Colorado-Oregon State Notes
Colorado drops to 12-3 overall, snapping a five-game winning streak. Oregon State narrows Colorado’s lead in the series to 15-9 and has won the last two meetings in Boulder.
Colorado led by 11 with just under eight minutes in the game, but Oregon State finished on a 24-5 run. Colorado had 15 turnovers, six of them came during OSU’s decisive run in the final eight minutes. The Buffaloes also made just two of 10 field goal attempts during that span.
Colorado shot 49.1 percent, its highest in a loss since the OSU game in Boulder last year. Colorado shot an even 50 percent (26-52), but fell 76-74 on Jan. 31, 2019.
Oregon State’s 76 points ties for the second-most points against the Buffs this year. The Beavers’ 52.9 percent shooting ties for the best against CU this season. Kansas had the same numbers, 27 for 51, on Dec. 7.
Colorado had a season-low 27 rebounds, but actually won the battle of the boards by two (27-25). It was Colorado’s fewest rebounds since having 27 against Arizona in the quarterfinals of the 2018 Pac-12 Tournament. It was Colorado’s first loss in 12 games this season when outrebounding its opponent.
Colorado’s last loss when winning the rebounding battle came in last year’s Pac-12 Conference Tournament semifinals. The Buffaloes had a plus-17 advantage over Washington, but fell by five points, 66-61.
McKinley Wright IV (14 points 10 assists) recorded his sixth career points-assists double-double tying Jay Humphries (1980-84) for the most in school history. His six double-figure assists game is tied for the second most (Humphries has seven). Overall, it was Wright’s eighth career double-double and third this year; all three coming in the last four games. Wright has 28 assists over the last three games (9.3 apg). He moved into fifth place in career assists, now with 415, passing Toney Ellis who had 409 from 1976-80.
Wright’s seven rebounds put him at 402, becoming the second player in Colorado history to reach 1,000 points, 400 assists and 400 rebounds joining Donnie Boyce.
Tyler Bey (20 points, 8 rebounds) led Colorado in scoring for the fourth time this season and hit the 20-point mark for the first time in 2019-20, and eighth in his career. Had a season-high eight field goals made. He hit his only 3-point attempt, improving to 7 of 15 on the season (.467).
Colorado led by 11 with just under eight minutes in the game, but Oregon State finished on a 24-5 run. Colorado had 15 turnovers, six of them came during OSU’s decisive run in the final eight minutes. The Buffaloes also made just two of 10 field goal attempts during that span.
Colorado shot 49.1 percent, its highest in a loss since the OSU game in Boulder last year. Colorado shot an even 50 percent (26-52), but fell 76-74 on Jan. 31, 2019.
Oregon State’s 76 points ties for the second-most points against the Buffs this year. The Beavers’ 52.9 percent shooting ties for the best against CU this season. Kansas had the same numbers, 27 for 51, on Dec. 7.
Colorado had a season-low 27 rebounds, but actually won the battle of the boards by two (27-25). It was Colorado’s fewest rebounds since having 27 against Arizona in the quarterfinals of the 2018 Pac-12 Tournament. It was Colorado’s first loss in 12 games this season when outrebounding its opponent.
Colorado’s last loss when winning the rebounding battle came in last year’s Pac-12 Conference Tournament semifinals. The Buffaloes had a plus-17 advantage over Washington, but fell by five points, 66-61.
McKinley Wright IV (14 points 10 assists) recorded his sixth career points-assists double-double tying Jay Humphries (1980-84) for the most in school history. His six double-figure assists game is tied for the second most (Humphries has seven). Overall, it was Wright’s eighth career double-double and third this year; all three coming in the last four games. Wright has 28 assists over the last three games (9.3 apg). He moved into fifth place in career assists, now with 415, passing Toney Ellis who had 409 from 1976-80.
Wright’s seven rebounds put him at 402, becoming the second player in Colorado history to reach 1,000 points, 400 assists and 400 rebounds joining Donnie Boyce.
Tyler Bey (20 points, 8 rebounds) led Colorado in scoring for the fourth time this season and hit the 20-point mark for the first time in 2019-20, and eighth in his career. Had a season-high eight field goals made. He hit his only 3-point attempt, improving to 7 of 15 on the season (.467).