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Jakimovski leads Colorado past UCF 76-63 for first Big 12 win in almost 14 years

AP
Feb 15, 2025

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) Andrej Jakimovski scored 15 points and Julian Hammond III scored 11 points and Colorado earned its first Big 12 Conference win in almost 14 years beating UCF 76-63 on Saturday.

Prior to Saturday, Colorado's last win in the Big 12 before leaving for the Pac 12 was on March 10, 2011 when the Buffaloes beat Kansas State in the Big 12 Tournament.

Sebastian Rancik added 10 points for Colorado (10-15, 1-13) who outrebounded UCF (13-12, 4-10) 52-29 and grabbed 16 offensive rebounds that led to 17 points. The Buffs ended a 13-game losing streak to start their return to the conference.

Keyshawn Hall scored 19 points, Darius Johnson scored 15 points and reserve Nils Machowski 13 for UCF (13-12, 4-10).

Sebastian Rancik's layup with 8:07 remaining before halftime gave Colorado a 25-18 and the deficit appeared to be just what the Knights needed.

Machowski threw down a dunk, buried a 3-pointer and made a layup at the end of a 13-2 run that lasted four minutes and put UCF ahead 31-27 with 2:49 left before the break.

But Colorado made a run and outscored the Knights 11-5 in the last two-and-a-half minutes and Bangot Dak's layup as time expired put Colorado up 38-36 at the break.

Boston Celtics and NBA Champion Derrick White was on hand for the unveiling of his jersey on Colorado’s Wall of Honor. The ceremony took place during the first media timeout with just under 16 minutes left before halftime.

UCF heads to Stillwater, Oklahoma to face Oklahoma State on Wednesday. Colorado travels to play 10th-ranked Iowa State on Tuesday.

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1st Half
UCF
Knights
36
COLO
Buffaloes
38

