Colorado University Athletics
Colorado, Texas A&M Notes
March 04, 2009 | Men's Basketball
Team
CU has lost 10-straight games, the most since the 1985-86 season when they lost their last 17 games of the season
Texas A&M has won the last six in a row over Colorado
CU's 11 single-digit losses average of 4.5 points; Eight Big 12 single-digit losses by 5.2 points
In the 108-year history of CU basketball, the Buffs have endured three consecutive 20 loss seasons, a school-first
CU started Tomlinson, Higgins, Thorne II, Jackson-Wilson, Dufault: 25th time this season
Higgins, Thorne II, Dufault have started all 29 games; Tomlinson all 26 games he has started
CU led at the half for the first time this season in Big 12 play; in fact it's the first time CU has led at half in Big 12 game since Senior Night last year against Iowa State
CU has made a three-pointer in 224-consecutive games (7th in the Big 12)
CU scored 34 bench points, the second time in three games over 30-points
Played his last home game for the Buffs; the three-year standout has grabbed over 100 rebounds. He also handed out over 100 assists, blocked more than 75 shots and scored over 520 points in his career at CU.
Scored his team's first seven of nine points
11th 20-point effort this season
In the 13-year history of the Big 12, scored a team-best 27 points against Texas A&M topping previous high of 24 points scored by Michel Morandais (Feb. 15, 2003 at Boulder)
led team in scoring 17 times (19 career)
10th time this season led team in points and rebounding in the same game
Second straight 20-point effort (23.5 over two games)
Higgins ranks 46th in CU scoring (777 pts); 92 steals is 20th; 2111 career minutes is 25th all-time; 61-straight starts is 21st all-time
Returned to the starting lineup after missing two games with a concussion
Season-best seven assists tonight (5 previous high)
Scored a career-high 10 points and three steals tonight and fouled for the first time this season
Went to the free throw line for the first time tonight since the Western State game (Jan. 7)
16 points off the bench, the most since scoring 18 against Harvard (Nov. 22)
Averaging 11.6 points per game in his last three games
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