NCAAB

Eastern Washington Eagles at Colorado Buffaloes

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Eastern Washington Eagles
0-1, 0-1 Away
Final
56 - 76
Colorado Buffaloes
1-0, 1-0 Home

Colorado uses balanced attack, depth to subdue Eastern Washington 76-56

Javon Ruffin added 12 points for Colorado and Andrej Jakimovski 11.

Nic McClain scored 16 points for the Eagles and Vice Zanki scored 12 shooting 4 of 8 from 3-point range.

Eastern Washington led 31-25 at halftime, and with 13:51 remaining, the Eagles' Mason Williams made a 3-pointer to make it 42-35 in favor of EWU. But Colorado turned the momentum and over the next eight minutes outscored the Eagles 23-5. Trevor Baskin's layup with 5:55 remaining gave Colorado its first double-digit lead at t 58-47.

The Eagles raced to a 21-6 lead as Vice Zanki made three 3s before the midway mark of the first half.

Colorado overcame its 18 turnovers with the help of a 43-24 rebounding advantage.

The Buffs moved their all-time record to 5-0 against Eastern Washington.

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Matchup Prediction

Colorado: 96.3%
Eastern Washington: 3.8%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 56 - 76
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 56 - 76
2nd 0:07 Andrew Cook made Jumper. Assisted by Sam Stockton. 56 - 76
2nd 0:23 Shaumba Ngoyi Defensive Rebound. 54 - 76
2nd 0:26 Javon Ruffin missed Jumper. 54 - 76

Statistics

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21-58 FG 27-59
36.2 Field Goal % 45.8
5-16 3PT 9-23
31.3 Three Point % 39.1
9-14 FT 13-17
64.3 Free Throw % 76.5
28 Rebounds 45
9 Offensive Rebounds 15
19 Defensive Rebounds 30
13 Assists 16
14 Steals 12
4 Blocks 5
15 Turnovers 18
0 Team Turnovers 0
15 Total Turnovers 18
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
17 Points Off Turnovers 14
7 Fast Break Points 16
28 Points in Paint 32
18 Fouls 13
17 Largest Lead 22

Game Information

CU Events Center

Location: Boulder, CO
Attendance: 5,679 | Capacity:

2024-25 Big Sky Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Northern Arizona 0-0 - 8-4
Northern Colorado 0-0 - 8-5
Portland State 0-0 - 7-5
Montana 0-0 - 7-6
Weber State 0-0 - 6-7
Idaho State 0-0 - 5-6
Idaho 0-0 - 5-8
Montana State 0-0 - 5-8
Eastern Washington 0-0 - 3-9
Sacramento State 0-0 - 3-9

2024-25 Big 12 Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Iowa State 0-0 - 10-1
Cincinnati 0-0 - 10-1
West Virginia 0-0 - 9-2
Arizona State 0-0 - 9-2
BYU 0-0 - 9-2
Colorado 0-0 - 9-2
Kansas 0-0 - 9-2
Texas Tech 0-0 - 9-2
UCF 0-0 - 9-2
Houston 0-0 - 8-3
Oklahoma State 0-0 - 8-3
Utah 0-0 - 8-3
Baylor 0-0 - 7-3
TCU 0-0 - 7-4
Arizona 0-0 - 6-5
Kansas State 0-0 - 6-5
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