Colorado-UC Irvine Notes

Providence

Nov 14 (Fri)

7 p.m.

Colorado improves to 3-0, reaching that mark for the third time in the last four seasons. The Buffaloes have three straight wins by 10 or more points for the first time since Nov. 2016.

UCI was held to 53 points for just the second time in the last 60 games. UCI did not make three consecutive shots the entire game. UCI had 21 field goals made and 22 turnovers.

CU wins despite shooting under 40 percent for the first time since Feb. 11, 2018 (Stanford)

Colorado improves to 8-0 all-time vs. UC Irvine

Colorado improves to 88-29 in nonconference regular season games under head coach Tad Boyle including a 41-12 mark since 2014-15. Colorado improves to 70-4 in nonconference home games under Boyle (includes postseason)

McKinley Wright IV (16 points, 5 assists, 0 turnovers)
- 42^nd career game with at least five assists
- 56^th career game scoring double digits
- Had no turnovers, just the third time in 70 career games
- 952 career points, moves into 37^th place, passing Fred Edmonds (943 from 1993-97)

Tyler Bey (16 points, 7 rebounds, 6 steals)
- Career-high six steals, most by a Buff since Namon Wright had six at Xavier on Dec. 9, 2017
- Improved to 17-21 from the free throw line this season (.810). Has more than twice the free throw attempts as any other Buff through three games.
- Averaging 3.7 steals over the first three games

Daylen Kountz (7 points, 3 steals)
- Career high three steals
- Hit his first two shots – both 3’s – breaking out of a 1 for 12 slump to start the season.

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