National Basketball Association
Colorado 78, Oregon St. 71
When: 9:00 PM ET, Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Where: MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada
Officials:
# Verne Harris, # Tony Padilla, # Deron White
Attendance:
N/A
By SportsDirect Inc.
Colorado 78, Oregon State 71: Askia Booker overcame a slow start and scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Buffaloes past the Beavers in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas.
Josh Scott collected 16 points and 14 rebounds while Tre'Shaun Fletcher added 12 points for No. 10 seed Colorado (15-16), which faces second-seeded Oregon in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Booker scored 13 points during a key 15-4 run midway through the second half as the Buffaloes moved ahead 65-56 and never trailed again.
Malcolm Duvivier and Gary Payton II led seventh-seeded Oregon State (17-14) with 17 points apiece. Olaf Schaftenaar scored 16 on 4-of-8 shooting from 3-point range and Jarmal Reid had nine points and four assists for the Beavers, who were outrebounded 39-26 and fell to 2-11 away from home this season.
Oregon State, which came in as the league’s lowest scoring team at 60.5 points per game, led 40-38 at the half after making seven 3-pointers and shooting 45.5 percent. Booker missed his first seven shots before draining back-to-back treys to give Colorado a 58-54 lead with 10:16 left before adding five straight points to extend the lead to nine with just under nine minutes remaining.
Schaftenaar’s 3-pointer cut the deficit to 67-63 with 6:05 left, but Payton was called for a flagrant foul seconds later after setting a hard screen and the Buffaloes regained control with an 8-2 run. Booker was 9-of-10 from the foul line for the Buffaloes, who shot 50 percent from the field and made 24 of their 26 free-throw attempts.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Colorado, which lost 73-60 at Oregon on Feb. 18, has advanced past the first round in every Pac-12 tournament since joining the league four years ago. … Daniel Gomis had six points and six rebounds for Oregon State, which closed by losing seven of its final eight games. … The Beavers entered the game ranked second in the Pac-12 in scoring defense at 58.5 points per game.
Top Game Performances
| Colorado |
|
Oregon St. |
|
Askia Booker 20 |
Scoring |
Malcolm Duvivier 17 |
|
Askia Booker 3 |
Assists |
Jarmal Reid 4 |
|
Josh Scott 14 |
Rebounds |
Daniel Gomis 6 |
|
Askia Booker 9 |
Free Throws Made |
Jarmal Reid 5 |
|
Xavier Talton 2 |
Steals |
Malcolm Duvivier 3 |
|
Josh Scott 2 |
Blocks |
Cheikh N'diaye 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Colorado
|
78 |
50.0 |
6-16 |
24-26 |
11 |
37 |
3 |
3 |
18 |
| Oregon St.
|
71 |
41.4 |
9-23 |
14-22 |
11 |
23 |
2 |
11 |
8 |
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