Colorado Beats Down Northern Arizona 98-51

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Colorado trounced Northern Arizona 98-51 on a night when they shot 67% from the floor. This one was all Colorado from the opening tip, as they jumped out to a 57-21 halftime lead and then cruised to victory in the second half. Spencer Dinwiddie had a big game for the Buffaloes and put up 15 points plus six rebounds (5 Ast 4 Stl). Askia Booker also had an outstanding game, scoring a game-high 17 points and adding four rebounds. Luis Flores got a season-high nine points on 75% shooting in his first extended action for the Lumberjacks. The next game will be on Saturday, December 29th when Colorado (9-2, 0-0 Pac 12) hosts Hartford (6-4, 0-0 America East).

NAU Players	Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
B	Luis Flores	11	9	0	0	1	0	0
B-	Max Jacobsen	31	10	6	0	1	1	3
B-	S. Saldivar	36	7	5	2	1	0	0
C+	Dewayne Russell	28	15	1	2	2	0	4
C-	Ben Olayinka	11	2	1	0	0	1	0
C-	Gabe Rogers	33	8	3	1	1	0	6
D+	Jordyn Martin	17	0	3	0	0	0	0
-	Michael Dunn	9	0	0	0	1	0	0
D-	G. Bewernick	18	0	1	1	0	0	3
-	Ephraim Ekanem	3	0	1	0	0	1	0

CU Players	Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	S. Dinwiddie	16	15	6	5	4	0	3
A+	Askia Booker	18	17	4	1	2	0	0
A+	Andre Roberson	24	10	8	3	2	1	0
A	Xavier Johnson	23	17	4	1	0	0	2
A	Josh Scott	23	11	4	3	0	2	2
A	Sabatino Chen	17	6	3	3	1	0	1
B	Jeremy Adams	16	8	1	1	2	0	1
B	Ben Mills	8	2	5	1	1	0	2
B-	Xavier Talton	20	6	2	2	0	0	2
B-	S. Harris-Tunks	9	3	2	0	1	1	1
C	Beau Gamble	5	3	0	1	0	0	0
C	Eli Stalzer	21	0	3	3	0	0	1

Colorado Game Notes:

• This game was statistically over in the 1st half with 1:55 left to go.
• This was the 1st foul out of the season for Eli Stalzer.
• Askia Booker has 3 straight double-digit point games.
• Andre Roberson has led the team in rebounding in 10 out of 11 games this season.
• CU has won 100% of the time this season (6-0) when opponents record 3 or fewer blocks.

Northern Arizona Game Notes:

• The top two scorers (Dewayne Russell and Max Jacobsen) accounted for 49.0% of the points.
• Max Jacobsen has led the team in rebounding 3 times in 11 games this season.
• The top two rebounders (Max Jacobsen and Stallon Saldivar) accounted for 50.0% of the rebounds.
• This was the 3rd blowout loss this season (a loss by 20 or more points). Over the past 5 seasons, NAU has been on the losing end of 18 blowout games.
• Dewayne Russell has 11 straight double-digit point games.

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