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December 2nd
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Buffs fall to 6-1 after road loss to Colorado State
From CUBuffs.com … Call it a learning experience for the Colorado Buffaloes.
Down by as much as 17 points in the second half Saturday, the Buffs rallied to cut the deficit to five in the final few minutes, but could never get over the hump in a 72-63 loss to Colorado State.
The loss dropped Colorado to 6-1 while CSU improved to 4-4.
McKinley Wright led CU with 19 points and eight rebounds while George King added 9 points and seven rebounds — but King hit just 3 of his 13 field goal tries. CU was without the services of senior center Tory Miller-Stewart, who suffered a foot injury earlier this week in practice and is out for an indeterminate amount of time, according to head coach Tad Boyle.
The Rams dominated the Buffs on the boards, 46-32, and despite not recording a field goal in the final seven minutes of the game, managed to hold on by hitting free throws down the stretch.
HOW IT HAPPENED: It was the first true road game of the year for the young Buffs, and they played like it at times in front of a raucous Moby Arena crowd. Colorado played well in spurts — CU trailed just 38-35 at the half — but the Rams broke open a tight game after intermission with an 18-7 run in the first eight minutes to open up a 56-42 edge with 11:48 to go in the game.
CSU hit the Buffs from every position on the floor, getting an early 3-point bucket from Prentiss Nixon before going inside for six straight points. J.D. Paige pushed the CSU lead to double digits with three free throws — the result of George King‘s third foul — and the deficit grew to 14 on a fast-break slam dunk, then as high as 17.
Colorado, though, rallied to cut the margin to five, 65-60. An 11-0 CU run — all from McKinley Wright — sparked the burst before a King 3-pointer from the top of the key with 2:41 to go pulled the Buffs to within five.
The Rams — who went without a field goal for nearly seven minutes — pushed the margin back to seen on a pair of Deon James free throws before Dominique Collier brought CU back to within five with a driving layup with 1:05 to go.
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NEXT UP: Colorado returns to the Coors Events Center for a 7 p.m. home game Wednesday with New Mexico.
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December 1st
… CU in the Arena …
Buffs ready for Saturday morning showdown against Colorado State
From CUBuffs.com … As much as Colorado coach Tad Boyle would love to see his Buffs get up and down the Moby Arena floor in a hurry Saturday, it’s not what he is expecting to transpire.
Rather, when the 6-0 Buffs and 3-4 Colorado State tip it off at 11 a.m. (AT&T SportsNet), Boyle expects a much slower pace. That’s the kind of game Larry Eustachy’s Rams love to play, and they will no doubt try to engage the Buffs in a halfcourt battle.
“We have to be able to execute in halfcourt,” Boyle said. “It’s much easier to slow the game down than it is to speed it up. Hopefully if we’re getting stops we can run and get in transition a little bit, but we have to be ready for a knock-down, drag-out, grind-it-out game.”
The Buffs have been there before with the Rams, with differing degrees of success. Two years ago, they survived a hot-shooting Rams team in the first half and overcame a 13-point halftime deficit to collect an 88-77 win in Fort Collins.
But last year, the Buffs put forth what Boyle termed a “god-awful” offensive performance and dropped a 72-58 decision in Boulder, despite holding a plus-nine rebound advantage and holding CSU to just 38.5 percent shooting from the field.
The difference in that game was Colorado’s shooting. CU hit just 32.2 percent of its shots (19-for-59), which included a 3-for-19 effort from 3-point range.
“CSU will bait you into early ‘threes’,” Boyle said. “They want you to shoot the ball early in the shot clock. They showed great patience against us offensively. … We told our guys we can’t settle for early 3s. That’s what they want. If you take those early 3s and they don’t go in, it’s a tough deal.”
… Continue reading story here …
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Colorado Basketball
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December 2nd
… CU in the Arena …
Buffs fall to 6-1 after road loss to Colorado State
From CUBuffs.com … Call it a learning experience for the Colorado Buffaloes.
Down by as much as 17 points in the second half Saturday, the Buffs rallied to cut the deficit to five in the final few minutes, but could never get over the hump in a 72-63 loss to Colorado State.
The loss dropped Colorado to 6-1 while CSU improved to 4-4.
McKinley Wright led CU with 19 points and eight rebounds while George King added 9 points and seven rebounds — but King hit just 3 of his 13 field goal tries. CU was without the services of senior center Tory Miller-Stewart, who suffered a foot injury earlier this week in practice and is out for an indeterminate amount of time, according to head coach Tad Boyle.
The Rams dominated the Buffs on the boards, 46-32, and despite not recording a field goal in the final seven minutes of the game, managed to hold on by hitting free throws down the stretch.
HOW IT HAPPENED: It was the first true road game of the year for the young Buffs, and they played like it at times in front of a raucous Moby Arena crowd. Colorado played well in spurts — CU trailed just 38-35 at the half — but the Rams broke open a tight game after intermission with an 18-7 run in the first eight minutes to open up a 56-42 edge with 11:48 to go in the game.
CSU hit the Buffs from every position on the floor, getting an early 3-point bucket from Prentiss Nixon before going inside for six straight points. J.D. Paige pushed the CSU lead to double digits with three free throws — the result of George King‘s third foul — and the deficit grew to 14 on a fast-break slam dunk, then as high as 17.
Colorado, though, rallied to cut the margin to five, 65-60. An 11-0 CU run — all from McKinley Wright — sparked the burst before a King 3-pointer from the top of the key with 2:41 to go pulled the Buffs to within five.
The Rams — who went without a field goal for nearly seven minutes — pushed the margin back to seen on a pair of Deon James free throws before Dominique Collier brought CU back to within five with a driving layup with 1:05 to go.
… Continue reading story here …
NEXT UP: Colorado returns to the Coors Events Center for a 7 p.m. home game Wednesday with New Mexico.
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December 1st
… CU in the Arena …
Buffs ready for Saturday morning showdown against Colorado State
From CUBuffs.com … As much as Colorado coach Tad Boyle would love to see his Buffs get up and down the Moby Arena floor in a hurry Saturday, it’s not what he is expecting to transpire.
Rather, when the 6-0 Buffs and 3-4 Colorado State tip it off at 11 a.m. (AT&T SportsNet), Boyle expects a much slower pace. That’s the kind of game Larry Eustachy’s Rams love to play, and they will no doubt try to engage the Buffs in a halfcourt battle.
“We have to be able to execute in halfcourt,” Boyle said. “It’s much easier to slow the game down than it is to speed it up. Hopefully if we’re getting stops we can run and get in transition a little bit, but we have to be ready for a knock-down, drag-out, grind-it-out game.”
The Buffs have been there before with the Rams, with differing degrees of success. Two years ago, they survived a hot-shooting Rams team in the first half and overcame a 13-point halftime deficit to collect an 88-77 win in Fort Collins.
But last year, the Buffs put forth what Boyle termed a “god-awful” offensive performance and dropped a 72-58 decision in Boulder, despite holding a plus-nine rebound advantage and holding CSU to just 38.5 percent shooting from the field.
The difference in that game was Colorado’s shooting. CU hit just 32.2 percent of its shots (19-for-59), which included a 3-for-19 effort from 3-point range.
“CSU will bait you into early ‘threes’,” Boyle said. “They want you to shoot the ball early in the shot clock. They showed great patience against us offensively. … We told our guys we can’t settle for early 3s. That’s what they want. If you take those early 3s and they don’t go in, it’s a tough deal.”
… Continue reading story here …
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