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Johnson scores 31, UCF takes down Cincinnati 88-80 in College Basketball Crown

AP
Apr 03, 2025

LAS VEGAS (AP) Darius Johnson's 31 points led UCF over Cincinnati 88-80 on Thursday in the College Basketball Crown.

Johnson also contributed seven assists for the Knights (19-16). Tyler Hendricks shot 3 of 5 from the field and 7 of 8 from the free-throw line to add 14 points. Moustapha Thiam went 6 of 9 from the field (1 for 3 from 3-point range) to finish with 13 points.

Day Day Thomas led the Bearcats (19-16) in scoring, finishing with 19 points and two steals. Dillon Mitchell added 17 points, 12 rebounds and six assists for Cincinnati. Simas Lukosius also had 11 points.

UCF entered halftime up 38-35. Johnson put up 18 second-half points.

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1st Half
CINCY
Bearcats
35
UCF
Knights
38

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Moustapha Thiam vs. Aziz Bandaogo (Jizzle James gains possession)
19:44		Josh Reed turnover (bad pass) (Dallan Coleman steals)
19:38		Dallan Coleman misses three point jump shot
19:36		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
19:05		Day Day Thomas misses three point jump shot
19:03		Nils Machowski defensive rebound
18:51		Moustapha Thiam misses three point jump shot
18:49		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
18:43		Dillon Mitchell misses two point layup
18:27	+2	Darius Johnson makes two point driving layup	0-2
18:08		Aziz Bandaogo turnover (traveling)
17:52		Darius Johnson turnover (lost ball) (Day Day Thomas steals)
17:50		Dallan Coleman personal foul (Day Day Thomas draws the foul)
17:45		Jizzle James misses three point jump shot
17:43		Knights defensive rebound
17:33		Nils Machowski misses three point jump shot
17:31		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
17:20		Jizzle James misses two point turnaround jump shot
17:18		Dallan Coleman defensive rebound
17:01		Darius Johnson misses two point jump shot
16:59		Josh Reed defensive rebound
16:39		Jizzle James misses three point jump shot
16:37		Tyler Hendricks defensive rebound
16:28	+3	Darius Johnson makes three point jump shot (Dallan Coleman assists)	0-5
16:08	+3	Day Day Thomas makes three point jump shot (Dillon Mitchell assists)	3-5
15:48	+3	Darius Johnson makes three point pullup jump shot	3-8
15:47		Bearcats 30 second timeout
15:47		TV timeout
15:30		Simas Lukošius misses three point jump shot
15:28		Nils Machowski defensive rebound
15:14	+2	Moustapha Thiam makes two point layup (Nils Machowski assists)	3-10
15:14		Day Day Thomas turnover (bad pass)
14:55		Darius Johnson turnover (lost ball) (Dan Skillings Jr. steals)
14:52	+2	Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point layup	5-10
14:31		Darius Johnson misses two point jump shot
14:29		Moustapha Thiam offensive rebound
14:23		Darius Johnson misses three point jump shot
14:21		Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound
14:09	+3	Day Day Thomas makes three point jump shot (Aziz Bandaogo assists)	8-10
14:01	+3	Nils Machowski makes three point jump shot (Darius Johnson assists)	8-13
13:52		Aziz Bandaogo offensive foul (Darius Johnson draws the foul)
13:52		Aziz Bandaogo turnover (offensive foul)
13:28		Benny Williams misses two point jump shot
13:26		Simas Lukošius defensive rebound
13:14	+2	Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point driving layup (Day Day Thomas assists)	10-13
13:00		Jordan Ivy-Curry misses three point jump shot
12:58		Day Day Thomas defensive rebound
12:47	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point stepback jump shot	12-13
12:35		Darius Johnson turnover (lost ball) (Halvine Dzellat steals)
12:28		Day Day Thomas misses three point jump shot
12:26		Benny Williams defensive rebound
12:24	+2	Darius Johnson makes two point layup	12-15
12:24		Day Day Thomas shooting foul (Darius Johnson draws the foul)
12:24	+1	Darius Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 1	12-16
11:58		Dior Johnson shooting foul (Rayvon Griffith draws the foul)
11:58		TV timeout
11:58		Rayvon Griffith misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:58		Rayvon Griffith misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:58		Dan Skillings Jr. offensive rebound
11:56		Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point layup
11:54		Rayvon Griffith offensive rebound
11:52		Nils Machowski shooting foul (Rayvon Griffith draws the foul)
11:52	+1	Rayvon Griffith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	13-16
11:52		Rayvon Griffith misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:52		Darius Johnson defensive rebound
11:36		Nils Machowski misses three point jump shot
11:34		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
11:15		Dillon Mitchell misses two point jump shot
