Colorado Gets By Georgia, 70-68

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Nothing helps you stay confident like playing a couple of decent games. On November 28th at home, the Buffaloes slipped by the Bulldogs, 70-68.
A note regarding this matchup: Last season, Georgia beat Colorado 83-74.
Colorado got a strong statistical advantage in free throw shooting and also topped Georgia in turnover margin.

The Buffaloes put more in from the charity stripe, sinking 22 free throws compared to the six for the Bulldogs. The Buffaloes managed the ball very well, only turning it over seven times.
Spencer DinWiddie led the Buffaloes against the Bulldogs with 16 points on 50% shooting in 27 minutes. Andre Roberson contributed 15 big rebounds.

Grade Player Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A K. Caldwell-Pope 34 15 5 2 3 1 1 A Donte` Williams 22 11 6 0 0 2 0 A Gerald Robinson 22 14 2 3 0 0 1 B+ N. Djurisic 14 6 6 1 0 0 2 B V. Williams 18 9 0 2 0 0 0 B Dustin Ware 23 9 1 3 1 0 1 B John Florveus 22 4 7 0 1 1 1 D+ Marcus Thornton 20 0 5 1 0 0 2 D+ S. Brantley 17 0 4 0 0 0 0 - Connor Nolte 6 0 0 0 0 1 1	Grade Player Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ Andre Roberson 34 15 15 0 1 0 1 A Askia Booker 23 14 4 3 0 0 0 A S. DinWiddie 27 16 7 1 1 0 0 B Carlon Brown 23 10 4 3 0 0 3 C Nate Tomlinson 32 7 1 2 0 0 1 C- Sabatino Chen 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 C- S. Harris-Tunks 23 4 1 0 0 1 0 C- Austin Dufault 23 2 3 1 0 0 1 - Jeremy Adams 7 0 1 0 0 0 1

Colorado is playing well and should celebrate beating Georgia. The Buffaloes are now 4-2 in the early going. They're currently on a 3 game run.
The next match is against Colorado State on the road on November 30th.
Colorado Game Notes:

• The win over Georgia extended the Colorado winning streak to 3 games.
• Colorado started 4-2 during the 2009, 2007, 2004, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, and 1996 seasons (since 1996).
• Andre Roberson has led the team in rebounding in 5 out of 6 games this season.
• The Buffaloes have won 3 close games this season (a win by 5 or fewer points). Since 2006, Colorado has won 17 close games.
• This was the 1st foul out of the season for Austin Dufault

Georgia Game Notes:

• Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has led the team in scoring 5 times in 7 games this season.
• The top two scorers (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Gerald Robinson) accounted for 42.6% of the points.
• Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has 7 straight double-digit point games.
• Kentavious Caldwell-Pope recorded a team season high in field goals attempted with 17.

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