Colorado Beats New Orleans Big, 92-34

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On December 28th at home, the Buffaloes crushed the Privateers, 92-34. Colorado put New Orleans away by halftime, up 51-20, and the final margin was just as brutal.
Colorado defeated New Orleans while showing domination in shooting and rebounding. The Buffaloes shot 55% while the Privateers struggled against a good defensive effort with only 21%. Rebounding was a big part of the win for Colorado, as they pulled down 53 boards compared to only 18 for New Orleans. One big plus for Colorado was its 92 points. This crushed its season average of 70.7.
Carlon Brown led the Buffaloes against the Privateers with 18 points on 70% shooting in 19 minutes.

Andre Roberson led everyone with 12 rebounds.

UNO Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO B- Generra Varmall 17 7 2 2 0 0 1 C Antonio Wertz 14 2 2 0 0 1 0 C Lovell Cook 16 6 2 0 0 0 1 C- D. Williams 20 3 2 2 1 0 3 C- R. Nelson 22 7 2 0 1 0 3 C- Brandon Knight 17 3 2 1 0 0 2 D+ Colby Barnes 18 2 0 0 3 0 0 D Lenny Harmon 15 2 0 0 1 0 0 D Chris Costanza 15 0 1 0 1 0 0 D- Brandon Canady 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 F Max Banchy 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 F Antonio Holmes 14 0 0 0 0 0 2 - Jarred Lafont 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 - Benjamin James 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

CU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO - Andre Roberson 23 12 12 0 0 2 0 - S. DinWiddie 23 12 5 6 1 0 1 - Askia Booker 23 13 6 3 2 0 1 - Austin Dufault 20 14 6 0 0 1 0 - Nate Tomlinson 20 0 2 3 0 0 1 - Carlon Brown 19 18 0 2 2 0 1 - Sabatino Chen 17 6 5 1 0 1 1 - S. Harris-Tunks 14 2 5 1 0 1 3 - Jeremy Adams 13 5 1 0 0 0 1 - Shannon Sharpe 12 2 4 0 0 0 1 - Trey Eckloff 6 3 0 2 0 1 0 - Ben Mills 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 - Beau Webb 4 3 2 0 0 0 1

The Buffaloes are now 8-4 in the early going. They've also won 3 in a row.
The next game on the schedule is Utah at home on December 31st.
Colorado Game Notes:

• Colorado started 8-4 during the 2010, 2009, 2004, and 2003 seasons (since 1996).
• This is the 6th game at home this season--CU has a -2.2 average scoring margin against opponents at home.
• Andre Roberson recorded a double-double. It was his 8th this season and 13th of his career.
• The win over New Orleans extended the Colorado winning streak to 3 games.
• The last time CU recorded at least 53 rebounds was Jan 18, 2006 against Baylor (link).

New Orleans Game Notes:

• The top two scorers (Rarlensee Nelson and Generra Varmall) accounted for 41.1% of the points.
• The bench recorded more points (20) than the starters (14).
• Antonio Wertz has led the team in rebounding 5 times in 7 games this season.
• This was the 4th blowout loss this season (a loss by 20 or more points). Over the past 5 seasons, UNO has been on the losing end of 14 blowout games.

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