National Basketball Association
Colorado 71, Washington St. 60
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 7, 2012
Where: Coors Events Center, Boulder, Colorado
Officials:
# Randy Burkhart, # Mike Greenstein, # Michael Irving
Attendance:
8518
By SportsDirect Inc.
Carlon Brown scored a season-high 28 points, including three 3-pointers during a 13-3 run to start the second half, to lead Colorado to a 71-60 victory over visiting Washington State on Saturday for its sixth straight win.
Austin Dufault scored 12 of his 17 points in the first half as Colorado (11-4, 3-0 Pac-12) remained the only undefeated team in the Pac-12. The Buffaloes have outscored their conference opponents by 20.6 points per game.
Washington State’s Brock Motum, the reigning Pac-12 Player of the Week who matched a career high with 27 points against Utah on Thursday, scored nine before fouling out with 58 seconds left.
Reggie Moore had 14 points for the Cougars (9-7, 1-3 Pac-12), who have lost three of their last four games.
Brown’s burst helped Colorado to a 45-27 lead and the Buffaloes tacked on a 7-0 run soon after to go ahead 52-31 with 12:42 to go.
Washington State closed to within eight 65-57 with 2:42 remaining, but Colorado made 6-of-8 free throws down the stretch to hold on.
Colorado’s Andre Roberson, the nation’s fourth-leading rebounder at 12.0 per game entering Saturday, sat for the last 9:54 of the first half after picking up his second foul. The 6-foot-7 sophomore guard finished with eight, including six in the second half.
The Buffaloes promptly went on an 11-0 run after Roberson’s departure, including eight points by Dufault, who was 5-for-5 from the field and 2-for-2 from the free throw line in the first half.
Brown added 10 points as Colorado enjoyed a 32-24 halftime lead.
Top Game Performances
Washington St. |
|
Colorado |
Reggie Moore 14 |
Scoring |
Carlon Brown 28 |
Reggie Moore 4 |
Assists |
Askia Booker 4 |
Abe Lodwick 8 |
Rebounds |
Andre Roberson 8 |
DaVonte Lacy 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Nate Tomlinson 6 |
Faisal Aden 2 |
Steals |
Carlon Brown 2 |
DaVonte Lacy 1 |
Blocks |
Andre Roberson 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Washington St.
|
60 |
36.5 |
8-21 |
14-19 |
9 |
31 |
1 |
7 |
13 |
Colorado
|
71 |
46.9 |
9-23 |
16-23 |
14 |
35 |
4 |
5 |
14 |