Has an NCAA Men's Basketball game ever ended 98-95?
Yes. NCAA Men's Basketball has seen a final score of 98-95 16 times. It first happened on January 29, 2002, when Marshall Thundering Herd beat Ball State Cardinals, and most recently on January 8, 2025, when Valparaiso Beacons beat Indiana State Sycamores.
That makes 98-95 the 1373rd most common final score out of 3,866 that have ever occurred in NCAA Men's Basketball. One point away, 99-95 has happened 12 times and 98-96 has happened 13 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.
Every 98-95 in NCAA Men's Basketball history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-08 | Valparaiso Beacons over Indiana State Sycamores | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-13 | USC Trojans over UT Arlington Mavericks | 2025 | |
| 2022-11-07 | UNC Asheville Bulldogs over UCF Knights | 2023 | |
| 2021-03-10 | Utah Utes over Washington Huskies | 2021 | |
| 2020-01-25 | North Carolina A&T Aggies over Bethune-Cookman Wildcats | 2020 | |
| 2019-03-07 | Howard Bison over Norfolk State Spartans | 2019 | |
| 2019-03-02 | Bethune-Cookman Wildcats over South Carolina State Bulldogs | 2019 | |
| 2016-02-07 | James Madison Dukes over Hofstra Pride | 2016 | |
| 2015-12-29 | Maine Black Bears over Quinnipiac Bobcats | 2016 | |
| 2015-01-31 | Eastern Washington Eagles over Idaho Vandals | 2015 | |
| 2012-01-21 | Chicago State Cougars over Houston Christian Huskies | 2012 | |
| 2010-02-12 | Pittsburgh Panthers over West Virginia Mountaineers | 2010 | |
| 2006-11-09 | Chicago State Cougars over St. Bonaventure Bonnies | 2007 | |
| 2004-02-26 | UC Santa Barbara Gauchos over Cal State Fullerton Titans | 2004 | |
| 2002-02-28 | Prairie View A&M Panthers over Southern Jaguars | 2002 | |
| 2002-01-29 | Marshall Thundering Herd over Ball State Cardinals | 2002 |
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