1 | 2 | T | |
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CAL | 27 | 19 | 46 |
COLO | 24 | 35 | 59 |
Colorado recovers from slow start to beat Cal 59-46
Luke O'Brien hits the 3 vs. Cal
Luke O'Brien hits the 3 vs. Cal
BOULDER, Colo. -- — Tristan da Silva scored 20 points, Colorado leaned hard on its reserves and the Buffaloes staved off a season sweep against California by beating the Bears 59-46 on Thursday night.
The Bears beat Colorado 80-76 on New Year's Eve for their first Pac-12 Conference win of the season.
Da Silva and KJ Simpson were the only Colorado (13-11, 5-8 Pac-12) starters to score for the Buffs in the first 30 minutes of play until 7-foot-1 center Lawson Lovering buried a jumper with 9:43 remaining. Simpson had 10 points and the bench scored 25 — led by nine points each from Jalen Gabbidon and Luke O'Brien.
Kuany Kuany was the only Cal (3-19, 2-9) player to score in double digits with 10 points. The Bears piled up 22 turnovers and 22 personal fouls.
Despite that, Cal controlled the first half and built a 27-17 lead on a pair of Joel Brown foul shots with 2:38 left. Colorado closed the half with a 7-0 run and used runs of 13-0 and 11-0 in the second half to clinch the win.
Cal plays at Utah on Sunday. Colorado hosts Stanford on Sunday.
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Game Information
- Referees:
- Michael Greenstein
- Paul Szelc
- D.G. Nelson
2023-24 Pac-12 Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
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Arizona | 15-5 | - | 27-9 |
Washington State | 14-6 | 1 | 25-10 |
Colorado | 13-7 | 2 | 26-11 |
Oregon | 12-8 | 3 | 24-12 |
UCLA | 10-10 | 5 | 16-17 |
Utah | 9-11 | 6 | 22-15 |
Washington | 9-11 | 6 | 17-15 |
California | 9-11 | 6 | 13-19 |
USC | 8-12 | 7 | 15-18 |
Arizona State | 8-12 | 7 | 14-18 |
Stanford | 8-12 | 7 | 14-18 |
Oregon State | 5-15 | 10 | 13-19 |