Colorado Slips with Loss to No. 3 Arizona 92-83 in OT

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On Thursday, January 3rd, Colorado was taken down by No. 3 Arizona 92-83 in overtime. The Buffaloes are now 1-2 versus AP-Ranked teams this season with the loss. Josh Scott got 15 points and five rebounds in the loss. Askia Booker had a team-high 18 points and added five assists. Kevin Parrom finished with 16 points and eight rebounds for the Wildcats. Colorado (10-3, 0-1 Pac 12) gets Arizona State (11-2, 1-0 Pac 12) on the road on Sunday, January 6th.

CU Players	Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Josh Scott	35	15	5	2	0	1	0
A	Askia Booker	43	18	3	5	0	0	2
A	Xavier Johnson	38	13	6	1	2	0	0
B+	Andre Roberson	35	9	11	2	1	0	3
B	Sabatino Chen	29	15	1	2	1	0	2
B-	S. Dinwiddie	29	11	5	2	1	0	4
-	S. Harris-Tunks	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	Jeremy Adams	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
-	Xavier Talton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

Arizona Players	Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Kevin Parrom	34	16	8	2	3	0	2
A	Nick Johnson	37	12	5	4	3	0	1
B+	Mark Lyons	38	24	1	2	0	0	3
B+	Grant Jerrett	26	10	6	2	0	0	0
B	Solomon Hill	34	15	8	0	0	0	5
B	Jordin Mayes	11	4	2	1	2	0	0
B	K. Tarczewski	23	10	4	0	0	1	0
D+	Brandon Ashley	19	1	3	1	0	0	1
-	Angelo Chol	3	0	2	0	0	0	1

Colorado Game Notes:

• Colorado has played in 2 overtime games this season. Over the last 5 seasons, the Buffaloes have played in 13 overtime games with a record of 5-8.
• Askia Booker has led the team in scoring in 5 out of 13 games this season.
• The Buffaloes have outshot their opponents in field goal percentage for the past 4 games.
• This was the 4th foul out of the season for Andre Roberson.
• This is the 2nd loss of the season where the Buffaloes opponent came back to win after being down at halftime.

Arizona Game Notes:

• Mark Lyons set a career high with 10 free throws made.
• Kevin Parrom has 3 straight double-digit point games.
• Mark Lyons has led the team in scoring 7 times in 13 games this season.
• Mark Lyons recorded a team season high in points with 24.
• This marks the 13th 20-point game of Mark Lyons's career.

Check out the complete Game Notes.


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