Colorado Gets Win Over Dayton, 67-57

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Everything fell into place in as the Buffaloes beat the Flyers, 67-57.
The Buffaloes performed much better than they were expected to, and they were able come away with a big win.
Colorado stood out over Dayton in three-point shooting and assists.

Colorado sealed it shooting 46% from three-point range compared to 23% for Dayton. Colorado spread the ball around and dished out 13 assists compared to nine for Dayton.
Askia Booker led all scoring for the Buffaloes with 16 points on 54% shooting in 38 minutes. Andre Roberson added 14 rebounds.

UD Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO B Vee Sanford 36 13 4 2 0 0 2 B Josh Benson 34 10 7 0 1 2 3 B- Dyshawn Pierre 15 4 4 1 0 0 0 C+ Devin Oliver 28 2 12 1 1 1 2 C+ Kevin Dillard 23 10 1 3 0 0 2 C+ Khari Price 14 6 3 0 2 0 4 C Jalen Robinson 24 3 4 1 1 1 0 C Alex Gavrilovic 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 C Devon Scott 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 - M. Derenbecker 9 3 0 0 0 0 1

CU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Askia Booker 38 16 4 4 1 0 1 A Andre Roberson 34 6 14 4 4 2 6 B+ S. Dinwiddie 29 12 5 1 2 2 1 B+ Xavier Johnson 26 15 3 1 1 2 1 B Josh Scott 31 13 5 0 0 1 3 C+ Sabatino Chen 19 2 1 3 1 0 0 C- Eli Stalzer 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 - S. Harris-Tunks 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 - Xavier Talton 3 0 0 0 0 0 1

Colorado will have to work to meet the expectations set by last season's team, and this victory over Dayton is helping make that happen. The Buffaloes record just got better (2-0) and our early expectations are positive.
Up next the Buffaloes face Air Force at home on November 25th.
Colorado Game Notes:

• This game was statistically over in the 2nd half with 0:19 left to go.
• Colorado started 2-0 during the 2009, 2002, 2001, 1999, 1998, and 1996 seasons (since 1996).
• Askia Booker had a career high with 6 field goals made.
• The top two scorers (Askia Booker and Xavier Johnson) accounted for 46.2% of the points.
• Andre Roberson had a career high with 14 defensive rebounds and 4 steals.

Dayton Game Notes:

• The top two rebounders (Devin Oliver and Josh Benson) accounted for 47.5% of the rebounds.
• Dayton lost and did not cover the spread.
• Devin Oliver set a career high with 12 rebounds and 9 defensive rebounds.
• The top two scorers (Vee Sanford and Kevin Dillard) accounted for 40.3% of the points.

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