Colorado-Washington State Notes
vs
Grace College (Ind.)
Oct 19 (Sun)
12 p.m.
The four-point margin was Colorado’s narrowest in a loss this season and the first time in five games the Buffaloes fell with margin of five points or less.
Colorado shot a season-high 35 free throw attempts and its most in a road games since attempting 42 at USC on Jan. 29, 2015 in a triple overtime game. The Buffaloes made 26, their second highest total of the season and most on the road since making 30 in that same USC game.
Washington State narrows Colorado’s lead in the series to 12-4 and even the series at 3-3 in the Cougars’ home venues.
Colorado scored 40 points in the second half, 20 of them on free throws.
Colorado only scored two field goals in an 11:46 span of the second half (from 13:12 to 1:26). In that time the Buffaloes scored 16 of 20 points off free throws.
Dallas Walton (16 points, 6 rebounds, 8-8 FT) career-high in points, surpassing the 15 he had against Arizona on Jan. 6. He also set personal bests by hitting all eight free throw attempts and matched the team season high for free throws without a miss (McKinley Wright IV was 8-of-8 vs. Air Force on Nov. 26). Has pulled down at least six rebounds in three of his last five games (5.6 rpg during that span). Walton scored 14 of his points in the second half and at one point scored nine straight for the Buffaloes.
McKinley Wright IV (16 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists) moved into second place for assists in a freshman season at 141 and is just two away from Chauncey Billups’ freshman record of 143 set in 1995-96. Overall he is 12th on CU’s single-season list. His seven rebounds are his most in a Pac-12 game and most since he pulled down nine against South Dakota State on Dec. 15. He’s averaging 6.3 rebounds over the last three games.
George King (9 points, 11 rebounds) recorded his ninth double-figure rebound game of the season and sixth in Pac-12 play. He moved into 18th in career rebounds (646), passing Donnie Boyce who had 644 from 1991-95.
Namon Wright (12 points, 4 rebounds, 4-9 FG) scored in double-digits for the 14th time and had his most points since scoring 16 in the home win over Washington State.
Colorado shot a season-high 35 free throw attempts and its most in a road games since attempting 42 at USC on Jan. 29, 2015 in a triple overtime game. The Buffaloes made 26, their second highest total of the season and most on the road since making 30 in that same USC game.
Washington State narrows Colorado’s lead in the series to 12-4 and even the series at 3-3 in the Cougars’ home venues.
Colorado scored 40 points in the second half, 20 of them on free throws.
Colorado only scored two field goals in an 11:46 span of the second half (from 13:12 to 1:26). In that time the Buffaloes scored 16 of 20 points off free throws.
Dallas Walton (16 points, 6 rebounds, 8-8 FT) career-high in points, surpassing the 15 he had against Arizona on Jan. 6. He also set personal bests by hitting all eight free throw attempts and matched the team season high for free throws without a miss (McKinley Wright IV was 8-of-8 vs. Air Force on Nov. 26). Has pulled down at least six rebounds in three of his last five games (5.6 rpg during that span). Walton scored 14 of his points in the second half and at one point scored nine straight for the Buffaloes.
McKinley Wright IV (16 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists) moved into second place for assists in a freshman season at 141 and is just two away from Chauncey Billups’ freshman record of 143 set in 1995-96. Overall he is 12th on CU’s single-season list. His seven rebounds are his most in a Pac-12 game and most since he pulled down nine against South Dakota State on Dec. 15. He’s averaging 6.3 rebounds over the last three games.
George King (9 points, 11 rebounds) recorded his ninth double-figure rebound game of the season and sixth in Pac-12 play. He moved into 18th in career rebounds (646), passing Donnie Boyce who had 644 from 1991-95.
Namon Wright (12 points, 4 rebounds, 4-9 FG) scored in double-digits for the 14th time and had his most points since scoring 16 in the home win over Washington State.