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Moustapha Thiam vs. Andrej Jakimovski (Mikey Williams gains possession)
19:35		Keyshawn Hall misses two point jump shot
19:33		Andrej Jakimovski defensive rebound
19:18		Sebastian Rancik misses three point jump shot
19:16		Bangot Dak offensive rebound
19:16	+2	Bangot Dak makes two point layup	0-2
19:16		Mikey Williams shooting foul (Bangot Dak draws the foul)
19:16		Bangot Dak misses regular free throw 1 of 1
19:16		Keyshawn Hall defensive rebound
19:05		Julian Hammond III blocks Moustapha Thiam's two point layup
19:03		Moustapha Thiam offensive rebound
18:58	+2	Mikey Williams makes two point jump shot (Moustapha Thiam assists)	2-2
18:29	+2	Andrej Jakimovski makes two point layup (Bangot Dak assists)	2-4
18:08		Dallan Coleman misses three point jump shot
18:06		RJ Smith defensive rebound
18:02		Andrej Jakimovski turnover (bad pass)
17:52	+3	Keyshawn Hall makes three point jump shot (Darius Johnson assists)	5-4
17:35	+2	Julian Hammond III makes two point jump shot	5-6
17:22		Sebastian Rancik personal foul
17:17		Moustapha Thiam offensive foul
17:17		Moustapha Thiam turnover (offensive foul)
16:58		Julian Hammond III misses two point jump shot
16:56		Keyshawn Hall defensive rebound
16:40	+2	Keyshawn Hall makes two point layup	7-6
16:27		Bangot Dak misses two point jump shot
16:25		Mikey Williams defensive rebound
16:13		Moustapha Thiam turnover (lost ball) (Sebastian Rancik steals)
16:05		Sebastian Rancik turnover (bad pass) (Moustapha Thiam steals)
16:00		TV timeout
15:47		Darius Johnson turnover (bad pass) (Julian Hammond III steals)
15:39		Elijah Malone turnover (lost ball) (Dallan Coleman steals)
15:39		Mikey Williams misses two point jump shot
15:37		Assane Diop defensive rebound
15:00		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
14:58		Darius Johnson defensive rebound
14:49		Rokas Jocius misses two point jump shot
14:47		Assane Diop defensive rebound
14:39		Elijah Malone turnover (bad pass)
14:22	+2	Darius Johnson makes two point jump shot	9-6
14:13		Javon Ruffin turnover (lost ball) (Mikey Williams steals)
14:06		Mikey Williams misses three point jump shot
14:04		Assane Diop defensive rebound
13:51	+2	Elijah Malone makes two point layup (Javon Ruffin assists)	9-8
13:29		Darius Johnson misses three point jump shot
13:27		RJ Smith defensive rebound
13:10	+3	RJ Smith makes three point jump shot (Javon Ruffin assists)	9-11
12:49		Elijah Malone personal foul
12:47		Keyshawn Hall misses three point jump shot
12:45		RJ Smith defensive rebound
12:35		Keyshawn Hall blocks Sebastian Rancik's two point layup
12:33		Buffaloes offensive rebound
12:22		Keyshawn Hall personal foul
12:22	+1	Sebastian Rancik makes regular free throw 1 of 2	9-12
12:22	+1	Sebastian Rancik makes regular free throw 2 of 2	9-13
12:13		JJ Taylor turnover (lost ball) (Javon Ruffin steals)
12:04		Elijah Malone misses three point jump shot
12:02		Keyshawn Hall defensive rebound
11:56		Keyshawn Hall misses two point layup
11:55		Buffaloes defensive rebound
11:55		TV timeout
11:44		Andrej Jakimovski turnover (bad pass) (JJ Taylor steals)
11:40	+2	Darius Johnson makes two point layup (JJ Taylor assists)	11-13
11:08	+3	Javon Ruffin makes three point jump shot	11-16
10:34		Moustapha Thiam misses two point jump shot
10:32		Knights offensive rebound
10:22	+2	Darius Johnson makes two point jump shot	13-16
10:08	+3	Andrej Jakimovski makes three point jump shot (Bangot Dak assists)	13-19
9:39	+3	Darius Johnson makes three point jump shot	16-19
9:23	+3	Javon Ruffin makes three point jump shot (Andrej Jakimovski assists)	16-22
9:04		JJ Taylor misses three point jump shot
9:02		Javon Ruffin defensive rebound
8:59		Moustapha Thiam blocks Trevor Baskin's two point layup
8:57		Keyshawn Hall defensive rebound
8:47		RJ Smith shooting foul (Moustapha Thiam draws the foul)
8:47	+1	Moustapha Thiam makes regular free throw 1 of 2	17-22
8:47	+1	Moustapha Thiam makes regular free throw 2 of 2	18-22
