AirColorado Force, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016 Basketball Clune Arena, US Air Force Academy, Colo. Contact: Troy Andre -- Phone: 303-492-4672 -- Email: [email protected] Colorado Sports Information -- 357 UCB -- Boulder, CO 80309 -- Fax: 303-492-3811 THE GAME: The University of Colorado plays its fi nal nonconfer- 2016-17 SCHEDULE ence road contest of the season as the Buffaloes travel to face the DATE CUR OPPONENT (AP/USAT) W/L TIME/RES TV Air Force Academy on Monday, Dec. 19, at 7 p.m. at Clune Arena. N 11 RV/RV SACRAMENTO STATE W 90-53 PAC12 N 14 RV/RV &-SEATTLE U. W 67-55 PAC12 WATCH/LISTEN: N 17 RV/RV &-ULM W 89-70 PAC12 TV: CBS Sports Network (Jason Horowitz, Bob Wenzel ) N 21 RV/RV &-vs. Notre Dame (RV/RV) L 83-89 ESPN2 Radio: DenverSports 760 AM (Mark Johnson, Scott Wilke) N 22 RV/RV &-vs. Texas (22/21) W 68-54 ESPNU Listen Online: CUBuffs.com, CU Gameday App N 27 RV/RV WOFFORD W 75-60 PAC12 Live Statistics: CUBuffs.com N 30 RV/RV COLORADO STATE L 58-72 PAC12 D 3 RV/RV at Portland W 76-63 CI OPENING TIP: The Pac-12 Conference has four wins over ranked D 7 --/RV XAVIER (13/14) W 68-66 PAC12 opponents during the nonconference schedule. Two of those have D 10 --/RV at BYU L 71-79 ESPN2 been by Colorado, vs. then No. 22/21 Texas and No. 13/14 Xavier. D 17 --/RV FORT HAYS STATE W 81-71 PAC12 UCLA, over No. 1/1 Kentucky, and Arizona, over No. 12/9 Michigan D 19 at Air Force 7 p.m CBSSN State, are the others. D 22 EASTERN WASHINGTON 6:30 p.m. PAC12 J 1 *at Utah 4:30 p.m. ESPNU ABOUT THE BUFFALOES: Colorado is 8-3 overall, returning from J 5 *at Arizona State 7 p.m. PAC12 its week-long break for fi nals with an 81-71 win over Fort Hays State J 7 *at Arizona 7:30 p.m. PAC12 on Dec. 17. The Buffaloes have won three of four and fi ve of their J 12 *UCLA 9 p.m. FS1 last seven including victories over ranked Xavier and Texas squads. J 15 *USC 6:30 p.m. ESPNU J 18 *at Washington 9 p.m. ESPNU Colorado is averaging 75.1 points per game while shooting 43 per- J 21 *at Washington State 2 p.m. PAC12 cent from the fi eld. The Buffaloes are outrebounding their opponents J 26 *OREGON STATE 6:30 p.m. FS1 by fi ve boards per game. Defensively, Colorado has held the opposi- J 28 *OREGON 7:30 p.m. PAC12 F 2 *at Stanford 9 p.m. PAC12 F 5 *at California 2:30 p.m. ESPNU Colorado Air Force F 9 *WASHINGTON 8 p.m. FS1 F 12 *WASHINGTON STATE 6:30 p.m. ESPNU Buffaloes Falcons F 16 *at Oregon State 7 p.m. PAC12 (8-3) (6-5) F 18 *at Oregon 1 p.m. FOX F 23 *UTAH 9 p.m. ESPNU Team Comparison Averages - Overall Team Comparison Averages - Overall M 2 *STANFORD 7 p.m. ESPN/2 CU AFA CU AFA Points 75.1 79.8 Offensive Rebounds 12.4 9.2 M 4 *CALIFORNIA 12 p.m. PAC12 Points Allowed 66.5 72.1 Defensive Rebounds 28.8 27.3 M 8-11 Pac-12 Tournament TBA Scoring Margin +8.5 +7.7 Total Rebounds 41.2 36.5 M 