GAME #11: vs. Texas Southern Tigers (1-8)
Thursday, Dec. 22, 7:02 p.m. (MST) Coors Events Center (11,043)
Television: None. Live video can be seen on Buff sTV, a subscription service through CUBuffs.com
760 KKZN: Mark Johnson (pbp), Chris Lewis (analyst)
Series vs. Texas Southern: CU leads 2-0
Series vs. Southwestern Athletic Conference: 9-0
Up Next: New Orleans (9-4: Privateers lead 1-0 (UNO, 67-65, Dec. 12, 2008 in Boulder).
QUICKLY: Colorado continues its eight-game home stand with the fourth game • CU plays its second game in four days after being idle for 10 days • Coach Boyle’s two-year CU record is 30-18 (.625) and 22-3 at home (.880) • CU is 3-0 when they have scored at least 41 points in a half this season • CU shot .846 percent (22-of-26) from the free-throwline against Bakersfi eld, a season best • Austin Dufault has 104 career starts (fourth all-time). His next game ties Donnie Boyce (1991-95) at third place • CU has made at least one 3-pointer in 305-consecutive games dating back to the 2001-02 season.
SINGLE-DIGIT GAMES: The 1951-52 season was the last time CU opened the season with eight single-digit games in the fi rst 10. CU was 3-7 through the fi rst ten games that season, and fi nished the year with an 8-16 (4-8) record. For the season, CU played in 15 single-digit games, going 5-10 in those contests.
CLOSE GAMES: The Buff aloes are 3-2 over their last fi ve games and are averaging 65.8 ppg. compared to 65.2 by the opponent (-0.6). Excluding the 28-point home opener over Fort Lewis College, the Buff s average margin of wins/losses is 4.6 points. Five wins w/out FLC is 4.6 points; four losses is an average of seven points.
COUNTDOWN TO 1,000: Entering his final collegiate season, Carlon Brown has scored a team-high 127 points as a Buff (12.7 ppg.) giving him 981 career points. Brown scored 854 points in three years with Utah and in 108 career games played, he is averaging 9.1 ppg.
Thursday, Dec. 22, 7:02 p.m. (MST) Coors Events Center (11,043)
Television: None. Live video can be seen on Buff sTV, a subscription service through CUBuffs.com
760 KKZN: Mark Johnson (pbp), Chris Lewis (analyst)
Series vs. Texas Southern: CU leads 2-0
Series vs. Southwestern Athletic Conference: 9-0
Up Next: New Orleans (9-4: Privateers lead 1-0 (UNO, 67-65, Dec. 12, 2008 in Boulder).
QUICKLY: Colorado continues its eight-game home stand with the fourth game • CU plays its second game in four days after being idle for 10 days • Coach Boyle’s two-year CU record is 30-18 (.625) and 22-3 at home (.880) • CU is 3-0 when they have scored at least 41 points in a half this season • CU shot .846 percent (22-of-26) from the free-throwline against Bakersfi eld, a season best • Austin Dufault has 104 career starts (fourth all-time). His next game ties Donnie Boyce (1991-95) at third place • CU has made at least one 3-pointer in 305-consecutive games dating back to the 2001-02 season.
SINGLE-DIGIT GAMES: The 1951-52 season was the last time CU opened the season with eight single-digit games in the fi rst 10. CU was 3-7 through the fi rst ten games that season, and fi nished the year with an 8-16 (4-8) record. For the season, CU played in 15 single-digit games, going 5-10 in those contests.
CLOSE GAMES: The Buff aloes are 3-2 over their last fi ve games and are averaging 65.8 ppg. compared to 65.2 by the opponent (-0.6). Excluding the 28-point home opener over Fort Lewis College, the Buff s average margin of wins/losses is 4.6 points. Five wins w/out FLC is 4.6 points; four losses is an average of seven points.
COUNTDOWN TO 1,000: Entering his final collegiate season, Carlon Brown has scored a team-high 127 points as a Buff (12.7 ppg.) giving him 981 career points. Brown scored 854 points in three years with Utah and in 108 career games played, he is averaging 9.1 ppg.