Colorado Wins Overtime Thriller, 56-51 Over Texas Southern

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On December 22nd at home, the Buffaloes slipped by the Tigers, 56-51, in overtime.
A couple key stats coming into the game: The RPI ranked Colorado higher, #82 to #163. Last season, Colorado beat Texas Southern 88-74.
Colorado was able to overwhelm Texas Southern in offensive rebounding and also win the battle in assists.

Colorado benefited from its offensive rebounding with a big 12 to seven edge. Colorado spread the ball around with ease, and its 16 assists gave it an advantage compared to nine from Texas Southern.
Spencer DinWiddie was the leading scorer for the Buffaloes with 18 points in 32 minutes, including 15 points in threes. Andre Roberson led everyone with 16 rebounds.

TSU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Omar Strong 32 23 2 1 2 0 1 B Madarious Gibbs 30 8 1 4 2 0 2 B- Fred Sturdivant 25 11 2 1 1 1 2 B- L. Johnson-Danner 19 3 4 1 2 0 1 C Daniel King 23 2 4 0 2 1 1 C- Jabari Peters 18 0 3 1 1 0 1 D+ DeAngelo Scott 13 1 3 0 0 0 2 D+ Timothy Price 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 - Aaron Clayborn 10 2 1 0 0 0 1 - Patrick Onwenu 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 - D. Ellington 8 0 0 0 2 0 2

CU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ Andre Roberson 35 11 16 2 0 2 0 B S. DinWiddie 32 18 3 1 0 0 3 B- Carlon Brown 29 11 3 1 0 0 1 C+ Austin Dufault 28 8 4 2 1 0 2 C Nate Tomlinson 29 1 3 7 0 0 5 C- S. Harris-Tunks 11 4 1 0 0 0 1 - Shannon Sharpe 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 - Jeremy Adams 9 3 2 0 1 0 4 D- Sabatino Chen 18 0 0 1 1 0 3

The Buffaloes are now 7-4 and they look good early in the season.
Up next the Buffaloes face New Orleans at home on December 28th.
Colorado Game Notes:

• Spencer DinWiddie recorded a team season high in three pointers with 5.
• Andre Roberson accounted for 44.4% of the team's rebounds.
• This is the 6th game at home this season--CU has a -2.2 average scoring margin against opponents at home.
• Carlon Brown has 3 straight double-digit point games.
• Andre Roberson has led the team in rebounding in 10 out of 11 games this season.

Texas Southern Game Notes:

• This marks the 1st 20-point game of Omar Strong's career.
• Omar Strong accounted for 45.0% of the team's points.
• This loss extended the Tigers losing streak to 8 games.
• Omar Strong has led the team in scoring 6 times in 10 games this season.
• Omar Strong recorded a team season high in three pointers with 7, points with 23, and field goals made with 8.

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[Buffnik]

Overtime?

 

[Idot Buff]

Thriller?

 

[Pale Ale]

Texas Southern?

 

[Ruckus]

"The Buffaloes are now 7-4 and they look good early in the season."????

-- I'm a [strike] mother****ing [/strike] internet Angel --

 

[shang]

lol, nothing gets by you guys.... i thought this was a joke post by buffnik or goose... who wrote this crap... good sense of humor