14-15 NCAA First Four TBA Field Goals 25.2 26.5 Rebounding Margin +5.0 +3.5 M 16-19 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds TBA Field Goal Att. 58.7 56.8 Fouls 18.4 17.5 M 23-26 NCAA Regionals Field Goal Pct. .429 .467 Assists 13.0 15.9 3-pt Field Goals 6.5 9.1 Turnovers 12.7 10.7 3-pt Field Goal Att. 19.7 21.5 Assist/TO Ratio 1.0 1.5 Home Games In BOLD CAPS 3-pt Field Goal Pct. .332 .424 Turnover Margin -0.2 +1.5 *-Pac-12 Conference Game, Free Throws 18.2 17.6 Blocks 4.5 1.8 &-Legends Classic (Neutral Site Games: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.); Free Throw Att. 25.5 23.9 PAC12 - Pac-12 Networks, FS1-FOX Sports 1; CBSSN-CBS Sports Network. Free Throw Pct. .712 .738 Steals 5.0 5.2 CI - Campus Insiders Probable Starters Colorado P No Name Ht Wt Yr Hometown PPG RPG MISC G 21 Derrick White 6-5 200 Sr. Parker, Colo. 15.1 3.9 3.5 apg G 44 Josh Fortune 6-5 212 Sr. Hampton, Va. 9.1 3.6 1.5 apg G 24 George King 6-6 225 Jr. Fayetteville, N.C. 11.1 7.4 .459 fg% F 11 Xavier Johnson 6-7 225 Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. 15.0 6.1 .477 fg% Follow us on social media F 1 Wesley Gordon 6-9 245 Sr. Colorado Springs, Colo. 6.5 8.4 1.5 bpg Air Force P No Name Ht Wt Yr Hometown PPG RPG MISC G 15 Jacob Van 6-2 185 Jr. Mansfi eld, Texas 12.5 3.4 3.4 apg G 5 Zach Kocur 6-3 200 Sr. Denver, Colo. 11.9 4.5 2.1 apg G 2 CJ Siples 6-3 180 Jr. Cibolo, Texas 3.6 1.9 1.9 apg F 35 Hayden Graham 6-5 195 Sr. Austin, Texas 13.3 5.5 .464 fg% /CUBuffsMBB @CUBuffsMBB C 33 Frank Toohey 6-7 220 Jr. Elmhurst, Ill. 11.3 3.9 .519 fg% 2016-17 COLORADO MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown (High School) Game Highs 0 Thomas Akyazili G 6-2 191 So. 1L Antwerp, Belgium (Koninklijk Atheneum Deurne) Season - Pts: 8 Reb: 3 Ast: 6 Career high 6 assists vs. Sacramento State; 53 assists as a freshman tied for 13th most in team history Career - Pts: 10 Reb: 4 Ast: 6 1 Wesley Gordon F 6-9 245 Sr. 3L Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sierra) Season - Pts: 11 Reb: 14 Ast: 5 Dished out season-high 5 assists vs. Xavier; 7th in career rebounds (771) Career - Pts: 17 Reb: 17 Ast: 6 5 Deleon Brown G 6-4 170 Fr. HS Grand Rapids, Mich. (Christian/Brewster Academy ([N.H.]) Career - Pts: 15 Reb: 3 Ast: 3 Career-high 15 points against Fort Hays State 10 Alexander Strating F 6-7 212 Fr. HS Wassenaar, Netherlands (American School of The Hague) Career - Pts: - Reb: - Ast: - MVP, team champion, 2015 International Schools Sports Tournament in England 11 Xavier Johnson G/F 6-7 225 Sr. 3L Los Angeles, Calif. (Mater Dei) Season - Pts: 27 Reb: 12 Ast: 2 Averaging 17 points the last six games. Career - Pts: 27 Reb: 15 Ast: 3 12 Mitch Lombard G 6-0 195 So. 1L Castle Pines, Colo. (Rock Canyon) Season - Pts: - Reb: - Ast: 1 Dished out an assist vs. Sacramento State in his