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Freeman Scores Game-High 17, Lifts CU Over Big Green, 83-65
December 31, 2005 | Men's Basketball
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Martane Freeman matched a career-best 17 points with a career-high nine rebounds as Colorado extended its winning streak to eight with an 83-65 victory over struggling Dartmouth Saturday.
Richard Roby added 13 points for Colorado (9-1), off to its best start since 1978-79 when it began 10-1. The eight-game winning streak is the school's longest since 1961-62 when the Buffaloes won 12 in a row.
Calvin Arnold and DeVon Mosley had 11 points each for Dartmouth (1-9), losers of eight in a row. The Big Green are off to their worst start since the 1993-94 team opened the year 1-12.
Colorado saw its 17-point halftime lead reduced to 11 after Leon Pattman's four-point play and a rebound basket nine minutes into the second half. Michael Giovacchini got Dartmouth even closer, 56-43, with 10:24 left, but Roby came right back with a 3-pointer for Colorado to start a 10-2 run and made it a 66-48 game.
Mike Lang's 3-pointer got the Big Green as close 70-57 with 6:20 remaining. Jumpers by Freeman and Marcus Hall got the lead to 81-57 with four minutes left.
Dartmouth stayed close for nearly 15 minutes of the first half as Mosley and Arnold contributed nine points each. Arnold's 3-pointer with 5:13 left made it 27-20 and the Big Green could have been closer had Jason Meyer and Chuck Flynn finished uncontested layups.
Colorado which had trouble at the free throw line, 4-for-11, did finish the half well. Freeman had seven points including a 3-pointer over the last five minutes of the half and the Buffaloes outscored Dartmouth 14-4 over that stretch to lead 41-24 at halftime.
GAME NOTES
vs. DARTMOUTH: CU is 1-0 against the Big Green head-to-head and 5-1 versus the Ivy League. CU raced out to a 9-2 lead (17:04) and then 16-6 after the first media timeout (15:00); CU had all five starters scored CU never trailed in the game.
STAR OF THE GAME: Martane Freeman scored a team-high 17 points matching previous career-high, twice, and grabbed a career-high nine rebounds with two blocked shots (tying a career-high)
THE STREAK: Colorado's win streak is up to eight straight games, CU's longest since 1996-97 campaign when they also won eight straight. The Buffaloes last consecutive win streak of 10 or more was 12 in a row back in 1961-62.
SHOOTING THE THREE: Today the Buffaloes made five 3-pointers (79 this year, 214 attempts) staying ahead of last year's 3-point record pace of 223 treys made. After 10 games last year they were 62-of-170 from the arc. Coming into the game CU averaged 8.2 treys a game.
UNDER 70 POINTS: Holding Dartmouth under 70 points today, improves CU's record this season in this category. It's the sixth time in 10 games the Buffs have held the opponent under 70 points.
HOME SWEET HOME: CU improved to 6-0 at the Events Center this year improved their home winning streak to 15-straight non-conference wins since Jan. 8, 2004.
SENIORS WIN: The current senior class improved to 24-3 (.889) in non-conference games played at the Events Center.
ON THE GLASS: Chris Copeland cracked the CU all-time rebounding list. Against Dartmouth, Copeland grabbed three giving him 327 for 51st. Glean Eddy has 351, 45th all-time. CU has out-rebounded all their opponents this year.
CONSECUTIVE MINUTES: Glean Eddy (101) ranks second all-time at CU for consecutive games played without fouling out. Antoine McGee is second tying with 100, tying current CU Director of Basketball Operations Will Smith (100). However, Smith played 2,178 minutes (20th all-time). Eddy has only played 1,513 and McGee (1,423), not even in the top-40.
HAND OUTS: Marcus Hall moved up the school's all-time assists list with four today. Right now, Hall ranks tied for 17th with 213.
