Arizona Gets 71-57 Win Over Colorado

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On February 9th on the road, the Buffaloes lost to the Wildcats in Pac 12 play, 71-57.
A note about the game: The Buffaloes beat the Wildcats this year, so this loss splits their regular season games.
Arizona dominated the stats in free throw shooting and also gained an advantage in defensive rebounding.

Arizona used its advantage on the boards to create more possessions with a total of 35 defensive rebounds to only 24 from Colorado. Free throw shooting paid off for the Wildcats, with 26 of their total points coming from the line as opposed to nine for the Buffaloes.
Andre Roberson led all scoring for the Buffaloes with 12 points on 50% shooting in 29 minutes.

CU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Andre Roberson 29 12 11 2 1 3 1 B Austin Dufault 35 10 7 2 0 0 0 B Nate Tomlinson 34 9 2 4 0 0 1 B S. DinWiddie 33 10 2 3 3 0 2 C+ Carlon Brown 30 11 2 3 0 0 3 C Askia Booker 18 4 3 1 0 0 2 D- S. Harris-Tunks 12 1 0 0 0 1 2 - Sabatino Chen 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Jeremy Adams 3 0 1 0 0 0 0

Arizona Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ Solomon Hill 37 16 14 3 1 0 1 A+ Jesse Perry 32 17 11 2 1 1 0 B+ Kyle Fogg 31 15 5 1 1 1 2 B Angelo Chol 12 8 1 0 0 2 1 C+ Nick Johnson 34 9 5 2 0 1 4 C+ Josiah Turner 30 6 4 2 0 0 2 D B. Lavender 24 0 0 2 0 0 1

This drops the Buffaloes to 16-8. They've dropped to 3rd place in the Pac 12 as their conference record goes to 8-4. They're now 3-7 against the RPI Top 100 (Arizona #64).
Next is Arizona State on the road on February 11th.
Colorado Game Notes:

• Andre Roberson accounted for 35.4% of the team's rebounds.
• Andre Roberson recorded a double-double. It was his 15th this season and 20th of his career.
• The Buffaloes have lost 100% of the time this season (0-3) after having a field goal percentage of 37.3% or worse.
• This game was statistically over in the 2nd half with 0:48 left to go.
• Colorado has lost 85% of the time this season (1-6) after recording 31 or fewer rebounds.

Arizona Game Notes:

• Jesse Perry has led the team in scoring 5 times in 25 games this season.
• Solomon Hill accounted for 32.5% of the team's rebounds.
• Kyle Fogg has 3 straight double-digit point games.
• Solomon Hill set a career high with 14 rebounds and 10 defensive rebounds.
• Jesse Perry recorded the 11th double digit rebound game of his career.

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Originally posted by Fight CU
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