Colorado-Bellarmine Notes
Colorado improves to 8-0 at home this season. The Buffaloes have won their last 11 home games dating back to last year and have won 24 of 25 since the beginning of 2023-24.
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Colorado is 136-41 (.768) in regular season nonconference games under Boyle including an 89-24 (.788) mark since 2014-15. Colorado is 104-8 (.929) in nonconference home games under Boyle.
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Colorado finished the nonconference schedule at 9-2 for the second-straight season.
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Colorado recorded 15 steals, the program’s most since having 15 against USC on Jan. 10, 2013. The Buffaloes have three games of double-digit steals (12 in each of the first two games against UNC & Eastern Washington). Colorado had just one game of double-digit steals all of last season (11 vs. Miami, Fla., in Brooklyn, Dec. 10, 2023).
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Colorado matched a season low with 10 turnovers, recording that mark for the third time in the last four games.
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Colorado’s eight fouls was its fewest since recording eight vs. Yale on Nov. 27, 2022.
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Colorado met its Gold Standard for the fifth time this season (5-0), holding an opponent to 40 percent or less from the field and have a plus-eight advantage on the boards. Bellarmine shot 39.6 percent for the game (21-53) and Colorado outrebounded the Knights by eight (38-30).
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RJ Smith (11 points, 4-7 FG, 3-4 3FG, 5 rebounds) matched his career best in points, field goals made and attempted and 3-point field goals made. He duplicated his effort in points, field goals and 3-point field goals from the previous game against South Dakota State. He has made 14 of his last 21 from 3-point range over the last six games (.667).
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Assane Diop (15 points, 7-11 FG) led the Buffaloes in scoring for the first time, recording career-highs in points and field goals made and attempted. Second career double-figure scoring game, his previous personal best was 10 against Oregon State on Jan. 20, 2024. Scored Colorado’s first six points, which in itself eclipsed his previous season high (5 vs. UConn).
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Colorado walk-on student-athletes Grady Whitt and Nick Randall appeared in their first collegiate games late in the second half with Randall scoring his first career points. Greg Gerhardt appeared in his second career game, first this season. Jack Pease played in his fifth career game.
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Redshirt freshman Courtney Anderson scored his first career points and dished out his first assist in a career-most 10:30 played.
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Colorado is 136-41 (.768) in regular season nonconference games under Boyle including an 89-24 (.788) mark since 2014-15. Colorado is 104-8 (.929) in nonconference home games under Boyle.
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Colorado finished the nonconference schedule at 9-2 for the second-straight season.
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Colorado recorded 15 steals, the program’s most since having 15 against USC on Jan. 10, 2013. The Buffaloes have three games of double-digit steals (12 in each of the first two games against UNC & Eastern Washington). Colorado had just one game of double-digit steals all of last season (11 vs. Miami, Fla., in Brooklyn, Dec. 10, 2023).
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Colorado matched a season low with 10 turnovers, recording that mark for the third time in the last four games.
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Colorado’s eight fouls was its fewest since recording eight vs. Yale on Nov. 27, 2022.
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Colorado met its Gold Standard for the fifth time this season (5-0), holding an opponent to 40 percent or less from the field and have a plus-eight advantage on the boards. Bellarmine shot 39.6 percent for the game (21-53) and Colorado outrebounded the Knights by eight (38-30).
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RJ Smith (11 points, 4-7 FG, 3-4 3FG, 5 rebounds) matched his career best in points, field goals made and attempted and 3-point field goals made. He duplicated his effort in points, field goals and 3-point field goals from the previous game against South Dakota State. He has made 14 of his last 21 from 3-point range over the last six games (.667).
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Assane Diop (15 points, 7-11 FG) led the Buffaloes in scoring for the first time, recording career-highs in points and field goals made and attempted. Second career double-figure scoring game, his previous personal best was 10 against Oregon State on Jan. 20, 2024. Scored Colorado’s first six points, which in itself eclipsed his previous season high (5 vs. UConn).
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Colorado walk-on student-athletes Grady Whitt and Nick Randall appeared in their first collegiate games late in the second half with Randall scoring his first career points. Greg Gerhardt appeared in his second career game, first this season. Jack Pease played in his fifth career game.
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Redshirt freshman Courtney Anderson scored his first career points and dished out his first assist in a career-most 10:30 played.
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