Colorado-Washington State Notes

Team

The Buffaloes are now 18-7 overall and 7-5 in the Pac-12.

This was the 10th meeting between Colorado and Washington State. The Buffs are 8-2 in the series and have won all five all-time meetings in Boulder, including a 90-58 decision on Jan. 24, 2015.

Thursday night's game was the Buffs' first overtime game this season. The last overtime game Colorado played was also against Washington State, last season in Corvallis (a 96-91 WSU win).

The Buffs are now 8-5 all-time in double overtime.

Colorado has used six different starting lineups this season.

Colorado is 13-0 when leading at the half.

18 wins tie for the ninth most in regular season games, just three off the record of 21

The Buffaloes improved from shooting 33.0 percent in the first half of the last three games to 48.3 percent against Washington State. On Thursday Colorado hit 10 of its first 15 shots.

CU hit 77.5 percent from the line, bouncing back from hitting 54.8 percent in the two road games last week.

Attendance at Coors Events Center was 7,330.

Players

Wesley Gordon

His 53 blocks this season tie him with Ted Allen for eighth best in CU history for a single-season.

Gordon scored 15 points against Washington State, making it the first time this season he has consecutive games scoring double-digits. This is his first time since doing so since Feb. 2015 when the Buffs faced Oregon and Oregon State. He recorded his fourth double-double of the season and ninth of his career after recording 15 points and12 rebounds. It was also his second straight.

Thomas Akyazili

Akyazili set a new career-high in points recording 10 against Washington State. He tallied seven points in the first half, and only had six total in the previous six games combined (played in five, sat out at Oregon).

Xavier Talton

Thursday night was Talton's 30th career start and second this year. He was 4-4 for free throws which came in the final minutes of the second overtime. Talton scored 13 points, tying his season-high

Josh Scott

Scott has started the previous 37 straight games and did not play at UCLA on Jan. 31st, 2015. On Thursday night he did not dress due to a leg injury and remains day-to-day.

George King

King scored 21 points and led Colorado in scoring for the ninth time this season. He is now 33 of 37 from the foul line after hitting 7 of 8 against Washington State.

King bounced back from the Oregon State game where he was 0-of-6 from the field and scored just one point. Against WSU he hit 6-of-12 from the field.