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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Colorado improves its season performance to 85.6 percent (167-195) from the line.
 
After being a combined minus-13 on the boards the previous four games, Colorado had a 12-rebound edge over the Ducks (40-28)
 
Colorado enjoyed a 26-11 edge in fast break points.
 
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).
 
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.
 
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.
 
Jeriah Horne (17 points, 6 rebounds) season highs in points, field goals made (seven) and 3-pointers (three).
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