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Texas A&M
Buffs Bury Texas A&M, 92-77
February 26, 2002 | Men's Basketball
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Blair Wilson scored a career-high 24 points as Colorado defeated Texas A&M 92-77 Tuesday night to end a five-game losing streak.
Wilson hit 5 of 9 from 3-point range. Michel Morandais scored 21 points and David Harrison added 20 for Colorado (14-12, 5-10 Big 12).
Bernard King led the Aggies (9-20, 3-12) with a season-high 32 points. He matched Wilson's five 3-pointers. Nick Anderson scored 13 points and Keith Bean added 10 for A&M, which has lost eight straight games.
Morandais paced the Buffs early, scoring 11 points in the opening 10 minutes. He didn't score again in the first half. The Buffs forward was coming off a career-high 33 points against Missouri while starting in place of D.J. Harrison, who broke his hand against Kansas State last week.
Morandais also tallied career bests with seven assists and four steals against the Aggies.
Colorado led by as much as 15 before A&M used an 8-0 run to cut the lead back to single digits and trail just 38-31 at the half.
King scored 18 of his 32 points in the second half.
Junior forward Stephane Pelle added 17 points and a game-high 14 rebounds for CU. It's the 12th time this season Pelle has recorded a double-double and sits in eighth place in CU history with 23 overall.
Wilson drained his fifth 3-pointer of the game with 4:15 remaining to give Colorado a 12- point lead that it protected at the free-throw line.
After the Aggies sent Colorado to the line just once in the first half, the Buffs made 22 of 29 free throws in the second half. A&M made just 7 of 11 at the line.
It's the first time in Big 12 history for Colorado to place three players with 20 or more points in a single game. The last time this happened was Jan. 26, 1996, when CU was part of the Big 8 Conference. The Buffs recorded a 106-94 win over Missouri when Chauncy Billups (27 points), Martice Moore (25 pts.) and Mack Tuck (25 pts.) all netted over the 20 point barrier.
Colorado shot 54 percent, including 56 percent from 3-point range.
