\u2014 NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n NC State threw a long inbound pass but couldn\u2019t get a clean look, and the Longhorns\u2019 bench raced onto the floor to celebrate.<\/p>\n Informed after the game that Tuesday was his fifth career game winner \u2014 a stat he seemed surprised by \u2014 Mark was nonplussed.<\/p>\n \u201cI work on those type of shots all the time,\u201d he said. \u201cSo it\u2019s just routine for me, really.\u201d<\/p>\n Four Texas players scored in double figures, led by Mark\u2019s 17. He also snagged five rebounds and two steals and blocked two shots. Chendall Weaver came off the bench and added 11 points, 10 boards and two steals. NC State\u2019s Darrion Williams led all scorers with 21 points, but he scored only 7 in the second half. Texas dominated the rebounding battle 45-33.<\/p>\n It was the Longhorns\u2019 second win over NC State this season after beating the Wolfpack 102-97 in November in Maui, Hawaii. Miller said the NCAA Tournament can \u201cbring some anxiety,\u201d a nod to both teams\u2019 shooting less than 40 percent on the night, but he credited the Longhorns\u2019 tough conference schedule for Tuesday\u2019s win.<\/p>\n \u201cPlaying in the SEC, you have to be resilient,\u201d said Miller, in his first year at UT. \u201cThose 18 or 19 (conference) games, it prepares these guys.\u201d<\/p>\n \n Ose Okojie had a game-high 23 points in the Bison\u2019s 86-83 victory, the program\u2019s first in the NCAA Tournament. (Dylan Buell \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n Howard makes history, advances to face No. 1 Michigan<\/p>\n Ose Okojie scored 23 points, and the Bison earned their first NCAA Tournament win by edging the University of Maryland, Baltimore County 86-83<\/a>.<\/p>\n It was Howard\u2019s third NCAA Tournament appearance under seventh-year coach Kenny Blakeney. The Bison play Michigan on Thursday in Buffalo, N.Y.<\/p>\n The loss snapped UMBC\u2019s 12-game winning streak. The Retrievers, forever known as the first 16th-seeded program to knock off a No. 1 seed in the men\u2019s tournament \u2014 with a hilarious social media feed to boot \u2014 hadn\u2019t lost a game since Jan. 29.<\/p>\n And for a bit, it looked like they weren\u2019t going to lose Tuesday, either.<\/p>\n UMBC trailed the entire second half, but after Howard missed the front end on consecutive one-and-ones, DJ Armstrong Jr. drained a 3-pointer to bring the Retrievers within 83-81 with 43 seconds to play. But Bryce Harris, a fifth-year senior and the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year, had an answer. Harris hit a tough turnaround jumper in the lane with 13 seconds left to give Howard some breathing room.<\/p>\n WHAT A SHOT!<\/p>\n HOWARD LEADS BY FOUR \ud83d\udd25#MarchMadness<\/a> @HUMensBB<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/QWbp5YMK8N<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Howard](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2267113156-scaled.jpg\")
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