Colorado University Athletics
Colorado, Nebraska Notes
March 02, 2010 | Men's Basketball
Colorado breaks a 36-game road losing streak in Big 12 play and a 28-consectuve game road losing streak to Division I schools.
Last Big 12 road win occurred Jan. 21, 2006 at Oklahoma State, 80-78 (ot). Last road win Dec. 22, 2007 at Colorado State, 73-70.
CU's 14 overall wins and five Big 12 victories are bests under Coach Bzdelik in his three years.
CU won in Lincoln for only the third time in 14 games in Big 12 play and first win at the Devaney Center since Jan. 14, 2004 (68-60) breaking a five-game losing streak.
CU swept Nebraska for the first time since the 2003-04 season.
First two-game Big 12 winning streak since the 2005-6 season.
Tonight Colorado wore gold and is believed to be the first time on the road since the early 1990s.
CU made a season-high 12 three-pointers. CU tied a season first half high seven 3-pointers (five different players). The other two games Northridge, Gonzaga.
Casey Crawford made a career-high six three-pointers (four in the second half).
Crawford scored a career-high 20 points. He led CU in scoring for first time this season, third overall
Cory Higgins scored 19 points leading CU in scoring fifth time in six games; he now has 1343 points (still in 12th place on the school's scoring list). He's 23 points from the top-10. Higgins has led CU in scoring 17 of 29 games.
Alec Burks scored 19 points to move one point from second place (464 points) on the school's all-time freshman list.
Higgins moved into 17th place 224 career assists.
CU is 11-2 this season when shooting 50 percent or better from the field
CU is 8-1 this season when shooing 50 percent or better in each half
CU is 12-4 when leading at half
CU shot a season-best from the field (.619) and a best from the three-point arc (.706).
Colorado's Largest Big 12 Road Wins
17 Feb. 28, 1998 Colorado 81, @Texas 64
17 Feb. 20, 1999 Colorado 73, @Baylor 56
17 Jan. 20, 2001 Colorado 88, @Texas Tech 71
15 Feb. 26, 2002 Colorado 92, @Texas A&M 77
13 March 1, 2003 Colorado 72, @Baylor 59
13 March 2, 2010 Colorado 81, @Nebraska 68
10 Feb. 24, 1999 Colorado 78, @Texas Tech 68
10 Feb. 21, 2004 Colorado 72, @Kansas State 62
10 Feb. 5, 2005 Colorado 70, @Kansas State 60
