Colorado Beats Washington State, 71-60

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In Boulder on January 7th the Buffaloes beat the Cougars, 71-60, in conference action.
Carlon Brown led all scoring for the Buffaloes with 28 points on 56% shooting in 35 minutes, including 18 points coming from beyond the 3-point arc.
A note on this matchup: The RPI ranked Colorado higher, #70 to #142.
Colorado created separation in assists and shooting.

The Buffaloes, with 46% shooting and a solid defense, were too much for the Cougars, who could only muster 36%. Colorado spread the ball around with ease, and its 14 assists gave it an advantage compared to nine from Washington State.

WSU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Reggie Moore 27 14 2 4 2 0 0 B+ Abe Lodwick 18 6 8 1 0 0 2 B Marcus Capers 31 7 7 0 0 0 1 C+ Brock Motum 35 9 4 1 1 0 2 C+ Faisal Aden 28 12 1 1 2 0 2 C+ Charlie Enquist 17 2 4 1 1 0 1 C D. Kernich-Drew 14 6 2 0 0 0 2 C DaVonte Lacy 21 4 1 1 0 1 1 - Mychal Ladd 8 0 1 0 0 0 0

CU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ Carlon Brown 35 28 7 2 2 1 1 B+ Austin Dufault 26 17 4 1 2 0 2 B+ Nate Tomlinson 30 11 2 3 0 0 0 B Sabatino Chen 15 0 6 0 0 0 0 C+ Askia Booker 25 5 4 4 1 0 2 C+ Andre Roberson 28 5 8 1 0 2 3 C S. DinWiddie 26 5 2 3 0 0 3 - S. Harris-Tunks 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 - Jeremy Adams 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 - Damiene Cain 3 0 0 0 0 1 0

The Buffaloes are now 11-4. They improve to 3-0 and remain in 1st place in the Pac 12. They also tacked another win onto a 6 game streak.
Up next the Buffaloes face California on the road on January 12th.
Colorado Game Notes:

• Colorado started 11-4 during the 2010 and 2002 seasons (since 1996).
• Colorado has won 85% of the time this season (6-1) after committing 14 or fewer turnovers.
• The Buffaloes have recorded more free throws made than their opponents for the past 6 games.
• This is the 9th game at home this season--CU has a 6.2 average scoring margin against opponents at home.
• Colorado has won 88% of the time this season (8-1) when its had a field goal percentage of 46.9% or better.

Washington State Game Notes:

• Washington State lost and did not cover the spread.
• The bench recorded more points (32) than the starters (28).
• This was the 1st foul out of the season for Brock Motum.
• The top two scorers (Reggie Moore and Faisal Aden) accounted for 43.3% of the points.
• The top two rebounders (Abe Lodwick and Marcus Capers) accounted for 48.3% of the rebounds.

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Originally posted by Fight CU
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