Colorado Narrowly Beaten by Arizona State 63-62 in OT

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Colorado faced off with Arizona State on Saturday, Feb. 16 and was edged by the Sun Devils 63-62 in overtime. With the loss, the Buffaloes stay winless against Arizona State this season at 0-2. Spencer Dinwiddie got his third straight game with 21 points or more for the Buffaloes, scoring a game-high 24 points in 39 minutes. The Buffaloes were led by Spencer Dinwiddie, who put up a game-high 24 points in 39 minutes. Xavier Johnson played his way to a double-double with 10 points and 14 rebounds. For the Sun Devils, Jahii Carson finished with a team-high 18 points and four assists. Next up for Colorado (17-8, 7-6 Pac 12) is Utah (11-13, 3-9 Pac 12) on Thursday, Feb. 21 on their home court.

ASU Players	Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Jahii Carson	43	18	2	4	0	0	2
B+	Carrick Felix	43	8	5	3	1	0	0
B	J. Gilling	40	9	5	1	4	0	1
B	Evan Gordon	30	14	2	0	1	0	1
B-	J. Bachynski	37	12	3	0	0	3	3
C-	Ruslan Pateev	6	2	1	0	0	0	0
F	Chris Colvin	26	0	0	0	1	0	2

CU Players	Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	S. Dinwiddie	39	24	1	3	2	0	2
A	Xavier Johnson	36	10	14	1	1	0	4
A	Andre Roberson	43	8	15	0	3	2	5
B	Askia Booker	37	17	3	2	0	0	3
C	Xavier Talton	9	3	1	1	1	0	0
C-	Sabatino Chen	29	0	3	1	0	0	0
C-	S. Harris-Tunks	12	0	2	1	0	0	0
D+	Josh Scott	15	0	1	2	0	0	0
-	Jeremy Adams	5	0	0	0	0	0	1

Colorado Game Notes:

• The Buffaloes have recorded more free throws made than their opponents for the past four games.
• The Buffaloes have been unlucky four times this season in games decided by five or fewer points. Since 2007, Colorado is 24-30 in close games.
• Andre Roberson recorded the 57th double-digit rebound game of his career.
• Colorado started 17-8 during the 2011 and 2003 seasons (since 1996).
• Colorado has played in three overtime games this season. Over the last five seasons, the Buffaloes have played in 13 overtime games with a record of 4-9.

Arizona State Game Notes:

• Jahii Carson has led the team in scoring 15 times in 26 games this season.
• Jahii Carson has 11 straight double-digit point games.
• The top two scorers (Jahii Carson and Evan Gordon) accounted for 50.7 percent of the points.
• Jonathan Gilling has led the team in rebounding nine times in 26 games this season.
• Jonathan Gilling set a career high with four steals.

Check out the complete Game Notes.


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