8:36		Mikey Williams shooting foul (Trevor Baskin draws the foul)
8:36		Trevor Baskin misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:36	+1	Trevor Baskin makes regular free throw 2 of 2	18-23
8:13		Benny Williams turnover (bad pass) (Bangot Dak steals)
8:07	+2	Sebastian Rancik makes two point layup	18-25
8:01		Knights 60 second timeout
8:01		TV timeout
7:46		Dallan Coleman misses two point layup
7:44		Assane Diop defensive rebound
7:35		Dallan Coleman personal foul
7:18		Sebastian Rancik misses three point jump shot
7:16		Nils Machowski defensive rebound
6:52	+3	Moustapha Thiam makes three point jump shot (Benny Williams assists)	21-25
6:28		Moustapha Thiam blocks Andrej Jakimovski's two point layup
6:26		Assane Diop offensive rebound
6:25		Nils Machowski shooting foul (Assane Diop draws the foul)
6:25	+1	Assane Diop makes regular free throw 1 of 2	21-26
6:25	+1	Assane Diop makes regular free throw 2 of 2	21-27
6:05		Moustapha Thiam misses three point jump shot
6:03		Julian Hammond III defensive rebound
5:58		Sebastian Rancik turnover (lost ball) (Nils Machowski steals)
5:52	+2	Keyshawn Hall makes two point layup (Nils Machowski assists)	23-27
5:29		Javon Ruffin misses three point jump shot
5:27		Javon Ruffin offensive rebound
5:23		Moustapha Thiam blocks Assane Diop's two point layup
5:21		Nils Machowski defensive rebound
5:11		Darius Johnson misses three point jump shot
5:09		Sebastian Rancik defensive rebound
5:01		Julian Hammond III turnover (lost ball) (Darius Johnson steals)
4:56		Elijah Malone shooting foul (Keyshawn Hall draws the foul)
4:56		Keyshawn Hall misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:56	+1	Keyshawn Hall makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-27
4:44		Javon Ruffin turnover (bad pass) (Nils Machowski steals)
4:40	+2	Nils Machowski makes two point dunk	26-27
4:22		Sebastian Rancik misses two point layup
4:20		Sebastian Rancik offensive rebound
4:19		Sebastian Rancik misses two point layup
4:17		Tyler Hendricks defensive rebound
4:12	+3	Nils Machowski makes three point jump shot (Tyler Hendricks assists)	29-27
3:38		RJ Smith misses three point jump shot
3:36		Knights defensive rebound
3:36		TV timeout
3:18		Tyler Hendricks misses three point jump shot
3:16		Sebastian Rancik defensive rebound
3:00		Sebastian Rancik turnover (bad pass) (Nils Machowski steals)
2:49	+2	Nils Machowski makes two point layup	31-27
2:34	+2	Bangot Dak makes two point layup	31-29
2:19		Darius Johnson turnover (bad pass)
2:08		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
2:06		Keyshawn Hall defensive rebound
1:57	+2	Keyshawn Hall makes two point layup	33-29
1:57		Andrej Jakimovski shooting foul (Keyshawn Hall draws the foul)
1:57	+1	Keyshawn Hall makes regular free throw 1 of 1	34-29
1:39		Trevor Baskin misses three point jump shot
1:37		Bangot Dak offensive rebound
1:37	+2	Bangot Dak makes two point layup	34-31
1:37		Tyler Hendricks shooting foul (Bangot Dak draws the foul)
1:37	+1	Bangot Dak makes regular free throw 1 of 1	34-32
1:29		Bangot Dak blocks Moustapha Thiam's two point dunk
1:27		Julian Hammond III defensive rebound
1:24		Darius Johnson shooting foul (RJ Smith draws the foul)
1:24	+1	RJ Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-33
1:24	+1	RJ Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	34-34
1:05		Moustapha Thiam misses three point jump shot
1:03		Julian Hammond III defensive rebound
0:37		Dallan Coleman shooting foul (Julian Hammond III draws the foul)
0:37	+1	Julian Hammond III makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-35
0:37	+1	Julian Hammond III makes regular free throw 2 of 2	34-36
0:17		Darius Johnson misses two point layup
0:15		Darius Johnson offensive rebound
0:15	+2	Darius Johnson makes two point layup	36-36
0:01	+2	Bangot Dak makes two point layup (Sebastian Rancik assists)	36-38
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
UCF
Knights
27
COLO
Buffaloes
38

