Quick break
Why the Buffs misplaced: Washington State outrebounded CU 40-35 and held the Buffs to a .386 capturing proportion.
Three stars:
1. CU’s KJ Simpson: The lone vibrant spot offensively for the Buffs, he went 7-for-11 from the sphere and 8-for-8 on the free throw line with 25 factors.
2. WSU’s Myles Rice: The redshirt freshman guard appeared to show away each CU rally, ending 7-for-13 whereas sharing the workforce lead with 17 factors.
3. WSU’s Isaac Jones: completed along with his second consecutive double-double and sixth of the season, recording 13 factors and 11 rebounds.
Up subsequent: CU may have a shorter work week that ends with one other robust highway problem on Saturday, Feb. 3 at Utah (3 p.m., Pac-12 Community).
PULLMAN, Wash. — The highway momentum was short-lived for the Colorado males’s basketball workforce.
After notching the primary win of the season in a real highway recreation earlier this week in opposition to Washington, the Buffs ran right into a brick wall of their closing Pac-12 journey to Pullman, as Washington State’s protection made it a protracted afternoon for CU’s assault in a 78-69 defeat on Saturday afternoon.
CU missed an opportunity to choose up its first Quad 1 win of the season and ends the primary half of Pac-12 play with a 6-4 league mark.
“They have been the extra aggressive workforce. You can inform from the bounce,” CU guard KJ Simpson stated. “That’s one of many first issues we talked about in that first media timeout was on protection, their strain was at a better degree than ours. That’s why they have been making it robust for us to get going. Ours wasn’t matching it they usually felt actual comfy.”
Washington State entered the sport with one of many high defenses within the Pac-12, and the Cougars put that on show in opposition to the Buffs, as each CU participant not named Simpson endured a tricky recreation offensively.
Senior Tristan da Silva scored 16 factors however was simply 6-for-15 from the ground. Freshman standout Cody Williams scored simply six factors, his lowest whole for the reason that third recreation of his collegiate profession, and he went with out a discipline purpose for the primary time this season. Heart Eddie Lampkin went 4-for-6 with 10 factors however dedicated 4 of CU’s 9 turnovers.
After pouring in a CU career-high 24 factors throughout a win at Washington on Wednesday, J’Vonne Hadley went 1-for-6 with a season-low two factors. Reserve ahead Luke O’Brien went scoreless for the primary time for the reason that fourth recreation of the season.
Simpson was a vibrant spot, going 7-for-11 from the sphere and 8-for-8 on the free throw line with a game-high 25 factors, however the Buffs completed with a .386 mark total, their third-lowest capturing proportion of the season. Washington State’s six blocked pictures have been the second-most by a CU foe this season.
“They’re most likely probably the most bodily workforce within the Pac-12 that we’ve performed,” CU head coach Tad Boyle stated. “Their physicality gave us issues. They lead the league in blocked pictures and I feel within the first half that gave us issues. Within the first half we type of settled, if you’ll, for pictures somewhat than getting the ball moved and our our bodies moved. We weren’t adequate, however their physicality gave us issues.”
CU trailed 36-30 at halftime earlier than the Cougars pushed the result in 13 with 8 minutes, 49 seconds remaining. The Buffs rallied to inside three factors with 3:29 to go after seven consecutive factors from Simpson, and once more obtained inside three on an inside bucket from Lampkin with 1:33 remaining. CU by no means obtained any nearer however remained inside 4 when WSU’s Andrej Jakimovski missed the entrance finish of a one-and-one free throw alternative with 32 seconds left.
In a key sequence, the rebound was batted out of bounds and the officers dominated it was CU’s ball. Nevertheless, the decision was reversed on a video assessment, and WSU’s Isaac Jones transformed a three-point play off the following inbounds play that primarily ended CU’s comeback try.
“I really feel like (protection) is their precedence. That’s what they grasp their hat on, protection and rebounding,” da Silva stated. “They’ve obtained athletes. They’ve obtained rim protectors. They alter pictures within the lane with their size. They arrive at you each time and in case you go to sleep for a second, they’re already on the boards. We had to verify we hit them first and field them out, however we didn’t do a adequate job of that.”
COLORADO (15-6, 6-4)
Williams 0-4 6-7 6, da Silva 6-15 2-2 16, Lampkin 4-6 2-5 10, Hadley 1-6 0-0 2, Simpson 7-11 8-8 25, Hammond 4-10 0-0 10, O’Brien 0-4 0-0 0, Diop 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-57 18-22 69.
WASHINGTON ST. (15-6, 6-4)
Cluff 2-4 1-2 5, Jakimovski 3-11 2-3 11, Jones 5-10 3-3 13, Wells 6-16 3-5 17, Rice 7-13 3-4 17, Houinsou 1-2 4-4 6, Chinyelu 3-3 0-0 6, Watts 1-3 0-0 3, Mullins 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-62 16-21 78.
Halftime — Washington St. 36-30. 3-point discipline targets — Colorado 7-17 (Simpson 3-5, Hammond 2-4, da Silva 2-5, Diop 0-1, Hadley 0-1, O’Brien 0-1), Washington St. 6-20 (Jakimovski 3-9, Wells 2-6, Watts 1-2, Jones 0-1, Rice 0-2). Rebounds — Colorado 35 (Simpson 8), Washington St. 40 (Jones 11). Assists — Colorado 6 (da Silva 3), Washington St. 8 (Jakimovski 4). Whole fouls — Colorado 17, Washington St. 19. Attendance — 3,273.