TULSA WORLD HOMEPAGE | WIRELESS

Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on RSS
Sports Extra! Sports Extra Tulsa World Follow us on ...


SPORTS EXTRA BLOGS
    Sports Editor
Mike Strain

Sports Columnist
Dave Sittler

The Picker
Entertaining & Infuriating

LOCAL PROS

ALL SPORTS

PHOTOS & VIDEOS

OUTDOORS

FIND A STORY

EMAIL ALERTS

SOCIAL MEDIA

RSS FEEDS

CONTACT US
BUY PHOTOS & PAGES

TULSA WORLD

ADVERTISE ON SPORTS EXTRA

National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Colorado 67, Utah 55
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, February 2, 2018
Where: Coors Events Center, Boulder, Colorado
Officials: # Randy McCall, # Verne Harris, # Tom Nunez
Attendance: 7645
McKinley Wright IV scored 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting and Lucas Siewert added 13 to lift Colorado to a 67-55 victory over Utah on Friday night at the Coors Events Center in Boulder, Colo.

George King finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Buffaloes. Colorado (13-10, 5-6 Pac-12) snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Utes dating back to 2014.

Utah (13-9, 5-6) could never get on track offensively when it counted. None of the Utes scored in double figures, and as a team, they shot just 35 percent from the field. David Collette led the team with eight points.

Both teams struggled on offense during the first half. Utah shot just 9-of-33 from the field before halftime -- including 2-of-14 from the perimeter. Colorado struggled to capitalize on the bad shooting until late in the half because the Buffaloes had trouble holding onto the ball. They gave up six turnovers in the first 14 minutes.

Colorado went up for good when Wright and King made back-to-back baskets to ignite a 12-0 run that gave the Buffaloes a 29-20 edge in the first minute of the second half.

Utah did not score for more than seven minutes spanning the first and second half after Gabe Bealer drilled a 3-pointer with 5:17 remaining before halftime. Justin Bibbins finally made a three-point play to end the drought two minutes into the second half.

It didn't get much better for the Utes from there. Siewert drilled back-to-back 3-pointers to push Colorado's lead to 40-27. King tacked on a 3-pointer of his own and a pair of free throws to give the Buffaloes a 52-35 cushion with 8:13 left.

Colorado eventually led by as many as 21 points after King drained a jumper to make it 63-42 with 4:15 to go.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Utah   Colorado
David Collette 8 Scoring McKinley Wright IV 21
Tyler Rawson 4 Assists Dominique Collier 4
Justin Bibbins 6 Rebounds George King 10
Sedrick Barefield 2 Free Throws Made Lucas Siewert 4
Tyler Rawson 3 Steals Dominique Collier 3
Jakub Jokl 1 Blocks Tyler Bey 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Utah 55 35.1 7-23 8-12 13 28 2 6 14
Colorado 67 43.1 10-22 13-18 12 35 3 9 12