Colorado-Arizona Notes
Colorado dropped to 14-4 overall and 3-2 in the Pac-12. The overall record is still the team’s best since 2013-14. The Buffaloes are 26-8 over the last 34 games.
Arizona leads the all-time series 20-14 and has won the last nine games played in Tucson. The Buffaloes are 0-8 all-time at the McKale Center.Colorado’s 54 points are a season low and its 18 field goals and 36.7 shooting percentage are the season’s second-lowest marks.
Colorado had a season-low 25 rebounds, its fewest since having 25 on Jan. 25, 2018, against the Wildcats in the same building. CU was outrebounded for just the fifth time this season, dropping to 2-3 in those games. Arizona’s plus-14 advantage on the boards (39-25) is the biggest by a CU opponent since Arizona State had a 14-rebound advantage (42-28) in Tempe on Jan. 5, 2019.
McKinley Wright IV (15 points, 5 assists, 3-6 3FG) led Colorado in scoring for the sixth time this season. He scored in double-digits for the 68th time in his career and dished out at least five assists for the 50th time. Wright has 45 assists over the last six games (7.5 apg). He tied his season high with three 3-pointer, hitting the mark for the third time in six games. Wright has made 10 of 19 from 3-point range over that span (.526).
Lucas Siewert (8 points, 7 rebounds) saw his consecutive string of free throws made to start the season end at 19, making 2 of 4 on the day.
D’Shawn Schwartz (12 points, 2-5 3FG) broke a string of 13-straight misses from 3-point range, hitting his last two attempts of the day