Colorado Beats Murray State, 81-74

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On November 18th at a neutral site, the Buffaloes beat the Racers, 81-74.
Colorado defeated Murray State while maintaining a strong statistical advantage in defensive rebounding and free throw shooting.

Colorado used its advantage on the boards to generate more possessions with a total of 26 defensive rebounds to their 17. Free throw shooting paid off, with 27 points coming from free throws for the Buffaloes to eight for the Racers.
Askia Booker led the Buffaloes against the Racers with 23 points on 55% shooting in 33 minutes. Spencer Dinwiddie helped out with 11 free throws.

CU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Andre Roberson 37 16 9 1 2 1 3 A Askia Booker 33 23 2 2 4 0 2 B+ S. Dinwiddie 35 14 4 3 2 0 4 B Josh Scott 31 13 6 0 0 0 2 C+ Sabatino Chen 34 8 5 0 0 0 2 D+ Xavier Johnson 12 2 1 0 0 0 1 - Eli Stalzer 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 - Xavier Talton 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Jeremy Adams 4 5 3 0 0 0 0 - S. Harris-Tunks 3 0 0 0 0 0 1

MURRAY Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Ed Daniel 30 20 10 1 3 1 5 A Dexter Fields 39 18 3 0 2 0 0 A Isaiah Canaan 34 21 3 2 1 1 2 B Stacy Wilson 34 8 2 7 3 0 5 C+ Erik McCree 12 2 5 0 0 0 1 C Brandon Garrett 18 2 3 2 0 1 2 D+ C.J. Ford 13 0 1 1 1 0 0 D+ Terron Gilmore 14 2 1 1 0 0 2 - Zay Henderson 5 1 1 0 0 0 0

The Buffaloes are now 4-0.
The next game is against Air Force at home on November 25th.
Colorado Game Notes:

• Andre Roberson has led the team in rebounding in 3 out of 4 games this season.
• The top two rebounders (Andre Roberson and Josh Scott) accounted for 42.8% of the rebounds.
• This marks the 1st 20-point game of Askia Booker's career.
• Spencer Dinwiddie has 4 straight double-digit point games.
• The top two scorers (Askia Booker and Andre Roberson) accounted for 48.1% of the points.

Murray State Game Notes:

• The top two scorers (Isaiah Canaan and Ed Daniel) accounted for 55.4% of the points.
• Murray State lost and did not cover the spread.
• Ed Daniel accounted for 33.3% of the team's rebounds.
• This marks the 2nd 20-point game of Ed Daniel's career.
• Isaiah Canaan has 4 straight double-digit point games.

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