Colorado University Athletics
Colorado
14-6, 6-2
USC
5-16, 0-8
Buffs Stampede Over USC 74-50 On The Road
January 27, 2012 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES -- Andre Roberson had 13 points and 10 rebounds as Colorado beat Southern California 74-50 on Thursday night, sending the Trojans to their ninth straight loss.
CU's 24-point victory is their largest on the road in a conference game since the Cliff Meely-led Buffaloes won 80-56 in Norman against Oklahoma on Jan. 4, 1969 in a Big 8 game.
The Buffs led by 29 in the second half tonight, their largest lead in a conference road game since also taking a 29-point lead late in a 75-47 win at Nebraska on Jan. 7, 1963. By matching the lead from the Nebraska game in 1963, CU tied their largest lead in a road conference game since a 66-30 win at Denver on Jan. 9, 1946 in a Mountain States Conference game, a span of 66 years.
"Before we came out on the floor, we talked about this being a taking care of business type of game," head coach Tad Boyle said about CU's victory. "We knew if we did what we are supposed to do, the results would take care of themselves. Three things we talked about in practice this week were staying focused for 40 minutes, being mentally tough, and executing. I thought we did all three of those things tonight."
Carlon Brown scored 13 points with nine rebounds for the Buffaloes (14-6, 6-2), who used a 23-4 run spanning both halves in winning their first Pac-12 road game. Askia Booker scored 13, Austin Dufault 11 and Jeremy Adams 10.
Maurice Jones scored 13 points to lead the Trojans (5-16, 0-8), who shot 32 percent overall and went 5-of-25 on 3-pointers.
Roberson hit a layup and a free throw coming out of halftime to make the lead 40-26. After USC's James Blascyk scored on a jumper with 17:33 left, the Trojans went scoreless for nearly six minutes.
CU next travels just down the road to the L.A. Sports Arena to take on UCLA on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. MT.
