Colorado Falls to Third-seeded Baylor 80-63 in Third Round

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11th-seeded Colorado was eliminated in the third round with an 80-63 loss to third-seeded Baylor in Albuquerque. Baylor had just a slim 37-35 lead at the half but got hot late. [TABLE="class: charttable"]
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Colorado wraps up its season with a 24-12 overall record and an 11-7 record and fifth place regular season finish in the Pac 12. The Buffaloes were also conference champions, knocking off Arizona, 53-51, in the Pac 12 tournament. Colorado defeated sixth-seeded UNLV 68-64 on Thursday to get to the third round.
Askia Booker led the scoring for Colorado and ended up with 15 points. The Buffaloes had three additional players finish in double figures, including Austin Dufault (14), Andre Roberson (13), and Carlon Brown (13).
The Bears were fueled by Brady Heslip, who had a career night with 27 points. His previous career high was 19 against West Virginia on 12/23/11. Additional output came from Pierre Jackson with 15 points, Quincy Miller with eight, and Anthony Jones who had eight. [TABLE="class: charttable"]
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Pierre Jackson
Brady Heslip
Quincy Acy
Anthony Jones
Deuce Bello
Quincy Miller
Perry Jones III
A.J. Walton

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Andre Roberson
Askia Booker
S. Harris-Tunks
Carlon Brown
Austin Dufault
S. Dinwiddie
Jeremy Adams
Nate Tomlinson
Sabatino Chen

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Baylor will move on to the Sweet Sixteen on Friday, March 23rd.
Colorado Game Notes:

• Colorado has lost 85% of the time this season (1-6) after recording 28 or fewer rebounds.
• This game was statistically over in the 2nd half with 1:08 left to go.
• The top two scorers (Askia Booker and Austin Dufault) accounted for 46.0% of the points.
• Prior to this game, CU played 26 Top 25 opponents in the last 5 seasons with a record of 7-19.
• Andre Roberson set a career high with a 100% three point percentage and 4 steals.

Baylor Game Notes:

• This game was the 4th double digit assist game of Pierre Jackson's career.
• This marks the 1st 20-point game of Brady Heslip's career.
• Pierre Jackson has 6 straight double-digit point games.
• Brady Heslip accounted for 33.7% of the team's points.
• Brady Heslip has 5 straight double-digit point games.

Check out the complete Games Notes


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