Houston vs. Idaho box score: Full stats from 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament game

The Houston Cougars suffered a heartbreaking end to last season in the National Championship Game. However, this is their road to redemption. 

Kelvin Sampson's team faces No. 15 seed Idaho Vandals in the South Region in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night. Houston was the preseason No. 2 and missed out on a No. 1 seed. The Cougars (28-6) are coming off a 79-74 loss to Arizona in the Big 12 title game. On the other side, Idaho (21-14) won the Big Sky Tournament to make their first tourney appearance since 1990. 

Here is a look at the box score from Thursday's first round South Region game in Oklahoma City. 

Houston vs. Idaho March Madness box score

12T

Idaho	24		24
Houston	48		48

Houston stats

STARTERSMINPTSFG3PTREBASTPFFTSTLBLK

5C. Cenac JrC	18	7	2-3	1-2	16	0	2	2-2	1	0
4K. FlemingsG	18	14	6-8	0-0	5	3	2	2-2	0	0
21E. SharpG	14	12	4-5	3-3	1	1	2	1-1	1	0
11J. TuglerF	18	9	3-10	0-0	3	0	1	3-4	1	1
7M. UzanG	22	7	3-9	1-3	2	3	1	0-0	0	0

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BENCHMINPTSFG3PTREBASTPFFTSTLBLK

1I. HarwellG	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
8C. LathC	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
24C. McCartyF	5	0	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0-0	0	0
13J. McFarlandC	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
25M. MillerG	13	2	1-3	0-0	0	0	1	0-1	0	0
14K. SakhoF	5	0	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0-1	0	0
3R. Walker Jr.G	3	0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0-0	0

Idaho stats

STARTERSMINPTSFG3PTREBASTPFFTSTLBLK

5I. BricknerG	18	4	1-7	0-2	3	1	0	2-3	1	0
3B. JohnsonG	19	5	2-7	1-5	2	2	3	0-1	0	0
14K. MitchellG	22	7	2-3	1-2	2	1	1	2-3	2	2
12J. RasmussenF	21	5	2-7	0-2	4	1	1	1-3	0	1
0B. RowburyF	18	1	0-2	0-1	3	0	2	1-2	1	0

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BENCHMINPTSFG3PTREBASTPFFTSTLBLK

1T. BlassingameG	9	2	1-4	0-1	1	0	2	0-0	0	0
21S. JobaF	5	0	0-2	0-1	1	0	1	0-0	0	0
24M. KlapperG	1	0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0-0	0	0
7J. PayneG	4	3	1-4	1-4	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
4A. SevillaG	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
15E. SteeleF	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0

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