Colorado Gets Huge Win Over Oregon State, 82-60

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On February 2nd in their own building, the Buffaloes thumped the Beavers, 82-60, in conference action.
The Buffaloes were not supposed to win this game by such a large margin. A year ago, Colorado won 83-57.
Colorado got the victory while overwhelming Oregon State in shooting and defensive rebounding.

The Buffaloes shot 51% while the Beavers struggled against a good defensive effort with only 36%. Colorado made a huge difference on the glass, 34 defensive rebounds to 20.
Andre Roberson led the Buffaloes against the Beavers with 16 points on 60% shooting in 31 minutes. Roberson also contributed a game-leading 15 rebounds.

OSU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO B Eric Moreland 23 9 9 2 0 0 2 B- Angus Brandt 21 8 5 1 0 0 1 B- Roberto Nelson 22 10 4 2 1 1 3 B- Devon Collier 22 12 1 1 2 0 2 C Joe Burton 20 4 2 2 1 1 2 C Ahmad Starks 19 3 1 3 1 0 0 C J. Cunningham 25 12 1 0 2 1 2 - Rhys Murphy 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 D Kevin McShane 18 0 2 0 1 0 2 F Challe Barton 19 0 0 0 0 0 2

CU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ Askia Booker 20 15 7 3 2 0 0 A+ Andre Roberson 31 16 15 1 2 2 2 B+ Carlon Brown 26 12 6 3 1 1 3 B S. DinWiddie 23 10 0 4 1 0 1 B Austin Dufault 25 14 1 0 1 0 1 B- Nate Tomlinson 28 4 3 6 3 0 5 C+ Jeremy Adams 10 2 2 1 0 0 0 C+ Sabatino Chen 11 5 0 1 0 0 1 C S. Harris-Tunks 17 4 5 0 0 0 3 - Shannon Sharpe 3 0 1 0 0 0 0

The Buffaloes sit at 15-7. With their record improving to 7-3 in the Pac 12, they move into 3rd place. They've also won 4 of their last 5 games.
Next up is Oregon at home on February 4th.
Colorado Game Notes:

• This is the 13th game at home this season--CU has a 15.5 average scoring margin against opponents at home.
• Colorado has won 75% of the time this season (6-2) after committing 17 or fewer turnovers.
• The Buffaloes set season highs for assists and steals.
• This game was statistically over in the 2nd half with 3:38 left to go.
• Askia Booker has 3 straight double-digit point games.

Oregon State Game Notes:

• Jared Cunningham has 14 straight double-digit point games.
• Eric Moreland has led the team in rebounding 10 times in 22 games this season.
• The top two rebounders (Eric Moreland and Angus Brandt) accounted for 45.1% of the rebounds.
• Jared Cunningham has led the team in scoring 11 times in 22 games this season.
• Oregon State lost and did not cover the spread.

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Originally posted by Fight CU
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