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[1 of 3] No. 22 Colorado Buffaloes (23-8) 96, Georgetown Hoyas (13-13) 73 Hinkle Fieldhouse (Butler University), Indianapolis; March 20, 2021 MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS Colorado set 12 school records for NCAA tournament play; see Colorado Georgetown page three for complete list. Time Spent in the Lead (Tied 2:07) ............. 36:30 1:23 Colorado set tournament highs (through 17 games) for points In Double Figures .................................... 29:06 0:00 (96) and three-pointers (16). Total Possessions/Scores .......................... 70/39 72/33 Percentage .............................................. 55.7 45.8 BUFFALOES IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT Colorado is now 11-16 First Half (Possessions/Scores) .................. 33/18 34/12 in the NCAA Tournament (3-6 since seeding began in 1979 when Percentage .............................................. 54.5 35.3 the tournament expanded from 32 to 40 teams, 1-2 as the higher Second Half (Possessions/Scores) ........ 37/21 38/21 seed (8, 8 & 5), 3-4 in first round games and 2-4 in those decided Percentage ........................................... 56.8 55.3 Consecutive Scores .................................... 16 9 in double figures). Runs Of 6 Points Or More ....................... 4 2 Including three games in this tournament, the No. 5 seed is now Field Goal Shooting .................................... 34-56 23-58 92-51 against the No. 12 seed (2-1 so far this year; Creighton plays 2-Point FG ............................................... 18-31 15-34 Santa Barbara at 3:30 ET/1:30 MT in the fourth 5-12 game). 3-Point FG ............................................... 16-25 8-24 Offensive Rebounds ................................... 2 9 MOST WINS / SEASON Colorado is enjoying its 12th 20-win Second Chance Points ............................... 3 15 season in its history (eight under Tad Boyle). A closer look: Second Chance Shooting (Threes) ............. 1-2 (1-1) 7-9 (1-1) 24-12 2010-11 (3-1 NIT) 22-12 2015-16 (0-1 NCAA) Free Throws ............................................ 0-0 0-0 Turnovers ................................................ 0 0 24-14 2011-12 (1-1 NCAA) 21- 7 1968-69 (1-1 NCAA) Charges Taken ............................................ 2 0 23-12 2013-14 (0-1 NCAA) 21-11 2019-20 (N/A) Bench Points .............................................. 41 8 23-13 2018-19 (2-1 NIT) 21-12 2012-13 (0-1 NCAA) Field Goal Shooting (Threes) .............. 15-26 (7-12) 3-9 (2-6) 23- 8 2020-21 (1-0 NCAA) 20-10 2005-06 (0-1 NIT) Free Throw Shooting .............................. 4-5 0-0 22-10 1996-97 (1-1 NCAA) 20-12 2002-03 (0-1 NCAA) QUICKLY NEUTRAL SITES With the win, CU on a neutral court this season CU is now 23-8 overall (finished 14-6 in the Pac-12 play for third is now 6-1; that ties the most ever a neutral site; the ‘11-12 Buffs, place); 18-3 when leading at halftime, 18-3 when scoring 90 or more in Tad Boyle’s second year, was 6-3. (CU, with a 6-6 road record, points, 12-1 in games decided by 10 points or more and 4-1 as a won its most road games since going 6-7 in 2003-04 and finished ranked team … Pac-12 teams are now 3-0 (USC, UCLA and Oregon .500 or better – 6-6 -- for the first time since ’00-01). play later today) … This was the first-ever meeting between CU and The 12 wins away from home are the most in CU history; topping Georgetown; the Buffaloes are now 13-10 against current members 10 in each of the 1941-42, 1954-55 and 2011-12 seasons (the 11 of the Big East Conference (GU was the eighth school in the league in the regular season tied for the seventh-most in the NCAA). to line up against the Buffs). FIRST HALF CU had a boatload of first half notes: GAME FLOW NOTES The 24-point lead is a school-best for a halftime lead, topping the Colorado led a 9-7 at the first media timeout (15:28); shooting 51-31 score at halftime vs. Texas A&M in 1969. It also matched 4-of-6 from the field, all four baskets were assisted (three by the largest lead CU has ever had in an NCAA game (led by 24 points McKinley Wright, one by D’Shawn Schwartz). four