11:14		Rayvon Griffith offensive rebound
11:14		Nils Machowski shooting foul (Rayvon Griffith draws the foul)
11:14	+1	Rayvon Griffith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	14-16
11:14	+1	Rayvon Griffith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	15-16
10:52	+2	Benny Williams makes two point layup	15-18
10:31	+2	Jizzle James makes two point stepback jump shot	17-18
10:16		Dior Johnson misses two point jump shot
10:14		Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound
10:08		Josh Reed turnover (lost ball)
9:53		Jizzle James personal foul
9:48		Darius Johnson misses three point jump shot
9:46		Josh Reed defensive rebound
9:19		Josh Reed misses three point jump shot
9:17		Darius Johnson defensive rebound
9:12		Josh Reed shooting foul (Tyler Hendricks draws the foul)
9:12	+1	Tyler Hendricks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	17-19
9:12	+1	Tyler Hendricks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-20
8:59	+3	Simas Lukošius makes three point jump shot (Dillon Mitchell assists)	20-20
8:39	+2	Moustapha Thiam makes two point alley-oop layup (Jordan Ivy-Curry assists)	20-22
8:21		Jizzle James misses three point stepback jump shot
8:19		Benny Williams defensive rebound
8:07		Jordan Ivy-Curry misses three point jump shot
8:05		Moustapha Thiam offensive rebound
7:57	+2	Jordan Ivy-Curry makes two point pullup jump shot	20-24
7:28		Jizzle James misses three point jump shot
7:26		Simas Lukošius offensive rebound
7:20	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point jump shot (Simas Lukošius assists)	22-24
7:05		Jordan Ivy-Curry misses two point jump shot
7:03		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
6:56		Moustapha Thiam shooting foul (Aziz Bandaogo draws the foul)
6:56		TV timeout
6:56		Aziz Bandaogo misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:56	+1	Aziz Bandaogo makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-24
6:47		Darius Johnson misses two point layup
6:45		Knights offensive rebound
6:43		Darius Johnson turnover (bad pass) (Dan Skillings Jr. steals)
6:37	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point running dunk (Dan Skillings Jr. assists)	25-24
6:07		Jordan Ivy-Curry misses two point jump shot
6:05		Moustapha Thiam offensive rebound
5:57	+2	Moustapha Thiam makes two point hook shot	25-26
5:29	+3	Dillon Mitchell makes three point jump shot (Aziz Bandaogo assists)	28-26
5:15		Tyler Betsey shooting foul (Tyler Hendricks draws the foul)
5:15	+1	Tyler Hendricks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-27
5:15	+1	Tyler Hendricks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-28
4:55		Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point jump shot
4:53		Moustapha Thiam defensive rebound
4:44	+2	Dior Johnson makes two point turnaround jump shot (Darius Johnson assists)	28-30
4:16		Aziz Bandaogo turnover (lost ball) (Darius Johnson steals)
4:06		Darius Johnson turnover (bad pass) (Dillon Mitchell steals)
4:04	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point driving layup	30-30
4:04		Moustapha Thiam shooting foul (Dillon Mitchell draws the foul)
4:04		Dillon Mitchell misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:47		Day Day Thomas personal foul
3:47		TV timeout
3:41		Benny Williams misses two point jump shot
3:39		Halvine Dzellat defensive rebound
3:30	+2	Jizzle James makes two point pullup jump shot (Dillon Mitchell assists)	32-30
3:12	+2	Tyler Hendricks makes two point jump shot	32-32
2:49		Jizzle James misses three point jump shot
2:47		Dallan Coleman defensive rebound
2:37		Jordan Ivy-Curry misses two point driving layup
2:35		Benny Williams offensive rebound
2:26	+2	Dallan Coleman makes two point layup	32-34
2:13		Halvine Dzellat misses two point layup
2:11		Bearcats offensive rebound
1:59		Simas Lukošius misses three point jump shot
1:57		Darius Johnson defensive rebound
1:53	+2	Darius Johnson makes two point layup	32-36
1:32		Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point jump shot
1:30		Bearcats offensive rebound
1:30		Knights 30 second timeout
1:16	+3	Rayvon Griffith makes three point jump shot (Dan Skillings Jr. assists)	35-36
0:59		Darius Johnson misses three point jump shot
0:57		Rayvon Griffith defensive rebound
0:43		Dan Skillings Jr. misses three point jump shot
0:41		Darius Johnson defensive rebound
0:31		Rayvon Griffith personal foul (Jordan Ivy-Curry draws the foul)
0:31	+1	Jordan Ivy-Curry makes regular free throw 1 of 2	35-37
0:31	+1	Jordan Ivy-Curry makes regular free throw 2 of 2	35-38
0:05		Simas Lukošius misses three point jump shot
0:03		Dallan Coleman defensive rebound
0:01		Dallan Coleman misses three point jump shot
0:00		Knights offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
CINCY
Bearcats
45
UCF
Knights
50

