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Game Recap: Men's Basketball | November 14, 2023 | Neill Woelk, Contributing Editor
No. 25 Buffaloes Roll Past Milwaukee
BOULDER — Colorado put six players in double figures Tuesday and the Buffaloes celebrated their No. 25 national ranking with a 106-79 win over Milwaukee at the CU Events Center.
Tad Boyle's Buffs improved to 3-0 while Milwaukee dropped to 1-2.
Colorado was dominant from the outset, building a double-digit lead four minutes in and extending the cushion to 20 by halftime. The Buffs then hit their first 10 shots of the second half to bump the edge to 30 and they led by as much as 38 down the stretch.
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KJ Simpson led Colorado with 23 points on 7-for-9 shooting and a game-high six assists while freshman
Cody Williams scored 17 points to go with five rebounds and four assists.
Eddie Lampkin Jr. had his first double-double as a Buff with 14 points and 12 rebounds,
Tristan da Silva tallied 17 points,
Julian Hammond III chipped in 14 and
RJ Smith scored 11.
Zach Howell led Milwaukee with 15 points, all on 3-pointers.
Colorado surpassed the 20-assist mark for the third straight game, finishing with 25, and the Buffs shot 59 percent from the floor (37-63), including 13-for-20 from long range. Colorado has hit 31 of its 60 3-point tries thus far this season.
CU held Milwaukee to 37 percent shooting (27-for-73), but the Panthers did hit 11 of their 34 3-point tries. The Panthers also had 19 offensive rebounds for 18 second-chance points.
"We obviously shot the ball well — offensively we were as good as we've been all year tonight," Boyle said. "(But) with that being said, we still have a lot of room for improvement. Nineteen offensive rebounds given up is something that's not acceptable and we gave up 11 threes against a team that we knew was a good shooting team … Those are the two areas I'm dialing in on because what I've got to do with these guys is make them understand that we can maybe get away with some things early in the season with our schedule that we're not going to be able to get away with as we move forward."
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Boyle, though, knows the road gets tougher. Colorado leaves home for the first time next week for two games in the second and third rounds of the Sunshine Slam in Daytona Beach, Fla. (Tuesday's game was the first round of the tournament.) CU plays Richmond on Monday, then faces either Florida State or UNLV on Tuesday.
"We know the price of poker is going up as we go through our season, even in our preseason," Boyle said. "Richmond is playing really well early. Florida State and UNLV are very talented teams. Colorado State is playing well and Miami, a Final Four team, is on the docket. We've got a lot of teams that are going to be better and bigger than the ones we've played.That's why we have to have the attention to detail. It has to be rock solid."
TURNING POINT: A 10-0 Colorado run early gave the Buffs a 17-4 edge less than four minutes in and the Panthers never really threatened again.
WHAT IT MEANS: The Buffs should keep their top 25 ranking in the next poll and they'll take plenty of confidence with them to Florida.
KEY STATISTICS: Colorado surpassed the 20-assist mark for the third straight game, finishing with 25 … The Buffs shot 59 percent from the floor (37-63), including 13-for-20 from long range.
NEXT UP: The Buffs head to Daytona Beach, Fla., next Monday and Tuesday for the second and third rounds of the Sunshine Slam. The Buffs will face Richmond on Monday at 6 p.m. (CBSSN), then either Florida State or UNLV on Tuesday.
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The official box score of Men's Basketball vs Milwaukee on 11/14/23
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