Time		Play	Score
19:45		Julian Hammond III turnover (lost ball) (Dallan Coleman steals)
19:45		Bangot Dak personal foul
19:30		Keyshawn Hall misses two point layup
19:28		Keyshawn Hall offensive rebound
19:27		Keyshawn Hall misses two point layup
19:25		Sebastian Rancik defensive rebound
19:22		Andrej Jakimovski turnover (lost ball) (Dallan Coleman steals)
19:04		Dallan Coleman misses two point jump shot
19:02		Andrej Jakimovski defensive rebound
18:50	+2	Sebastian Rancik makes two point layup	36-40
18:35		Moustapha Thiam misses two point dunk
18:33		Sebastian Rancik defensive rebound
18:17		Bangot Dak misses two point layup
18:15		Bangot Dak offensive rebound
18:13		Bangot Dak misses two point layup
18:11		Bangot Dak offensive rebound
18:10		Julian Hammond III misses three point jump shot
18:08		Knights defensive rebound
17:55		RJ Smith blocks Darius Johnson's two point jump shot
17:53		Bangot Dak defensive rebound
17:41		RJ Smith misses three point jump shot
17:39		Darius Johnson defensive rebound
17:23		Darius Johnson misses two point layup
17:21		RJ Smith defensive rebound
17:17		Moustapha Thiam blocks Julian Hammond III's two point layup
17:15		Julian Hammond III offensive rebound
17:14		Darius Johnson personal foul
17:12		Julian Hammond III misses two point jump shot
17:10		Keyshawn Hall defensive rebound
16:53		Dallan Coleman misses three point jump shot
16:51		Andrej Jakimovski defensive rebound
16:44		Julian Hammond III misses three point jump shot
16:42		Andrej Jakimovski offensive rebound
16:39		RJ Smith misses three point jump shot
16:37		Buffaloes offensive rebound
16:37		Dallan Coleman personal foul
16:18	+2	Elijah Malone makes two point layup	36-42
16:01		Andrej Jakimovski personal foul
15:57	+3	Keyshawn Hall makes three point jump shot	39-42
15:31	+3	Andrej Jakimovski makes three point jump shot (RJ Smith assists)	39-45
15:17		Mikey Williams misses two point jump shot
15:15		Andrej Jakimovski defensive rebound
15:10	+2	Andrej Jakimovski makes two point layup	39-47
15:04		Knights 60 second timeout
15:04		TV timeout
14:53	+2	Keyshawn Hall makes two point layup	41-47
14:30		Javon Ruffin turnover (bad pass)
14:30		TV timeout
14:08		Julian Hammond III blocks Keyshawn Hall's two point layup
14:06		Moustapha Thiam offensive rebound
13:57		Knights turnover (shot clock violation)
13:43		Julian Hammond III misses two point jump shot
13:41		Assane Diop offensive rebound
13:40		Keyshawn Hall shooting foul (Assane Diop draws the foul)
13:40	+1	Assane Diop makes regular free throw 1 of 2	41-48
13:40	+1	Assane Diop makes regular free throw 2 of 2	41-49
13:27		Keyshawn Hall turnover (bad pass) (Assane Diop steals)
13:16		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
13:14		Mikey Williams defensive rebound
13:05		Moustapha Thiam misses three point jump shot
13:03		Knights offensive rebound
13:03		Javon Ruffin personal foul
13:01		Benny Williams misses three point jump shot
12:59		RJ Smith defensive rebound
12:50		Elijah Malone turnover (lost ball)
12:32		Benny Williams misses two point layup
12:30		Elijah Malone defensive rebound
12:19	+2	Javon Ruffin makes two point layup	41-51
12:19		Moustapha Thiam shooting foul (Javon Ruffin draws the foul)
12:19		Javon Ruffin misses regular free throw 1 of 1
12:19		Nils Machowski defensive rebound
12:05		Sebastian Rancik shooting foul (Mikey Williams draws the foul)
12:05	+1	Mikey Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-51
12:05	+1	Mikey Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	43-51
11:41	+2	RJ Smith makes two point jump shot (Trevor Baskin assists)	43-53
11:27	+2	Darius Johnson makes two point jump shot	45-53
10:57	+2	Assane Diop makes two point jump shot	45-55
10:45		RJ Smith personal foul
10:45		TV timeout
10:37	+3	Nils Machowski makes three point jump shot (Keyshawn Hall assists)	48-55
10:14		Moustapha Thiam personal foul
10:01		Bangot Dak misses three point jump shot
9:59		Keyshawn Hall defensive rebound
9:53		Mikey Williams misses two point layup
9:51		Knights offensive rebound
9:42		Mikey Williams misses three point jump shot
9:40		RJ Smith defensive rebound
9:15		Moustapha Thiam blocks Sebastian Rancik's two point layup
9:13		Buffaloes offensive rebound
9:09		Sebastian Rancik misses two point jump shot
9:07		Keyshawn Hall defensive rebound
9:07		Trevor Baskin personal foul
