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Men's Basketball Travels to Iowa State

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at Iowa State Cyclones  (12-8, 2-3 Big 12)

Tuesday, Jan. 29, 6 p.m. (Mountain)

Arena: Hilton Coliseum (14,376)

Television: FSN Rocky Mountain

Announcers: Tim Ring, Ceal Barry 

Radio: KKZN 760: Mark Johnson, Charles Johnson

 

FOR STARTERS (individual): Marcus Hall’s 28 points against Missouri moves him closer to 1,000 career points (974). His 11 fields goals made are the most by a CU player since Richard Roby 11 FGs, Jan. 25, 2006 vs. Nebraska (30 pts.) ? Roby is tied for second in school history with 103 career starts, the record is 105 (Donnie Boyce, 1991-95) ? Roby’s season-best 14 rebounds against Mizzou tied his output of 14 boards earlier this season against New Orleans; his 13 defensive vs. Missouri was a career-high ? Roby has nine career double-doubles, four this season ? Despite losing three straight games, Roby is averaging 19.3 ppg., 9.3 rpg., 20-of-41 from the field (.488); Hall is 14.0 ppg., 17-of-27 from the field (.630) ? Roby has led CU in scoring nine times, six of them over 20 points (22.2 ppg.); and led on the boards (nine times) and averages 9.4 rpg. ? In five Big 12 games, Cory Higgins is averaging 5.6 rpg. and is the only player shooting 50 percent from the field (.515) and 3-point arc (.500).

 

FOR STARTERS (team): CU made a season-best 18 made free throws against Mizzou ? In two road conference games, CU is shooting .525 (53-of-101) from the field, .731 at the FT line (19-of-26), committing only 11.5 turnovers ? Averaged only 11 turnovers in their first three Big 12 games, however their last two games have committed 16.5 a game ? Two of CU’s four conference losses are by an average of three points ? Made a first-half best seven 3-pointers at Texas ? After 19 games, CU starters are out-scoring the opponent starters by an average of a 52.3-to-44.7 margin; however the opponent bench is better by an average of 18-to-11 ? In nine victories, CU is shooting .498 from the field and averaging 68.6 ppg. and allowing 52.7 ppg. ? 5-1 when shooting over 50 percent from the field ? CU has three straight losses, tying their longest skid set last month ? The Buffs are 45-of-54 (.833) from the free throw line with under two minutes to play in the game.

 

CU v. ISU: Iowa State holds a slim 73-65 lead over CU in the head-to-head series dating back to 1947. The Cyclones are 44-18 against CU in Ames and have won 15 of their last 16 games at home against the Buffaloes, including two straight. CU last won in Ames, Jan. 22, 2005, 54-52 (ot). In the last 30 years, the Buffs have won in Ames only twice, the other was Feb. 19, 1991.

 

ABOUT IOWA STATE: The Cyclones have won both their home conference games (Missouri, Oklahoma State) by an average of six points. Overall, ISU is 10-2 at home (losses to Minnesota, Northern Iowa) and are led by four players averaging over 10 points a game. Iowa State is 9-0 when scoring 70 points or more this year. The Cyclones have posted 70 or higher in eight of the last 10 contests.

 

1,000 POINTS: Marcus Hall is 26 points away from becoming the 25th player in school history to score 1,000 points in his career. Hall has 974 points entering today’s game and stands in 26th place overall.

 

BIG 12 TOP-10: Colorado’s top two seniors of Roby and Hall highlight the conference top-10 leaders (all games played):

 

FT %:             Roby    3rd          .782

Scoring:          Roby    5th    16.7 ppg.

FG%:             Roby    8th          .489

Rebounding     Roby    10th        6.6

Def-Reb.         Roby    10th        4.3       

Steals:  Hall       5th        2.1

Assists:          Hall      t-5th        4.0

Asst.-Turn Ratio          Hall         10th       1.74

 

TEAM LEADERS: CU’s leading scorers are Richard Roby (16.7 ppg.) and Marcus Hall (12.8 ppg.); leader on the glass is Roby (6.6 rpg.) and Jermyl Jackson-Wilson (4.3 rpg.); Hall tops the team in assists (4.0 apg.), steals (2.1 spg.) and 31 3-pointers.

 

LAST GAME REVIEW: Marcus Hall scored a season-high 28 points and Richard Roby added 13, however Missouri grabbed the lead late in the second half and came out victorious with a 66-62 win over Colorado. Leo Lyons scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half and Missouri overcame a 13-point deficit over the final 10 minutes. The Tigers (12-8, 2-3)  snapped a three-game losing streak and a five-game road skid, never led in the first 38 minutes. Then, Matt Lawrence set up in the left corner and swished a 3-pointer that gave Missouri a 61-60 lead with two minutes left and never trailed again.

 

SEASONED VETERAN?: Aside of from Hall and Roby dominating the headlines, how about freshman Cory Higgins game-in and game-out? With 19 starts and almost 32 minutes a game, the freshman has led CU in scoring twice and on the boards three times. In five Big 12 games, he’s consistent with 10.6 ppg., 5.6 rpg., 11 assists and six steals. He’s also shooting .515 from the field.

 

Trends after 19 games

                In Wins (9)    In Losses (10)

PPG.               68.6          59.3

FG %               49.8%       41.7%

3-pt. FG %       36.6%       32.9%

FG made          24.8          20.8

FT%                 68.9%       69.1%

Turnovers          13.4          13.8

Assist/TO Ratio                 +1.9  +0.9

Off. Rebounds   9.1            8.9

Def. Rebounds  23.3          19.3

Steals              8.0            5.2

Blocks             4.6            4.3

In nine wins ... Roby: 16.8 ppg., 6.9 rpg., 3.3 apg.; Hall: 13.9 ppg., 3.3 rpg., 3.4 apg.

