POST-GAME NOTES

2015 Pac-12 Men’s Tournament Wednesday Mar. 11 // // MGM Grand Arena Final Score: #10 Colorado 78, #7 Oregon State 71

• With today’s victory, Colorado will face No. 2 Oregon tomorrow.

• Colorado now owns an all-time record of 8-2 and Oregon State now owns an all-time record of 8-16 in the Pac- 12 Tournament.

• 7 seeds are now 14-17 all-time and 10 seeds are now 5-11 all-time at the Pac-12 Tournament.

• Malcolm Duvivier has been on a roll lately. Over the previous 5 games, he has averaged 14.6 points per game. He kept that going by scoring 17 today.

• Olaf Schaftenaar put up double figure points for the 12th time this season after scoring 16 today. The junior also made 4 3-pointers, which ties his career high.

• Oregon State has held 7 Pac-12 opponents to 20 or fewer first-half points this season and averaged 25.1 points in the first half as well. That was not the case today as Colorado managed to score 38 in the first half. Also, Oregon State’s last 3 opponents are averaging 41.8 second-half points and the Buffs put 40 points on the board in the second half.

• II is now tied for the 3rd most steals in a single season by a Pac-12 player after recording 3 today. He now has 95 for the season. He has multiple steals in 26 of the 31 games and has recorded a in 31 straight games.

• Payton has scored in double figures in a team-best 25 of 31 games after scoring 17 today.

• Oregon State’s 9 3-pointers is a new season high. Their previous season high was 8.

• The Beavers came into today’s game second in the Pac-12 in turnover margin at +2.8. They dominated that category today as their margin was +10.

• Colorado’s 78 points are the most points any team has scored on Oregon State all season.

• Colorado is now 3-13 when trailing at halftime, 7-1 when shooting between 50-59% and 14-1 when shooting a higher percentage than the opponent.

• It is just the 3rd time this season that 4 players scored 10+ points for Colorado.

• The Buffs have now advanced past the opening round in the past four years of the Pac-12 Tournament.

• Colorado becomes only the second No. 10 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament to beat a No. 7 seed since the Pac- 12 began seeding all tournament teams in 2006 (other: Utah over USC, 69-66, 2013).

• Over the last five years, the Buffs improve to 14-7 (.667) in post-season play (10-3 conference, 3-1 NIT, 1-3 NCAA).

• Askia Booker is now 6th on Colorado’s all-time scoring list as he passed Stevie Wise. Booker’s 20 points today gives him 1,728 for his career. He also moves to 8th all-time in field goals made after making 4 today. He has 591 in his career.

• Booker led Colorado in scoring for the 16th time this season. It was also the 22nd time this season and 85th time in his career that he scored in double-digits.

• This is the first game since Dec. 3, 2014 where Colorado was down at halftime and came back to win (trailed San Francisco, 34-32 and won 72-55).

• Josh Scott finished today’s game with 2 blocks. It gives him 11 multi- games on the season and is his 26th of his career.

• Scott also recorded his 6th double-double of the season and the 21st of his career. He scored 16 and grabbed 14 rebounds. It’s also the 3rd time he finished with double digit rebounds against Oregon State. Scott’s 14 rebounds give him 659 career rebounds, which moves him in a tie for 13th all-time in Colorado history.

• Tre’Shaun Fletcher’s 12 points is a new career high for the sophomore. His previous career high was 11 against Oregon State on Feb. 21.

• The Buffs were outstanding at the line today as they finished 24-26 (92.3%), which is the highest percentage they have shot at the line all year.