Article on this morning's scrimmage win -
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SUZHOU, China – No scouting report. No names. The opponent changed less than 24 hours before tip.
No problem.
Five players scored in double figures as the University of Colorado cruised to a 109-42 win over Tsinghua University in a men's basketball exhibition Wednesday afternoon at the Suzhou Sports Center.
Tyler Bey,
Dallas Walton and
Maddox Daniels each had 12 points.
Eli Parquet scored 11 off the bench while
Evan Battey pitched in 10.
Colorado was originally scheduled to play Peking University from Beijing while neighboring Tsinghua was slated to face Arizona State in the nightcap. The state-side rivals using this as a final tune up for their own meeting – the 2019 Pac-12 China Game on Friday, Nov. 8 (8:30 p.m. MT, ESPN2).
However, the exhibition opponents were switched by Federation of University Sports of China officials Wednesday morning. Full names weren't even available for the official box score.
It didn't matter. Colorado blew this one open early with to a 23-0 run straddling the first and second quarters of the contest played under FIBA rules.
"You just prepare yourself for whatever is thrown out there," Colorado head coach
Tad Boyle said. "You don't know if you're going to see man, zone, you've just got to be ready for it. It's good because you have to think on your feet, you have to understand personnel as the game goes on – who's right handed, who's left handed, who's a driver, who's a shooter, who's a rebounder. All those things they have to figure out on the fly."
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