Colorado Takes Down Arizona State, 69-54

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On January 19th in Boulder the Buffaloes beat the Sun Devils, 69-54.
A note regarding this game: The RPI ranked Colorado much higher, #62 to #183.
Colorado gained an advantage by coming out way ahead in rebounding and free throw shooting.

Colorado used its advantage on the boards to generate more possessions and second-chance shots with a total of 34 rebounds to their 22. Free throw shooting paid off, with 20 points coming from free throws for the Buffaloes to six for the Sun Devils.
Andre Roberson and Spencer DinWiddie led all scoring for the Buffaloes, each with 12 points. Roberson also helped out with a game-leading 10 rebounds.

ASU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO B Carrick Felix 29 13 5 0 3 1 2 B J. Gilling 32 12 2 2 0 1 1 B Chris Colvin 31 15 2 2 1 0 3 C+ J. Bachynski 21 1 5 0 0 2 0 C Max Heller 9 0 0 3 1 0 1 C Kyle Cain 22 4 3 1 0 0 1 D+ Ruslan Pateev 18 4 1 0 0 1 3 D- Chanse Creekmur 34 0 2 0 1 0 3

CU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Andre Roberson 29 12 10 2 1 3 2 B S. DinWiddie 25 12 6 0 1 0 0 B Austin Dufault 29 11 5 2 1 0 3 B Jeremy Adams 14 7 1 1 1 0 1 B- Askia Booker 18 11 1 1 0 0 3 B- Nate Tomlinson 26 8 1 2 2 0 1 C+ Carlon Brown 25 2 4 1 0 0 0 C S. Harris-Tunks 13 5 0 1 0 0 0 D Sabatino Chen 11 0 0 1 0 0 1 - Shannon Sharpe 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 - Beau Webb 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

The Buffaloes are now 12-6. They move up to 3rd in the Pac 12, and their conference record improves to 4-2.
The next game on the schedule is Arizona at home on January 21st.
Colorado Game Notes:

• Austin Dufault has 5 straight double-digit point games.
• Colorado has won 85% of the time this season (6-1) after committing 13 or fewer turnovers.
• Andre Roberson recorded the 26th double digit rebound game of his career.
• CU beat the spread by 6.0 points. That makes the 9th time this season the Buffaloes have beat the spread.
• CU has won 91% of the time this season (11-1) after holding an opponent to under 41.7% field goal percentage.

Arizona State Game Notes:

• Carrick Felix has led the team in rebounding 5 times in 18 games this season.
• The top two rebounders (Carrick Felix and Jordan Bachynski) accounted for 45.4% of the rebounds.
• Arizona State lost and did not cover the spread.
• This was the 3rd foul out of the season for Kyle Cain.
• The top two scorers (Chris Colvin and Carrick Felix) accounted for 51.8% of the points.

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