National Basketball Association
Colorado 91, Pepperdine 66
When: 5:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 3, 2023
Where: CU Events Center, Boulder, Colorado
Officials:
# Marques Pettigrew, # DG Nelson, # Verne Harris
Attendance:
7231
By Field Level Media
Tristan da Silva scored 22 points and made all 10 of his foul shots, Cody Williams had 21 points and Colorado bounced back from a loss at Colorado State to defeat Pepperdine 91-66 on Sunday at Boulder, Colo.
KJ Simpson had 15 points, Julian Hammond III added 10 points and Eddie Lampkin pulled down 10 rebounds for Colorado (6-2), which has won all five of its home games.
Houston Mallette scored 15 points, Michael Ajayi contributed 13 and Nils Cooper had 10 for Pepperdine (4-6).
The Waves were close in the first six minutes of the game, trailing by just five before Colorado began to build a big lead.
Hammond hit a 3-pointer and a layup off a turnover to quickly put the Buffaloes ahead 22-12 and prompt a Pepperdine timeout, but it didn't stop the surge.
Another turnover led to a layup by Williams, Hammond fed Williams for an alley-oop and Hammond made another layup before Cooper's jumper broke the 11-0 Colorado run as the Buffaloes led 28-14.
Malik Moore hit two free throws to make it 30-16 midway through the first half, but Williams had another layup, J'Vonne Hadley converted a three-point play and da Silva sank a pair of foul shots to give the Buffaloes a 40-18 lead.
Moore stopped the run with a jumper, but da Silva scored four straight points and Luke O'Brien made a layup before a 3-pointer from da Silva increased the lead to 49-20 with 2:14 left in the first half.
The Waves cut into the lead with an 8-3 run to get within 52-28 at intermission.
Colorado put it away early in the second half. Williams hit a 3-pointer just six seconds out of halftime, Simpson hit another shot from deep, Williams made another layup and da Silva drained a pair of free throws. That gave the Buffaloes a 64-30 advantage, their biggest lead of the game.
The Waves outscored Colorado 13-5 to cut the deficit to 26 but never threatened to make it close the rest of the way.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Pepperdine |
|
Colorado |
|
Houston Mallette 15 |
Scoring |
Tristan Da Silva 22 |
|
Houston Mallette 3 |
Assists |
Julian Hammond III 4 |
|
Michael Ajayi 6 |
Rebounds |
Eddie Lampkin Jr. 10 |
|
Michael Ajayi 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Tristan Da Silva 10 |
|
Michael Ajayi 2 |
Steals |
J'Vonne Hadley 2 |
|
Nils Cooper 3 |
Blocks |
Bangot Dak 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Pepperdine
|
66 |
37.5 |
7-19 |
11-17 |
9 |
27 |
5 |
6 |
13 |
| Colorado
|
91 |
57.4 |
7-13 |
22-28 |
22 |
35 |
3 |
7 |
13 |
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