Northern Colorado Bears at Colorado Buffaloes
· NCAA Men's BasketballBaskins free throws lift Colorado past Northern Colorado 90-88 in double OT
Colorado scored a third of its points from the free throw line, converting 31 of 41 attempts.
Julian Hammond III hit two free throws with :25 left in regulation to give Colorado a 67-62 lead, but Isaiah Hawthorne scored at the basket and Marcel McCreary snared a long rebound and knocked down a 3-pointer with eight seconds left to tie the game at 67 and force the first overtime. Elijah Malone's free throw with :49 left pulled Colorado even at 76 to push the game to a second extra period.
Luca Colceag knocked down a 3 with 2:42 left in the second overtime to put Northern Colorado in front 84-83 and Hawthorne answered a jumper by the Buffs Javon Ruffin with another 3 to put the Bears in front 87-85. After that, Jaron Rillie's free throw with 1:30 remaining was all the Bears could muster.
Malone was 10 of 12 from the line and finished with 27 points to lead Colorado (2-0). Ruffin and Hammond each added 12 points and Baskin added nine points and nine rebounds.
Hawthorne finished with 19 points to lead Northern Colorado (1-1). Jaron Rillie added 16 points and eight rebounds, Zach Bloch added 14 points and McCreary and Langston Reynolds each contributed 13.
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Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
4th 0:00 | End of Game | 88 - 90 |
4th 0:00 | End of 2nd overtime | 88 - 90 |
4th 0:01 | Luca Colceag Turnover. | 88 - 90 |
4th 0:01 | Luca Colceag Offensive Rebound. | 88 - 90 |
4th 0:03 | Marcell McCreary missed Three Point Jumper. | 88 - 90 |
Statistics
UNCO | COLO | |
---|---|---|
32-74 | FG | 27-58 |
43.2 | Field Goal % | 46.6 |
13-36 | 3PT | 5-18 |
36.1 | Three Point % | 27.8 |
11-17 | FT | 31-41 |
64.7 | Free Throw % | 75.6 |
35 | Rebounds | 45 |
12 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
23 | Defensive Rebounds | 34 |
18 | Assists | 9 |
12 | Steals | 12 |
0 | Blocks | 5 |
17 | Turnovers | 21 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
17 | Total Turnovers | 21 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
20 | Points Off Turnovers | 13 |
12 | Fast Break Points | 13 |
34 | Points in Paint | 40 |
28 | Fouls | 19 |
6 | Largest Lead | 6 |
Game Information
Location: Boulder, CO
Attendance: 6,152 | Capacity:
2024-25 Big Sky Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
Northern Arizona | 0-0 | - | 2-1 |
Northern Colorado | 0-0 | - | 2-1 |
Portland State | 0-0 | - | 2-1 |
Montana | 0-0 | - | 2-2 |
Eastern Washington | 0-0 | - | 1-2 |
Idaho | 0-0 | - | 1-2 |
Idaho State | 0-0 | - | 1-2 |
Montana State | 0-0 | - | 1-2 |
Sacramento State | 0-0 | - | 1-2 |
Weber State | 0-0 | - | 1-2 |
2024-25 Big 12 Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
BYU | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
Colorado | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
Kansas | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
TCU | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
Texas Tech | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
UCF | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
Utah | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
Arizona | 0-0 | - | 2-0 |
Cincinnati | 0-0 | - | 2-0 |
Iowa State | 0-0 | - | 2-0 |
Kansas State | 0-0 | - | 2-0 |
Oklahoma State | 0-0 | - | 2-0 |
West Virginia | 0-0 | - | 2-0 |
Arizona State | 0-0 | - | 2-1 |
Baylor | 0-0 | - | 2-1 |
Houston | 0-0 | - | 2-1 |