Colorado-Oregon Notes
Colorado improves its series lead over Oregon to 13-9 and remains undefeated against the Ducks all-time in Boulder (10-0). The home team has won the last 12 regular season games in this series.
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Colorado improves to 1-1 against ranked opponents this year. The win is the 20th for head coach Tad Boyle against a ranked team, by far the best in team history. Boyle coached teams, with a record of 20-34 have accounted for 31 percent of CU’s wins over ranked opponents (64) since 1949-50.
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It’s the sixth time in the Pac-12 era Colorado has defeated a ranked Oregon team; five of those have been at the CU Events Center.
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Colorado improved to 3-0 at home and has won 31 of its last 36 and 43 of its last 51 at the CU Events Center.
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Colorado made 14 of 15 from the line, marking the ninth time in 11 games the Buffaloes have made at least 80 percent from the line; and the other two are plus-70 percent. Colorado’s 93.3 percentage tied the season’s best; Buffs had the same numbers in the opener over South Dakota.
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Colorado improves its season performance to 85.6 percent (167-195) from the line.
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After being a combined minus-13 on the boards the previous four games, Colorado had a 12-rebound edge over the Ducks (40-28)
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Colorado enjoyed a 26-11 edge in fast break points.
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McKinley Wright IV (21 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists) recorded his 12th career double-double and fifth of the points-rebounds variety. It was his fourth 20-point game of the season and the 21st of his career. His five assists moved him to 558, four away from Jay Humphries school record of 562 (1980-84).
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Evan Battey (12 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 8-8 FT) recorded his sixth career double-double and first of the season. His five assists are a career high and tied Wright for the team lead. It’s the first time this season someone other than Wright had at least a share of the game high in assists. His eight free throws were a season high and he has made 30 of his last 33 from the line.
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Colorado had two players with double-doubles in the same game for the first time since Wright and Tyler Bey did in at Oregon State on Feb. 15, 2020. CU had just two double-doubles for the entire team in the first 10 games.
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Jeriah Horne (17 points, 6 rebounds) season highs in points, field goals made (seven) and 3-pointers (three).
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Colorado improves to 1-1 against ranked opponents this year. The win is the 20th for head coach Tad Boyle against a ranked team, by far the best in team history. Boyle coached teams, with a record of 20-34 have accounted for 31 percent of CU’s wins over ranked opponents (64) since 1949-50.
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It’s the sixth time in the Pac-12 era Colorado has defeated a ranked Oregon team; five of those have been at the CU Events Center.
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Colorado improved to 3-0 at home and has won 31 of its last 36 and 43 of its last 51 at the CU Events Center.
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Colorado made 14 of 15 from the line, marking the ninth time in 11 games the Buffaloes have made at least 80 percent from the line; and the other two are plus-70 percent. Colorado’s 93.3 percentage tied the season’s best; Buffs had the same numbers in the opener over South Dakota.
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Colorado improves its season performance to 85.6 percent (167-195) from the line.
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After being a combined minus-13 on the boards the previous four games, Colorado had a 12-rebound edge over the Ducks (40-28)
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Colorado enjoyed a 26-11 edge in fast break points.
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McKinley Wright IV (21 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists) recorded his 12th career double-double and fifth of the points-rebounds variety. It was his fourth 20-point game of the season and the 21st of his career. His five assists moved him to 558, four away from Jay Humphries school record of 562 (1980-84).
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Evan Battey (12 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 8-8 FT) recorded his sixth career double-double and first of the season. His five assists are a career high and tied Wright for the team lead. It’s the first time this season someone other than Wright had at least a share of the game high in assists. His eight free throws were a season high and he has made 30 of his last 33 from the line.
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Colorado had two players with double-doubles in the same game for the first time since Wright and Tyler Bey did in at Oregon State on Feb. 15, 2020. CU had just two double-doubles for the entire team in the first 10 games.
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Jeriah Horne (17 points, 6 rebounds) season highs in points, field goals made (seven) and 3-pointers (three).
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