different times in 80-62 win over Indiana in 1997). First back-to-back scores were by Colorado that fueled a 10-0 Colorado was 11-of-17 (64.7%) from 3-point range; Georgetown run for a 17-7 lead at the 12:01 mark. At this point, CU was 7-of- made just eight baskets overall. The 11 threes are the fourth time 12 from the field, with six assists. CU has made that many in a half (last: vs. Iona, Dec. 29, 2019). Georgetown went 6:13 between field goals; score went from 7- The 13th time CU scored 40-plus points in the first half; 47 tied 7 tie to a 17-12 CU lead in that span (10:34 mark). for the second-most points (record: 10-3). After Georgetown cut the lead to 20-14 with 9:49 to go, CU CU’s bench outscored Georgetown, 17-2. outscored the Hoyas 27-9 the rest of the half. Colorado’s 15 assists (on 16 baskets) were its most-ever for an A 10-4 run to open the second half pushed the lead to 30 (57- NCAA game, accomplished in just one half (old high was 13 against 27); the closest G-town got from that point on was 18 (68-50 and Baylor in 2012). McKinley Wright had 8, old high was 5. 91-73). Georgetown had allowed just 31.7 points in the first half. At the 13:27 mark of the second half, CU led 62-36, matching one of the most significant scores in school history: CU’s 62-36 win O-FER UNTIL CU did not have an offensive rebound until there over BCS #1/AP# 3 Nebraska on Nov. 23, 2001. were 31 second left in the game, then had two; Nique Clifford made Georgetown knocked the lead back down to 71-52 (9:24 to go), a three on the second one; the previous low was three against Grand but the Buffs then reeled off a 13-0 run over the next 3:06 to take Canyon (when CU shot 50 percent; CU shot 61 percent today). a 32-point lead (6:18 left). OBSCURE NOTE OF THE DAY Colorado’s only two previous COLORADO GAME SUPERLATIVES connections to Hinkle Fieldhouse: in 1951, future Buff Tom Harrold Colorado had season-highs for points (96), field goals made was on Muncie Central, the Indiana state champion with the title (34), field goal percentage (60.7), three-point percentage (.640) and game at Hinkle; and in 2014, when Gene Hackman (Coach Normal assists (27, the most in a game since Dec. 22, 2009 (27 in a 92-58 Dale in Hoosiers attended the CU-Oregon State football game at Folsom Field as a guest of OSU assistant Jack Del Rio). win over CSU-Northridge). Colorado became the 10th team to make 16 3-pointers in a first CONTINUED … round game (tied for the fourth-most). COLORADO 96, GEORGETOWN 73 / Postgame Notes 2-2-2 COLORADO GEORGETOWN TIME FRAME FG-FGA (3) PCT. FT-FTA REB TO PTS FG-FGA (3) PCT. FT-FTA REB TO PTS First 10 Minutes 8-15 (4) .533 0- 0 6 2 20 3-10 (1) .300 5- 7 8 4 12 Second 10 Minutes 8-15 (7) .533 4- 4 10 1 27 5-16 (1) .313 1- 6 9 2 11 HALF TOTALS 16-30 (11) .533 4- 4 16 3 47 8-26 (1) .308 6-13 17 6 23 Third 10 Minutes 8-12 (3) .667 4- 4 4 5 23 8-17 (3) .471 8- 8 8 1 27 3/4 OF THE WAY 24-42 (14) .571 8- 8 20 8 70 16-43 (4) .372 14-21 25 7 50 Final 10 Minutes 10-14 (2) .714 4- 6 8 4 26 7-15 (4) .467 5- 5 3 5 23 GAME 34-56 (16) .607 12-14 28 12 96 23-58 (8) .397 19-26 29 12 73 The Buffaloes were 12-of-14 from the free throw line, Today Season FREEBIES FT FTA Pct. FT FTA Pct. and are now 431-of-524 for the season (82.25); CU entered today Overall 12 14 .857 431 524 .823 second in the nation in FT shooting (82.16), behind Oral Roberts First Half 4 4 .333 164 202 .812 (82.17). CU has made at least 71.4 percent in 30 of 31 games this Second Half 8 10 .800 267 322 .829 season (and now 20 times at or over 80 percent and five times over *Final Four Minutes/OT 2 2 1.000 95 109 .872 90). The breakdown by half in 2020-21: (*—road: 45-51, .882) INDIVIDUAL LINER NOTES McKINLEY WRIGHT (12 PTS, 5 REB, 13 AST, 0 TO) He had one more JABARI WALKER (24 PTS, 3 REB, 2 BLK; 9-10 FGA, 5-5 3 PT) He assist than the Georgetown team … The 13 assists marked the 10th made a career-high five three-pointers (old best was 3-for-3 when double-figure assist game of his career … He has now scored 1,847 he scored his previous career-high before today, 23 points on Jan. points in his career, sixth all-time, within 30 points now of the top 13 in a win over Cal).