National Basketball Association
Colorado 80, Elon University 63
When: 8:30 PM ET, Friday, December 13, 2013
Where: Coors Events Center, Boulder, Colorado
Officials:
# Randy Heimerman, # Keith Kimble, # Rick Randall
Attendance:
8831
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Colorado 80, Elon 63: Spencer Dinwiddie had 17 points, seven assists and six rebounds as the host Buffaloes won their 10th straight game.
Xavier Johnson added 12 points and a career-high 15 rebounds and Josh Scott finished with 12 points and 13 rebounds for Colorado (10-1). George King contributed 10 points off the bench for the Buffaloes.
Sebastian Koch, a 6-8 senior guard from Germany, scored a career-high 27 points for Elon (5-5). Tanner Samson battled back from early foul trouble to finish with 12 points for the Phoenix.
Colorado missed six of its first seven shots but regrouped to make six of its next seven and eventually took a 41-26 lead into the break. Samson, the second-leading scorer for Elon, committed two fouls in the first five minutes.
The Buffaloes pushed their lead to 19 in the first four minutes of the second half. The Phoenix made a run to get within seven with 13:14 remaining, but Xavier Talton’s 3-pointer sparked a 10-2 run and Elon never got back within nine.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Colorado freshman F Wesley Gordon, who averages 7.6 points and 6.3 rebounds, missed his second consecutive game with an illness. … The Buffaloes have tied their fourth-longest winning streak in program history. … Colorado won the rebounding battle, 54-27.
Top Game Performances
| Elon University |
|
Colorado |
|
Sebastian Koch 27 |
Scoring |
Spencer Dinwiddie 17 |
|
Ryley Beaumont 5 |
Assists |
Spencer Dinwiddie 7 |
|
Lucas Troutman 7 |
Rebounds |
Xavier Johnson 15 |
|
Ryley Beaumont 2 |
Free Throws Made |
George King 6 |
|
Austin Hamilton 2 |
Steals |
Spencer Dinwiddie 2 |
|
N/A |
Blocks |
Xavier Johnson 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Elon University
|
63 |
37.3 |
13-32 |
6-15 |
12 |
27 |
0 |
10 |
10 |
| Colorado
|
80 |
49.0 |
5-13 |
27-46 |
13 |
53 |
3 |
6 |
16 |
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