8:57		Mikey Williams misses two point layup
8:55		Sebastian Rancik defensive rebound
8:50		Trevor Baskin turnover (lost ball) (Dallan Coleman steals)
8:41		Keyshawn Hall misses three point jump shot
8:39		Julian Hammond III defensive rebound
8:22		Sebastian Rancik turnover (bad pass)
7:57		Andrej Jakimovski shooting foul
7:57		TV timeout
7:57	+1	Keyshawn Hall makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-55
7:57	+1	Keyshawn Hall makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-55
7:33		Javon Ruffin misses three point jump shot
7:31		Nils Machowski defensive rebound
7:26		Julian Hammond III personal foul
7:26		Dallan Coleman misses regular free throw 1 of 1
7:26		Andrej Jakimovski defensive rebound
7:04	+3	Andrej Jakimovski makes three point jump shot (Bangot Dak assists)	50-58
6:48		Bangot Dak personal foul
6:48	+1	Moustapha Thiam makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-58
6:48	+1	Moustapha Thiam makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-58
6:31		Keyshawn Hall personal foul
6:28	+2	Andrej Jakimovski makes two point jump shot (Julian Hammond III assists)	52-60
6:02		Moustapha Thiam misses three point jump shot
6:00		Knights offensive rebound
6:00		Andrej Jakimovski personal foul
6:00	+1	Dallan Coleman makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-60
6:00		Dallan Coleman misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:00		Assane Diop defensive rebound
5:42		Bangot Dak misses two point layup
5:40		Assane Diop offensive rebound
5:36		Julian Hammond III misses two point jump shot
5:34		Moustapha Thiam defensive rebound
5:29		Dallan Coleman misses three point jump shot
5:27		Assane Diop defensive rebound
5:20		Nils Machowski personal foul
5:20	+1	Julian Hammond III makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-61
5:20	+1	Julian Hammond III makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-62
4:56		Mikey Williams misses two point layup
4:54		Elijah Malone defensive rebound
4:40		Elijah Malone misses two point layup
4:38		Elijah Malone offensive rebound
4:38	+2	Elijah Malone makes two point layup	53-64
4:29		Knights 30 second timeout
4:29		TV timeout
4:20		Keyshawn Hall misses two point layup
4:18		Elijah Malone defensive rebound
4:01		Elijah Malone offensive foul
4:01		Elijah Malone turnover (offensive foul)
3:50		Darius Johnson misses three point jump shot
3:48		Elijah Malone defensive rebound
3:48		Moustapha Thiam personal foul
3:48	+1	Elijah Malone makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-65
3:48		Elijah Malone misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:48		Sebastian Rancik offensive rebound
3:48	+2	Sebastian Rancik makes two point layup	53-67
3:34		RJ Smith personal foul
3:34	+1	Darius Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-67
3:34	+1	Darius Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-67
3:04		Julian Hammond III turnover (lost ball) (Keyshawn Hall steals)
3:04		Julian Hammond III personal foul
3:04	+1	Nils Machowski makes regular free throw 1 of 2	56-67
3:04		Nils Machowski misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:04		Assane Diop defensive rebound
2:38	+3	Julian Hammond III makes three point jump shot (Assane Diop assists)	56-70
2:24		Bangot Dak blocks Darius Johnson's two point layup
2:22		Buffaloes defensive rebound
2:18		Darius Johnson personal foul
2:18	+1	Julian Hammond III makes regular free throw 1 of 2	56-71
2:18	+1	Julian Hammond III makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-72
2:09	+2	Mikey Williams makes two point layup (Nils Machowski assists)	58-72
2:05		Mikey Williams personal foul
2:05	+1	RJ Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-73
2:05	+1	RJ Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-74
1:57	+2	Mikey Williams makes two point layup	60-74
1:27		Julian Hammond III misses two point layup
1:25		Nils Machowski defensive rebound
1:15		Assane Diop personal foul
1:15	+1	Keyshawn Hall makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-74
1:15		Keyshawn Hall misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:15		Andrej Jakimovski defensive rebound
0:55	+2	Sebastian Rancik makes two point dunk	61-76
0:44	+2	Nils Machowski makes two point layup	63-76
0:18		Buffaloes turnover (shot clock violation)
0:00		End of period

Buffaloes turnover (shot clock violation)