Time		Play	Score
19:43	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point pullup jump shot (Aziz Bandaogo assists)	37-38
19:15		Dallan Coleman misses three point jump shot
19:13		Bearcats defensive rebound
18:54	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point reverse layup	39-38
18:36	+3	Nils Machowski makes three point jump shot (Darius Johnson assists)	39-41
18:16		Jizzle James misses two point jump shot
18:14		Dallan Coleman defensive rebound
18:09		Dallan Coleman misses three point jump shot
18:07		Knights offensive rebound
18:07		Josh Reed personal foul
17:47		Darius Johnson misses three point jump shot
17:45		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
17:39		Josh Reed misses three point jump shot
17:37		Dillon Mitchell offensive rebound
17:33	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point layup	41-41
17:28	+2	Tyler Hendricks makes two point jump shot	41-43
17:11		Dillon Mitchell misses two point turnaround jump shot
17:09		Tyler Hendricks defensive rebound
17:01		Day Day Thomas personal foul (Darius Johnson draws the foul)
16:55		Jizzle James shooting foul (Darius Johnson draws the foul)
16:55	+1	Darius Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	41-44
16:55		Darius Johnson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:55		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
16:43		Darius Johnson shooting foul (Jizzle James draws the foul)
16:43	+1	Jizzle James makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-44
16:43	+1	Jizzle James makes regular free throw 2 of 2	43-44
16:30		Jordan Ivy-Curry misses three point jump shot
16:28		Nils Machowski offensive rebound
16:21		Moustapha Thiam misses two point jump shot
16:19		Simas Lukošius defensive rebound
16:15		Benny Williams personal foul (Simas Lukošius draws the foul)
16:03	+3	Simas Lukošius makes three point jump shot (Dan Skillings Jr. assists)	46-44
15:46	+3	Nils Machowski makes three point jump shot (Darius Johnson assists)	46-47
15:19		Jizzle James misses two point jump shot
15:17		Benny Williams defensive rebound
15:14	+3	Darius Johnson makes three point jump shot	46-50
14:48		Moustapha Thiam blocks Josh Reed's two point layup
14:47		Knights defensive rebound
14:47		TV timeout
14:26	+2	Benny Williams makes two point layup (Darius Johnson assists)	46-52
14:18		Jizzle James misses three point jump shot
14:16		Bearcats offensive rebound
14:16		Darius Johnson personal foul
14:02		Rayvon Griffith misses three point jump shot
14:00		Bearcats offensive rebound
13:58		Halvine Dzellat turnover (traveling)
13:44		Halvine Dzellat personal foul
13:30		Darius Johnson misses three point jump shot
13:28		Day Day Thomas defensive rebound
13:24		Day Day Thomas turnover (bad pass) (Darius Johnson steals)
13:14	+2	Nils Machowski makes two point layup (Benny Williams assists)	46-54
13:00	+2	Rayvon Griffith makes two point jump shot	48-54
12:43		Nils Machowski turnover (lost ball) (Day Day Thomas steals)
12:37	+2	Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point alley-oop dunk (Simas Lukošius assists)	50-54
12:20		Jordan Ivy-Curry misses three point jump shot
12:18		Day Day Thomas defensive rebound
12:12	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point pullup jump shot	52-54
11:59		Knights 30 second timeout
11:59		TV timeout
11:42	+3	Tyler Hendricks makes three point stepback jump shot	52-57
11:36		Tyler Hendricks personal foul (Dillon Mitchell draws the foul)
11:36		TV timeout
11:27	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point jump shot	54-57
11:07		Halvine Dzellat shooting foul (Jordan Ivy-Curry draws the foul)
11:07	+1	Jordan Ivy-Curry makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-58
11:07		Jordan Ivy-Curry misses regular free throw 2 of 2
11:07		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
10:46	+3	Josh Reed makes three point jump shot (Dillon Mitchell assists)	57-58
10:29		Tyler Hendricks misses two point jump shot
10:27		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
10:14	+3	Day Day Thomas makes three point jump shot (Dillon Mitchell assists)	60-58
9:50	+3	Moustapha Thiam makes three point jump shot (Darius Johnson assists)	60-61
9:38		Day Day Thomas misses three point jump shot
9:36		Jordan Ivy-Curry defensive rebound
9:31		Tyler Hendricks misses two point layup
9:29		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
9:24		Josh Reed misses three point jump shot
9:22		Tyler Hendricks defensive rebound
9:14		Darius Johnson misses three point jump shot
9:12		Simas Lukošius defensive rebound
9:02		Josh Reed misses three point jump shot
9:00		Bearcats offensive rebound
