Colorado-UCLA Notes
Colorado defeats UCLA for just the third time in 14 games and for the first time ever in Los Angeles (1-8). It’s Colorado’s first win at Pauley Pavilion in five tries (1-4).
Colorado claimed its first road win of the year snapping a seven-game skid dating back to last season.
UCLA had averaged 91.8 points on 44 percent from 3-point range in its first five Pac-12 games. Tonight the Bruins scored 59 points while shooting just 20 percent from downtown (5-25)
UCLA center Thomas Welsh scored 20 points and was 9-10 from the field. The rest of the Bruins scored 39 points on 14-52 shooting (.269).
After giving up 22 turnovers against USC on Wednesday, the Buffaloes only had 12 against UCLA
Colorado’s 11 3-pointers made were the second most this season (13 vs. South Dakota State) and at 11-22 (.500) the second best percentage as well (9-15, .600 vs. New Mexico). Colorado shot 21 of 45 (.467) from 3-point range on the Southern California trip.
Colorado’s 17 assists are the second most for the Buffs in a Pac-12 road game (other: 19 at Stanford, 2-02-2017.
George King (26 points, 10 rebounds, 6-10 3FG) recorded his second straight double-double, fifth of the season and the 12th of his career. He had a career-high six 3-point field goals and shot 11 of 21 from deep on the Southern California trip (.524). His 26 points were a season-high and the second most of his career (27 vs. Auburn in Nov. 2015). King also had a career-best three blocked shots. He moved into sixth in career 3-pointers (154), 25th in scoring (1,135) and 23rd in rebounding (580).
Tyler Bey (7 points, 7 rebounds) pulled down seven rebounds for the second-straight contest, his best two marks in conference games.
Deleon Brown (6 points, 2 assists, 2-2 3FG) hit multiple 3-pointers in a game for the fifth time this year, but first since at Oregon State. He had been just 1 of 10 over the past four games.
McKinley Wright IV (4 points, 7 assists) season low in points, but dished out at least seven assists for the sixth time. All seven came in the first half moving his season total to 95 which ties Antoine McGee for the fifth most by a Colorado freshman.
Colorado claimed its first road win of the year snapping a seven-game skid dating back to last season.
UCLA had averaged 91.8 points on 44 percent from 3-point range in its first five Pac-12 games. Tonight the Bruins scored 59 points while shooting just 20 percent from downtown (5-25)
UCLA center Thomas Welsh scored 20 points and was 9-10 from the field. The rest of the Bruins scored 39 points on 14-52 shooting (.269).
After giving up 22 turnovers against USC on Wednesday, the Buffaloes only had 12 against UCLA
Colorado’s 11 3-pointers made were the second most this season (13 vs. South Dakota State) and at 11-22 (.500) the second best percentage as well (9-15, .600 vs. New Mexico). Colorado shot 21 of 45 (.467) from 3-point range on the Southern California trip.
Colorado’s 17 assists are the second most for the Buffs in a Pac-12 road game (other: 19 at Stanford, 2-02-2017.
George King (26 points, 10 rebounds, 6-10 3FG) recorded his second straight double-double, fifth of the season and the 12th of his career. He had a career-high six 3-point field goals and shot 11 of 21 from deep on the Southern California trip (.524). His 26 points were a season-high and the second most of his career (27 vs. Auburn in Nov. 2015). King also had a career-best three blocked shots. He moved into sixth in career 3-pointers (154), 25th in scoring (1,135) and 23rd in rebounding (580).
Tyler Bey (7 points, 7 rebounds) pulled down seven rebounds for the second-straight contest, his best two marks in conference games.
Deleon Brown (6 points, 2 assists, 2-2 3FG) hit multiple 3-pointers in a game for the fifth time this year, but first since at Oregon State. He had been just 1 of 10 over the past four games.
McKinley Wright IV (4 points, 7 assists) season low in points, but dished out at least seven assists for the sixth time. All seven came in the first half moving his season total to 95 which ties Antoine McGee for the fifth most by a Colorado freshman.