Colorado Beaten By UCLA, 77-60

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On January 28th at a neutral site, the Buffaloes fell to the Bruins in conference play, 77-60. Colorado kept it together early, falling behind at halftime, 40-36. However, UCLA dropped the hammer in the second half.
A note coming into the game: The Colorado RPI ranking was #71 and UCLA was lower at #128.
UCLA got the upper hand on Colorado with overpowering shooting and assists.

The Bruins shot 59% from the field and got by the Buffaloes with 46%. UCLA beat Colorado with assists, 26 to 11, and facilitated more balanced scoring.
Askia Booker put his best effort out there for the Buffaloes with 13 points in 21 minutes shooting 60% from the floor. Andre Roberson led both teams with 10 rebounds.

CU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ Andre Roberson 33 12 10 2 4 2 1 B Askia Booker 21 13 1 1 0 0 0 B S. DinWiddie 29 9 4 3 1 0 0 C S. Harris-Tunks 14 5 2 0 0 0 1 C Austin Dufault 31 8 4 0 1 0 4 C- Carlon Brown 31 6 1 2 0 0 3 D+ Nate Tomlinson 25 6 1 2 0 0 4 - Sabatino Chen 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 D Jeremy Adams 11 0 0 1 0 0 0

UCLA Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ Tyler Lamb 37 13 7 6 3 1 2 A+ Lazeric Jones 37 17 2 9 2 0 4 A Travis Wear 29 14 7 1 2 1 1 A Norman Powell 15 6 1 2 1 2 0 A Jerime Andersen 31 8 4 8 1 0 3 B+ David Wear 33 11 3 0 1 0 0 C Joshua Smith 15 8 1 0 0 0 2 - Anthony Stover 3 0 0 0 0 2 0

The Buffaloes slip to 14-7 in what's usually the toughest part of the season. With their record falling to 6-3 in the Pac 12, they move into 4th place.
Coming up is Oregon State at home on February 2nd.
Colorado Game Notes:

• Nate Tomlinson had a career high with a 100% three point percentage and a 100% field goal percentage.
• CU set season lows for free throws made and rebounds.
• Colorado started 14-7 during the 2010 and 2002 seasons (since 1996).
• Andre Roberson recorded the 28th double digit rebound game of his career.
• The top two scorers (Askia Booker and Andre Roberson) accounted for 41.6% of the points.

UCLA Game Notes:

• The top two scorers (Lazeric Jones and Travis Wear) accounted for 40.2% of the points.
• Lazeric Jones has led the team in scoring 9 times in 21 games this season.
• David Wear has 5 straight double-digit point games.
• Jerime Andersen set a career high with a 100% three point percentage.
• The top two rebounders (Tyler Lamb and Travis Wear) accounted for 51.8% of the rebounds.

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Originally posted by Fight CU
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