National Basketball Association
Colorado 67, Nebraska 57
When: 9:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 5, 2011
Where: Coors Events Center, Boulder, Colorado
Officials:
# Pat Boehm, # Warren Evans, # Ted Hillary
Attendance:
11112
By SportsDirect Inc.
Senior Marcus Relphorde had 19 points as Colorado wrapped up the No. 5 seed in the Big 12 tournament with a 67-57 victory Saturday over Nebraska on Senior Night.
Senior Levi Knutson added 13 points and senior Cory Higgins, who was playing his school record 125th game, added 12 for Colorado (19-12, 8-8 Big 12).
The Buffaloes will meet No. 12 Iowa State in the first round of the Big 12 tournament on Wednesday. The Cyclones defeated Colorado 95-90 on March 2.
Lance Jeter had 10 points, seven assists and six rebounds for Nebraska (19-11, 7-9), which will meet Oklahoma State in the first round Wednesday.
Relphorde, Knutson and Higgins combined for 10 points as the Buffaloes opened the game with a 14-3 run.
Nebraska, which trailed 33-28 at halftime, got to within one point twice in the second half.
Colorado led 42-41 with 12:16 left before it took control with an 8-2 run as Relphorde and Alec Burks scored four points apiece.
Burks, the second leading scorer in the Big 12, finished with 12 points on 3-of-11 shooting. Freshman Andre Roberson had a game-high 10 rebounds for the Buffaloes.
This could have the been the final meeting in a series that began in 1903 as Colorado heads to the Pac-10 and Nebraska goes to the Big Ten next season.
Top Game Performances
| Nebraska |
|
Colorado |
|
Lance Jeter 10 |
Scoring |
Marcus Relphorde 19 |
|
Lance Jeter 7 |
Assists |
Alec Burks 3 |
|
Toney McCray 7 |
Rebounds |
Andre Roberson 10 |
|
Brandon Richardson 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Alec Burks 6 |
|
Toney McCray 2 |
Steals |
Marcus Relphorde 4 |
|
Andre Almeida 2 |
Blocks |
Andre Roberson 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Nebraska
|
57 |
44.0 |
6-18 |
7-15 |
14 |
32 |
4 |
3 |
|
| Colorado
|
67 |
41.1 |
6-13 |
15-18 |
12 |
30 |
5 |
9 |
|
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