Colorado Falls To Oregon State, 83-69

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Colorado has unfortunately ended a disappointing regular season by falling apart for the last game. On March 3rd in Corvallis the Buffaloes dropped one to the Beavers, 83-69.
The Buffaloes weren't the favorite in this game but it wasn't expected to be so big a loss. Colorado had a better RPI ranking than Oregon State, #76 to #159. The Buffaloes beat the Beavers earlier this season 82-60.
Oregon State beat Colorado big in three pointers and came out ahead in assists.

Oregon State was deadly from three-point range and outscored Colorado, 21 points to six. Assists were a factor for Oregon State, with 11 compared to seven for Colorado.
Askia Booker played hard for the Buffaloes with 15 points in 23 minutes.

CU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ Andre Roberson 19 14 9 1 2 0 2 B Carlon Brown 27 14 4 1 1 0 2 B Sabatino Chen 9 5 0 0 3 0 0 B Askia Booker 23 15 2 0 1 0 2 C+ Nate Tomlinson 29 4 1 1 1 0 0 C+ Austin Dufault 30 7 5 1 0 3 3 C Jeremy Adams 14 4 1 0 0 0 0 D S. Dinwiddie 27 0 3 3 0 0 3 D- S. Harris-Tunks 16 0 2 0 0 0 2 - Shannon Sharpe 4 4 0 0 0 0 0

OSU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Ahmad Starks 25 18 3 5 0 0 2 A Devon Collier 25 11 9 1 1 2 2 A J. Cunningham 36 15 4 1 3 1 3 B+ Roberto Nelson 23 16 2 1 1 0 1 B Joe Burton 23 10 7 1 1 1 4 B Eric Moreland 25 4 5 2 1 5 1 B Angus Brandt 17 7 2 0 0 1 1 C Kevin McShane 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 - Challe Barton 9 0 0 0 0 0 0

It was a rough campaign for Colorado, who closes it out with a tough loss to Oregon State. They finish at 19-11 overall and in 5th place in the Pac 12 with a conference record of 11-7.
Colorado Game Notes:

• The top two scorers (Askia Booker and Andre Roberson) accounted for 42.0% of the points.
• In 100% of losses this season, Colorado has recorded 69 or fewer total points.
• Colorado has lost 100% of the time this season (0-3) after recording 7 or fewer assists.
• In 100% of losses this season, the Buffaloes have a field goal percentage of 48.2% or worse.
• Andre Roberson has led the team in rebounding in 28 out of 30 games this season.

Oregon State Game Notes:

• Jared Cunningham has 22 straight double-digit point games.
• The top two scorers (Ahmad Starks and Roberto Nelson) accounted for 40.9% of the points.
• Devon Collier has led the team in rebounding 7 times in 30 games this season.
• Ahmad Starks has 3 straight double-digit point games.
• Ahmad Starks has led the team in scoring 7 times in 30 games this season.

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