9:00		Moustapha Thiam personal foul (Dillon Mitchell draws the foul)
8:58		Day Day Thomas turnover (bad pass) (Dallan Coleman steals)
8:47	+2	Dior Johnson makes two point layup	60-63
8:31		Josh Reed misses three point jump shot
8:29		Day Day Thomas offensive rebound
8:21	+3	Josh Reed makes three point jump shot (Day Day Thomas assists)	63-63
8:02		Josh Reed personal foul (Jordan Ivy-Curry draws the foul)
8:02		TV timeout
8:02		Josh Reed technical foul
8:02	+1	Jordan Ivy-Curry makes technical free throw 1 of 2	63-64
8:02	+1	Jordan Ivy-Curry makes technical free throw 2 of 2	63-65
7:47		Jordan Ivy-Curry turnover (lost ball)
7:25		Benny Williams personal foul (Day Day Thomas draws the foul)
7:22		Day Day Thomas misses two point jump shot
7:20		Aziz Bandaogo offensive rebound
7:17	+2	Aziz Bandaogo makes two point tip layup	65-65
7:01	+2	Darius Johnson makes two point driving layup	65-67
6:40		Dillon Mitchell misses two point jump shot
6:38		Dior Johnson defensive rebound
6:31		Darius Johnson misses three point jump shot
6:29		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
6:15	+2	Jizzle James makes two point driving layup	67-67
5:41		Darius Johnson misses two point layup
5:39		Benny Williams offensive rebound
5:37	+2	Benny Williams makes two point putback dunk	67-69
5:34		Dior Johnson personal foul (Dan Skillings Jr. draws the foul)
5:34		Dan Skillings Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:34		Nils Machowski defensive rebound
5:15		Moustapha Thiam misses three point jump shot
5:13		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
5:06		Moustapha Thiam blocks Day Day Thomas's two point layup
5:04		Nils Machowski defensive rebound
4:58		Nils Machowski misses two point layup
4:56		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
4:52	+3	Day Day Thomas makes three point jump shot (Dillon Mitchell assists)	70-69
4:31	+2	Moustapha Thiam makes two point layup (Darius Johnson assists)	70-71
4:17		Dillon Mitchell misses two point hook shot
4:15		Moustapha Thiam defensive rebound
3:57	+3	Darius Johnson makes three point jump shot	70-74
3:48		Bearcats 30 second timeout
3:48		TV timeout
3:32		Dillon Mitchell misses two point alley-oop layup
3:30		Jordan Ivy-Curry defensive rebound
3:09	+2	Darius Johnson makes two point stepback jump shot	70-76
2:54		Simas Lukošius misses three point jump shot
2:52		Jordan Ivy-Curry defensive rebound
2:33	+3	Darius Johnson makes three point stepback jump shot	70-79
2:15	+3	Simas Lukošius makes three point jump shot (Aziz Bandaogo assists)	73-79
2:15		Bearcats 30 second timeout
1:48		Darius Johnson misses three point jump shot
1:46		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
1:39		Day Day Thomas misses two point driving layup
1:37		Dallan Coleman defensive rebound
1:15		Dallan Coleman misses two point jump shot
1:13		Simas Lukošius defensive rebound
1:13		Dallan Coleman personal foul (Simas Lukošius draws the foul)
1:13	+1	Simas Lukošius makes regular free throw 1 of 2	74-79
1:13	+1	Simas Lukošius makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-79
1:12		Dillon Mitchell personal foul (Tyler Hendricks draws the foul)
1:12	+1	Tyler Hendricks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	75-80
1:12	+1	Tyler Hendricks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-81
1:01		Simas Lukošius misses three point jump shot
0:59		Tyler Hendricks defensive rebound
0:51	+2	Moustapha Thiam makes two point dunk (Dallan Coleman assists)	75-83
0:48	+3	Day Day Thomas makes three point jump shot	78-83
0:47		Bearcats 60 second timeout
0:41		Josh Reed personal foul (Tyler Hendricks draws the foul)
0:41	+1	Tyler Hendricks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	78-84
0:41		Tyler Hendricks misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:41		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
0:36		Day Day Thomas misses three point jump shot
0:34		Jizzle James offensive rebound
0:28	+2	Jizzle James makes two point driving reverse layup	80-84
0:25		Knights 30 second timeout
0:23		Jordan Ivy-Curry turnover (bad pass) (Dan Skillings Jr. steals)
0:18		Jizzle James turnover (bad pass) (Jordan Ivy-Curry steals)
0:18		Jizzle James personal foul (Darius Johnson draws the foul)
0:18	+1	Darius Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	80-85
0:18	+1	Darius Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	80-86
0:12		Jizzle James misses two point layup
0:10		Dallan Coleman defensive rebound
0:01	+2	Darius Johnson makes two point layup	80-88
0:01		Simas Lukošius turnover (bad pass) (Moustapha Thiam steals)
0:00		End of period

Simas Lukošius turnover (bad pass) (Moustapha Thiam steals)