Colorado-Washington State Notes - University of Colorado Athletics

Grace College (Ind.)

Oct 19 (Sun)

12 p.m.

Colorado improves its series lead over Washington State to 13-4 and has won all eight meetings in Boulder.

Colorado’s 11 3-pointers made was its most at home this season and second most overall (14 at Air Force). The Buffaloes were 11 of 27 (.407) from long range after going 5 of 26 in their previous game at Arizona State (.192).

Colorado’s featured its fourth starting lineup of the season and third in the last three games. Freshman Daylen Kountz made his first collegiate start.

Colorado’s 92 points are its most in a regulation, regular season Pac-12 games since a 100-91 win over Oregon in Boulder on Jan. 5, 2014.

The Buffaloes hit 90 points for the fourth time this season, their most since scoring at least 90 in six games in 2015-16.

Colorado improved to 54-4 in the Tad Boyle era (4-0 in 2018-19) when holding its opponent to 40 percent or less shooting and is +8 or better in rebounding margin. WSU shot 36.8 percent while Colorado won the battle of the boards by 14 (41-27).

Washington State had averaged 9.9 3-pointers made per game while shooting 40.7 percent. Tonight the Cougars were just 2 of 18 (.111).

Colorado improved to 9-0 when having at least four players score in double figures.

Colorado’s 20 assists are a season high and the most since the Buffs had 20 in last season’s Pac-12 Tournament first round game vs. Arizona State.

Tyler Bey (26 points, 10 rebounds, 10-13 FG) career and team season high with 26 points. Recorded his seventh career double-double and fifth of the season. Career and team season-high 10 field goals made. He scored the team’s first eight points of the game. Bey had just seven points total in the game at Arizona State and 22 points over the previous four outings (10-28, .357 over that span). He logged his eighth double-figure rebounding game of the season and his seventh in the last 10 games.

Shane Gatling (17 points, 5-10 3FG) recorded personal CU-highs in points, and 3-pointers made and attempted. His 10 3-point attempts are a team season-high and his five made match Namon Wright (Drake) for the team season lead. Gatling had made just five 3-pointers over the previous seven contests (5-22, .227).

D’Shawn Schwartz (16 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists) career highs in points and assists. He recorded back-to-back double figure scoring games for the second time this year (USD-UIC). It was overall his sixth double-figure scoring game of the season and eighth in his career. Seven rebounds were one off his personal-best and he is averaging 6.3 boards over the last three games.

McKinley Wright IV (10 points, 7 assists, 2 steals) has scored in double figures in 40 of 47 career games and dished out at least five assists in 32 outings. He bounced back with seven assists after recording just six total in the two-game swing in Arizona. He has tied Richard Roby (2004-08) for 16^th in career assists at Colorado with 257. It was his ninth game with at least two steals and third straight. He is averaging 2.3 steals the last three games.

Evan Battey (14 rebounds, 3 assists) recorded a career-high in rebounds and one off Tyler Bey’s team season high of 15. He’s the only CU player other than Bey with at least 11 rebounds in a game this season.