Colorado Picks Up Win Over California, 70-57

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On February 26th at home, the Buffaloes beat the Golden Bears in conference play, 70-57.
The experts didn't pick the Buffaloes in this game, but they were proved wrong. At home, the Buffaloes play very well, and that overcame the fact that the Golden Bears had won 5 of their last 5. The Buffaloes have now split regular season games, including a 57-50 loss earlier this year.
Colorado took this one while dominating California in offensive rebounding and also coming out on top in turnover margin.

Colorado hit the glass harder than California, 13 offensive rebounds to five, and that led to more second-chance shots. The Buffaloes hung onto the ball, with five turnovers to nine by the Golden Bears.
Austin Dufault and Spencer DinWiddie put on a clinic for the Golden Bears, with 15 points apiece. Andre Roberson helped the cause by topping everyone with 15 rebounds.

Cal Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Justin Cobbs 38 15 2 6 2 0 3 B Allen Crabbe 36 16 3 0 0 0 0 B Harper Kamp 34 13 1 0 1 2 0 C+ David Kravish 28 9 5 1 0 1 3 C Robert Thurman 18 4 2 0 0 2 1 C Jorge Gutierrez 32 0 9 2 0 0 1 D Brandon Smith 12 0 2 0 0 0 0

CU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ Andre Roberson 35 8 15 0 2 3 0 A Nate Tomlinson 36 11 4 4 1 0 0 B S. DinWiddie 30 15 3 2 0 0 3 B Austin Dufault 32 15 1 2 1 0 1 B- S. Harris-Tunks 12 4 3 0 0 0 0 B- Askia Booker 22 9 2 1 0 0 1 C Carlon Brown 20 6 1 0 0 0 0 D Sabatino Chen 11 0 2 0 0 0 0

The Buffaloes have a record of 19-9. They remain in 4th place in the Pac 12, and their conference record improves to 11-5. They now have a 1-3 record against the RPI Top 50 (California #35).
The next game on the schedule is Oregon on March 1st.
Colorado Game Notes:

• The top two scorers (Spencer DinWiddie and Austin Dufault) accounted for 42.8% of the points.
• CU has won 92% of the time this season (13-1) after holding an opponent to under 38.0% field goal percentage.
• CU beat the spread by 15.5 points. That makes the 13th time this season the Buffaloes have beat the spread.
• Andre Roberson has led the team in rebounding in 26 out of 28 games this season.
• The Buffaloes have won 100% of the time this season (6-0) after recording 27 or more field goals made.

California Game Notes:

• Jorge Gutierrez has led the team in rebounding 7 times in 30 games this season.
• California lost and did not cover the spread.
• The top two rebounders (Jorge Gutierrez and David Kravish) accounted for 46.6% of the rebounds.
• The top two scorers (Allen Crabbe and Justin Cobbs) accounted for 54.3% of the points.
• Harper Kamp has 6 straight double-digit point games.

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