Colorado Over Fresno State, 71-64

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Colorado is searching for a little momentum and on Wednesday they put the Colorado State loss behind them. On December 7th in their own building, the Buffaloes beat the Bulldogs, 71-64.
Colorado got the win while beating Fresno State big in shooting and defensive rebounding.

The Buffaloes, shooting 51%, stifled the Bulldogs with their defense, and limited them to 36%. Colorado used its advantage on the boards to generate more possessions with a total of 30 defensive rebounds to their 14.
Andre Roberson led all scorers against the Bulldogs with 21 points on 83% shooting in 24 minutes. Roberson also led everyone with 10 rebounds.

FRES Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ Kevin Olekaibe 38 26 4 1 3 0 1 B+ Tyler Johnson 32 11 6 1 3 0 2 B Jerry Brown Jr. 38 6 4 3 0 2 1 B L. McGaughney 10 5 2 0 0 1 0 C+ Jonathan Wills 24 8 5 0 0 0 1 C Steven Shepp 37 3 2 2 1 0 1 C Kevin Foster 15 5 1 0 0 0 1 - Garrett Johnson 6 0 1 0 0 0 1

CU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Andre Roberson 24 21 10 1 1 0 3 A Nate Tomlinson 34 7 6 6 0 0 2 B S. DinWiddie 28 15 2 1 0 0 2 B- Jeremy Adams 22 8 4 0 0 0 0 C+ Austin Dufault 29 13 3 0 0 0 1 C S. Harris-Tunks 9 2 3 0 1 0 1 C Damiene Cain 6 2 3 0 0 0 2 D+ Carlon Brown 23 2 1 2 1 0 3 D Askia Booker 16 0 1 2 0 0 3 - Sabatino Chen 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Shannon Sharpe 3 0 1 1 0 1 0

Colorado is playing well, underlined with this win against Fresno State. The Buffaloes have a record of 5-3. Furthermore, they've won 4 out of their last 5 games.
Next on the schedule the Buffaloes face Wyoming at home on December 9th.
Colorado Game Notes:

• Colorado has recorded fewer steals than their opponents for the past 4 games.
• Andre Roberson has led the team in rebounding in 7 out of 8 games this season.
• Spencer DinWiddie has 3 straight double-digit point games.
• This game was statistically over in the 2nd half with 0:09 left to go.
• CU has won 100% of the time this season (4-0) when opponents record 6 or fewer three pointers.

Fresno State Game Notes:

• Kevin Olekaibe has 9 straight double-digit point games.
• Kevin Olekaibe accounted for 40.6% of the team's points.
• This marks the 9th 20-point game of Kevin Olekaibe's career.
• This was the 2nd foul out of the season for Kevin Foster.
• Tyler Johnson has led the team in rebounding 3 times in 9 games this season.

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