- Jackson-Wilson: 6.2 rpg., 5.0 ppg. 1.2 bpg.

 

4th all-time: Richard Roby keeps moving up on the school scoring list with 1,773 points. After netting his third 27-point effort of th season, he stands 104 points from passing Shaun Vandiver (1,876). Vandiver played three years from 1989-91 scoring 1,876 points in 91 games (20.6 ppg.).

 

BUFFALO GOLD: For the first time since the 2000-01 season, CU wore gold uniforms in their conference home opener against Nebraska. The last time CU wore gold was an 81-71 home win versus Oklahoma State (Jan. 27, 2001). During the 1999-2000 season,  CU also wore gold in a 69-64 loss at Nebraska on Feb. 26. Against K-State, the Buffs returned to the gold uniforms and back to white against Mizzou.

 

HALL or ROBY: Through 19 games, Richard Roby and Marcus Hall have led the majority of games in scoring. Roby has led nine times, Hall seven times, while Cory Higgins has done it in back-to-back games (at Texas A&M, Nebraska).  Xavier Silas (24 pts. vs. Florida A&M) has performed it once. In his nine games, Roby averages 22.2 ppg., while Hall is 18.1 ppg.

 

EASY POINTS: In recent years, CU was not a very good free throw shooting team. This year, the Buffaloes are shooting almost 70 percent (.690), a feat only accomplished once in the last 12 years (2000-01, .715).  With under two minutes to play in the game, Marcus Hall is an impressive 22-of-24 (.917) during that stretch, while the entire team is 45-of-54 (.833 percent).

 

TRIFECTA: For only the third time this season, Cory Higgins joined Marcus Hall and Richard Roby for leading the team in rebounding, assists and steals in the same game outright. Higgins topped CU at Texas (8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal). Hall was led in all three categories against Tulsa and Roby against New Orleans. Roby is the closet to lead in all five categories (points, rebs, assts., stls., blks.) in a single game topping four of five against New Orleans, only missing the blocked shots category.

           

CAN’T PASS THROUGH THIS HALL: Senior Marcus Hall’s eight steals against Tulsa were the most since Jose Winston had eight for the Buffs in a 67-56 win over St. Mary’s on Nov. 11, 1999. It’s the second-most steals in a game this season in Division I (Lester Hudson, Tenn.-Martin, 10). The school record for steals in a game is 10 by Jay Humphries against Milwaukee-Wisconsin on Jan. 15, 1983. Hall’s 121 career steals puts him in ninth place on the all-time list at CU (teammate Richard Roby is fifth on the all-time list with 162 career swipes). 

 

AK-47 MEET MH-1: The stat sheet will tell you Hall didn’t even record a double-double against Tulsa, but that’s doesn’t explain how close he was to notching the first quadruple-double in NCAA Division I history. Hall shot just 2-of-14 against Tulsa, preventing him from reaching 10 points, usually the easiest stat to fill. Other than that, he was just one teammate’s missed lay up and two tipped passes out of bounds away from infamy. A lot of what if’s, but Hall is turning into the Andre Kirilenko of college basketball with his ability to fill a stat sheet in several categories. His final line: 4 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 8 steals.

 

 

 

CU During Big 12 Inception: After 19 games, CU not only has won more games this season than last, but their field goal percentage and limiting their turnovers per game rank near the top over the last 12 years.

 

Year     PPG FG %         3-Pt.%    FT%   To  W’s

2007-08 63.7 .455  .347   .690 13.6   9

2006-07 69.1 .417  .313   .655 17.5   7

2005-06 76.8 .434  .342   .646 14.0   20

2004-05 71.6 .435  .353   .629 14.4   14   

2003-04 74.2 .464  .372   .621 14.6   18

2002-03 75.2 .443  .326   .669 14.0   20

2001-02 79.7 .453  .357   .677 17.0   15

2000-01 80.6 .460  .359   .715 16.5   15

1999-00 75.2 .426  .339   .686 14.3   18

1998-99 73.1 .414  .344   .702 14.7   18

1997-98 71.4 .404  .346   .688 14.3   13

1996-97 73.1 .420  .362   .681 13.9   22

 

IRON MAN: Marcus Hall ended his streak of 161 consecutive minutes played. From Nov. 29-Dec. 22, Hall played 196 out of 200 possible minutes spanning five games (40 each at Air Force, Stanford, at Wyoming, New Orleans, at Colorado State).  For the season, Hall averages a conference best 36.3 minutes a game.

 

REDSHIRT YEAR: Sophomore forward Jeremy Williams will be redshirted this season and will return next year with three full years of eligibility. He was academically ineligible for the fall semester. Williams averaged 7.7 points and 4.6 rpg. last season with 18 starts.

 

FOUR IN A ROW? - Richard Roby will be looking to become only the third player in school history to lead the team in scoring four consecutive seasons. From 2004-05 (16.0 ppg.), 2005-06 (17.0) through last year (17.3), Roby has made it three straight. Here are the others:

Donnie Boyce    1991-95    4-straight

Shawn Vandiver *1988-91   3-straight

Emmett Lewis   1975-79    4-straight

Cliff Meely         *1968-71   3-straight

Pat Frink                       ^1964-65, ’66-68 

                        (3 of 4 years)

* - Played only three years

^ - did not play 1965-66 season

 

3-Point Streak: Dating back to the 2001-02 season, CU has made a 3-pointer in 182 consecutive games. Last time they failed to make at least one trey was Jan. 16, 2002 against Iowa State in Boulder. The Buffs won 63-61.