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 1:30 p.m. on TNT/truTV.
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Team Stats
CU
BYU
FG%
.440
.468
3FG%
.281
.500
FT%
.611
.778
RB
39
46
TO
7
16
STL
6
5
Game Leaders
Pts
27
FGM
10
3FGM
4
FTM
3
Pts
20
FGM
7
3FGM
4
FTM
2
Pts
15
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
9
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
5
Players Mentioned
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