Colorado-Washington Notes

Colorado improves to 10-2 overall sporting a season-best five game winning streak (and six of its last seven). Colorado is 10-2 after 12 games for the first time since 2019-20.
 
The Buffaloes improve to 6-7 in Pac-12 openers and 50-62 all-time in conference openers.
 
Colorado held Washington to 38.5 percent shooting and outrebounded the Huskies by 18 (49-31), hitting the program’s Gold Standard of holding opponents under 40 percent from the field and outrebounding opponents by at least eight. Colorado improved to 4-0 when hitting that mark this season and 88-6 in the Tad Boyle era.
 
Colorado’s 62.5 percentage from the free throw line was a season low.
 
Colorado’s 49 rebounds was a season-high. The Buffaloes have outrebounded their opponent in all 12 games this season by a margin of plus-12 per game. The margin is plus-20.5 over the last two games.
 
Colorado held Washington to 26 points in the first half, its least amount of points in a half this season.
 
Colorado outscored the Huskies 40-28 inside the paint.
 
KJ Simpson (21 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists) – Second career double-double and matched his career high in rebounds with 10 (both vs. Tennessee last season). Recorded his fourth-straight 20-point game. Had three steals to crack the career Top 20, now in 19th with 105 and passing former Buffalo great Chauncey Billups in the process (104 from 1995-97). Averaging 3.8 steals over the last four games. Inched closer to the 1,000-point club, now with 936 in his career, ranking 43 on CU’s all-time list.
 
Eddie Lampkin (17 points, 12 rebounds, 7 offensive rebounds) – Third-straight double-double, fourth in a CU uniform and 10th in his collegiate career. New CU-high in points. Fourth double-figure rebounding effort in his last five games, averaging 8.6 rebounds in that span. Collegiate career-high in free throws attempted with 12.
 
Last time Buffs had to players with a double-double: Jabari Walker (18 pts, 16 reb) and Evan Battey (19 pts, 12 reb) vs. Oregon on Mar. 10, 2022 (Pac-12 Tournament).
 
Luke O’Brien (11 points, 9 rebounds) – scored in double figure for the fourth consecutive game for the first time in his career, averaging 14.0 ppg during that span. Season-high nine rebounds.
 
Harrison Carrington – played a career-high 16:33 and grabbed a personal-best three boards
 
Javon Ruffin – made his season debut, his first game since Feb. 18 (at Arizona). Coming off a knee surgery in April that was supposed to keep him out for the season, but rehab has gone better than expected and was cleared to play today.
 
 
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