Colorado University Athletics
Colorado, Texas Southern Notes
March 17, 2011 | Men's Basketball
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Colorado... is now 9-7 in National Invitational Tournament games...is now 22-13 on the season... 2-0 all-time against Texas Southern... 9-0 all-time and 2-0 this season against Southwestern Athletic Conference opponents (CU defeated Alcorn State 91-51 on Nov. 23)... The Buffs are 15-3 when scoring 80+ points • CU is 18-1 with a higher shooting percentage; 17-2 when outrebounding the opponent (at OU, at Mizzou only losses); 14-2 when their bench outscores the opponent (at OU, at BU); 11-0 when shooting 50 percent or higher; 15-3 when leading at the half
-Wednesday's game is Colorado's first postseason contest since Mar. 15, 2006 when they played Old Dominion in the National Invitational Tournament...
-The Buffs 22 wins this season is their most since they had a 22 win season in the 1996-97 season
-Is now 8-5 this season after losing their previous game
-Tad Boyle earned his first win in the National Invitational Tournament and is now 2-1 all-time in postseason national tournaments as a head coach
-Senior Marcus Relphorde and junior Austin Dufault are the only two players to start every game this season (35).
-Alec Burks and Cory Higgins went one-two in scoring in 39 of their 65 games together, including 20 times this season
-Is now third all-time in school history for most points with 1,953, passing Cliff Meely's 1,940 points he hit the mark with a mid-range jump shot with 5:27 left in the first half. He is now 28 points behind Richard Roby 2,001 points for first all-time
-31st game this season and 104th of his career in which he scored in double-figures, has scored in double-figures in 31 of 35 games this season
-Is now tied for eighth all time for career 3-pointers made with 120, tying Chauncey Billups' (1995-97)
-Had his sixth 20 point game of the season and 31st of his career
-Has now made at least one free-throw in 16 straight games
-Is the first player in school history to have 500 points, 200 rebounds and 100 assists in the same season (he has over 600 points)
-Is now second for the most points scored in a season in school history with (709)
-Fourth straight game in which he scored at least 20 points. He has had 20 points in now 21 games this season and 29 games in his career
-Has led the team in scoring in 23 times
-Has scored in double figures in 33 of his 34 games this season
Andre Roberson
-Is now first all-time in blocks in a season by a Colorado freshman with 40
-Is the now the first-ever freshman to lead the team in rebounds (was 265), steals (48) and blocked shots (40)
-Fourth straight game in which he has scored at least nine points
-Tied a season high with 15 points
-Has now not fouled out in 120 games, tying him for first all-time on the school list with Glen Eddy (2002-06)
-eighth games with at least two three-pointers in a game
-Eighth game this season that he has dished out at least four assists