fi rst action of the season. Career - Pts: - Reb: - Ast: 1 13 Namon Wright G 6-5 195 Jr. TR Los Angeles, Calif. (Pacifi c Hills/Missouri) Career - Pts: 28 Reb: 12 Ast: 4 Will sit out the 2016-17 season as a redshirt after transferring from Missouri 14 Tory Miller F 6-9 242 Jr. 2L Kansas City, Kan. (New Hampton Prep [N.H.]) Season - Pts: 10 Reb: 8 Blk: 2 9 points, season-best 5-of-6 FT vs. Fort Hays State Career - Pts: 19 Reb: 13 Blk: 3 15 Dominique Collier G 6-2 190 Jr. 2L Denver, Colo. (Denver East) Season - Pts: 12 Reb: - Ast: 1 Missed last 9 games (inj); Game-high 12 points, 4-of-6 from 3-point range, vs. Sacramento State Career - Pts: 21 Reb: 7 Ast: 8 21 Derrick White G 6-5 200 Sr. RS Parker, Colo. (Legend/UCCS) Season - Pts: 23 Reb: 6 Ast: 9 Pac-12 Player of the Week (Dec. 12), Avg 22 pts, 55% FG vs. Xavier, BYU 23 Bryce Peters G 6-4 195 Fr. HS La Puente, Calif. (Damien) Season - Pts: 9 Reb: 3 Ast: 1 Personal-best 21 minutes played at BYU 24 George King G 6-6 225 Jr. 2L Fayetteville, N.C. (Brennan {San Antonio, Texas}) Season - Pts: 17 Reb: 13 Ast: 2 4 double-doubles in last 8 games including 14 pts, 12 reb at BYU Career - Pts: 27 Reb: 13 Ast: 3 25 Lucas Siewert F 6-10 221 Fr. HS Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil (Cathedral [L.A. Calif.]) Career - Pts: 9 Reb: 6 Ast: 1 9 points, 3-of-3 3-pointers, in his collegiate debut vs. Sacramento State 33 Josh Repine G 6-3 195 Jr. 2L Englewood, Colo. (Kent Denver/New Hampton Prep [N.H]) Season - Pts: - Reb: - Ast: - Saw action in six games in 2015-16 Career - Pts: 3 Reb: 1 Ast: 1 35 Dallas Walton F/C 7-0 222 Fr. HS Arvada, Colo. (Arvada West) Career - Pts: - Reb: - Ast: - All-Jefferson County Conference First Team. Averaged 16.1 pts, 10.2 reb & 2.8 blks as a senior 44 Josh Fortune G 6-5 212 Sr. 1L Hampton, Va. (Kecoughtan/Providence) Season - Pts: 15 Reb: 7 Ast: 3 Leads Pac-12 in free throw percentage (.892), season-best 15 pts vs. Fort Hays State Career - Pts: 21 Reb: 14 Ast: 6 Head Coach: Tad Boyle (7th Year at CU, 138-83/10th Year Overall, 194-149) Pronunciation Guide: Associate Head Coach: Jean Prioleau (7th Year) Thomas Akyazili Ah-key-ah-zih-lee Assistant Coach/Head Recruiting Coord.: Mike Rohn (7th Year) Deleon Brown Deh-Lee-On Assistant Coach: Bill Grier (1st Year) Bill Cartun Car-ton Director of Operations: Bill Cartun (7th Year) Dominique Collier Call-yuhr Director of Player Development: Sean Kearney (4th Year) Xavier Johnson ZAY-vee-ER Assistant to the Head Coach: Marge Marcy Jean Prioleau Zhahn PRE-low Assistant Athletic Trainer: Rawley Klingsmith (4th Year) Josh Repine REE-pine Director of Basketball Strength & Conditioning: Stephen Englehart (1st Year) Lucas Siewert SEE-wert Associate Director of Academics: Mindy Sclaro (12th Year) Alexander Strating STRAW-ting Namon Wright NAY-muhn tion to 66.5 points per game.