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In Boulder on January 7th the Buffaloes beat the Cougars, 71-60, in conference action.
Carlon Brown led all scoring for the Buffaloes with 28 points on 56% shooting in 35 minutes, including 18 points coming from beyond the 3-point arc.
A note on this matchup: The RPI ranked Colorado higher, #70 to #142.
Colorado created separation in assists and shooting.
The Buffaloes, with 46% shooting and a solid defense, were too much for the Cougars, who could only muster 36%. Colorado spread the ball around with ease, and its 14 assists gave it an advantage compared to nine from Washington State.
The Buffaloes are now 11-4. They improve to 3-0 and remain in 1st place in the Pac 12. They also tacked another win onto a 6 game streak.
Up next the Buffaloes face California on the road on January 12th.
Colorado Game Notes:
Originally posted by Fight CU
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Carlon Brown led all scoring for the Buffaloes with 28 points on 56% shooting in 35 minutes, including 18 points coming from beyond the 3-point arc.
A note on this matchup: The RPI ranked Colorado higher, #70 to #142.
Colorado created separation in assists and shooting.
The Buffaloes, with 46% shooting and a solid defense, were too much for the Cougars, who could only muster 36%. Colorado spread the ball around with ease, and its 14 assists gave it an advantage compared to nine from Washington State.
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The Buffaloes are now 11-4. They improve to 3-0 and remain in 1st place in the Pac 12. They also tacked another win onto a 6 game streak.
Up next the Buffaloes face California on the road on January 12th.
Colorado Game Notes:
- Colorado started 11-4 during the 2010 and 2002 seasons (since 1996).
- Colorado has won 85% of the time this season (6-1) after committing 14 or fewer turnovers.
- The Buffaloes have recorded more free throws made than their opponents for the past 6 games.
- This is the 9th game at home this season--CU has a 6.2 average scoring margin against opponents at home.
- Colorado has won 88% of the time this season (8-1) when its had a field goal percentage of 46.9% or better.
- Washington State lost and did not cover the spread.
- The bench recorded more points (32) than the starters (28).
- This was the 1st foul out of the season for Brock Motum.
- The top two scorers (Reggie Moore and Faisal Aden) accounted for 43.3% of the points.
- The top two rebounders (Abe Lodwick and Marcus Capers) accounted for 48.3% of the rebounds.
Originally posted by Fight CU
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