Colorado Survives Oregon, 72-71

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On February 4th, the Buffaloes turned it up a notch at home and narrowly beat the Ducks, 72-71, in conference play.
The game was a little closer than it was supposed to be, based on the talent level of the teams.
Colorado defeated Oregon while showing domination in free throw shooting, and also came out ahead in defensive rebounding.

Colorado used a big advantage on the boards to win the possession battle with 28 defensive rebounds to 25 for Oregon. Foul shooting led to an additional 23 points for the Buffaloes compared to only 10 points for the Ducks. A highlight for Colorado was its 7 blocked shots, which was above its 3.2 season average.
Askia Booker put up the most points for the Buffaloes with 17 points in 26 minutes, shooting 62% from the floor. Andre Roberson added seven big blocked shots.

ORE Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A E.J. Singler 37 13 13 2 2 2 3 A Devoe Joseph 39 18 4 5 2 0 2 A Olu Ashalou 27 17 9 0 2 0 2 B Jeremy Jacob 11 2 4 0 1 0 0 C+ Johnathan Loyd 16 6 0 2 1 0 1 C+ Tony Woods 13 7 2 0 0 1 3 C Garrett Sim 29 6 0 1 1 0 1 C- Carlos Emory 21 2 1 2 0 0 1 - Tyrone Nared 7 0 1 0 0 0 1

CU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Andre Roberson 28 7 11 1 0 7 1 B+ Askia Booker 26 17 4 2 2 0 3 B S. DinWiddie 29 16 2 1 2 0 2 B- Nate Tomlinson 32 7 2 4 2 0 1 B- Carlon Brown 32 10 6 3 1 0 4 C Austin Dufault 28 9 2 0 0 0 1 C S. Harris-Tunks 15 6 0 1 0 0 2 - Sabatino Chen 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 - Jeremy Adams 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

The Buffaloes are now 16-7. They've now moved up to 2nd place in the Pac 12 with a conference record of 8-3. Their record against RPI Top 100 teams (Oregon #78) improves to 3-5.
The next game is against Arizona on the road on February 9th.
Colorado Game Notes:

• Andre Roberson has grabbed double-digit rebounds in 3 straight games.
• The Buffaloes have recorded more free throws made than their opponents for the past 4 games.
• The Buffaloes have won 6 close games this season (a win by 5 or fewer points). Since 2006, Colorado has won 20 close games.
• Andre Roberson has led the team in rebounding in 21 out of 23 games this season.
• The Buffaloes set a season high for blocks.

Oregon Game Notes:

• E.J. Singler accounted for 35.1% of the team's rebounds.
• E.J. Singler recorded the 6th double digit rebound game of his career.
• Devoe Joseph has led the team in scoring 9 times in 23 games this season.
• The top two scorers (Devoe Joseph and Olu Ashalou) accounted for 49.2% of the points.
• E.J. Singler recorded a team season high in rebounds with 13 and defensive rebounds with 12.

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