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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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

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