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PROMOTIONS: Friday is Super Hero Day at the Coors Events Center. The first 500 kids (6th grade and under) will receive a FREE Buffs Superhero Cape! Come meet Wonder Woman, Batman and Captain America on the concourse starting at 5 p.m. Tickets start at $15 and can be purchased at 303-49-BUFFS.
THE BUFFALOES: Colorado is 7-3 overall after falling to San Diego, 69-59, on Dec. 12. After a 6-0 start the Buffaloes have lost two of straight and three of their last four. Colorado plays its last nonconference home game Friday before taking the next week off for finals.
Colorado is averaging 73.7 points per game while shooting 44.6 percent from the field. Overall the Buffaloes have been balanced in scoring with three players averaging double-figures and six averaging between six and 16 points an outing. Defensively, Colorado is allowing 69.6 points per game while holding opponents to 40.9 percent shooting and 34.6 percent from 3-point range.
Colorado is third in the Pac-12 in rebounding margin (+6.8), scoring defense (69.6 ppg), field goal defense (.409) and 3-point defense (.346).
McKinley Wright IV leads Colorado at 15.3 points and 3.9 assists per game. He recorded his first career double-double with 12 points and a career-high 10 rebounds in the win over New Mexico. He’s the first Colorado “non-forward” with a points-rebounds double-double since Josh Fortune had 17 points and 14 rebounds against Portland on Nov. 20, 2015. Wright is second on the team in rebounding at 5.1 per game.
Wright also leads Colorado in blocked shots (8), field goal percentage (.500), 3-point percentage (.387) and steals (10). On the Pac-12 charts, Wright is 10th in assists and 16th in scoring. He is second in assists and fourth in scoring among freshmen in the Pac-12.
George King leads Colorado in rebounding at 9.0 per game while ranking second in scoring at 14.4 points an outing. He notched his third double-double in five games with 14 points and 11 rebounds against San Diego. Over the last six games King is averaging 16.3 points and 10.0 rebounds.
King had back-to-back monster games, scoring 25 points with identical 9 of 13 shooting performances (.692) in wins over Air Force and Mercer. King had a game-high 25 points against Mercer in the championship game of the 2017 Paradise Jam. He scored back-to-back 20-point games for the third time in his career, the other two coming in 2015-16. His 50 points in a two-game span is a personal best.
On the Pac-12 charts King is third in overall rebounds, fifth in defensive rebounds, seventh in offensive rebounds and 20th in scoring.
Junior guard Namon Wright is third on the team in scoring at 11.7 points while grabbing 3.1 rebounds per game and a team-high 10 steals. Wright had personal CU-high and team-best 20 points in the loss at Xavier.
Wright’s six steals at Xavier was a personal best in 70 career collegiate games (counting two seasons at Missouri) and the most by a Buffalo since Spencer Dinwiddie had six against Jackson State on Nov. 16, 2013.
At the Paradise Jam, Wright averaged 16 points while shooting 44 percent. He shot 83 percent from the free throw line, going 19 of 23.
Sophomore guard Deleon Brown is fourth on the team in scoring at 6.9 points per game and is third in steals with seven. Brown made his first start of the season against New Mexico, scoring nine points on 3 of 4 shooting with three assists. He matched a season high with 13 points in the Paradise Jam championship game, reaching double figures for the fifth time in his young career.
Dominique Collier is averaging 6.4 points and his tied for second on the team in assists with 12. He had a game-high 16 points against New Mexico, his 19th career game in double figures. He is averaging 9.0 points over the last five games after averaging just 3.8 over his first five. Collier matched career highs with six free throws and eight attempted against New Mexico.
Freshman Dallas Walton has started the last four games in place of the injured Tory Miller-Stewart. Walton had a personal-best eight rebounds - in just 15 minutes - with two assists and a blocked shot against New Mexico. Overall he is averaging 3.4 points and 2.9 rebounds per game while hitting 50 percent from the floor. He has five blocked shots in his four starts.
Sophomore forward Lucas Siewert returned to the lineup against Colorado State after missing the previous two games with an ankle injury. He is third on the team in rebounding at 3.9 per game while also pitching in 4.1 points a contest.
Freshman guard Lazar Nikolic, made his first collegiate start against New Mexico responding with seven points and eight rebounds - both career highs. He’s made 8 of his last 15 from the field after starting 3 of 9 over his first six games.
Freshman forward Tyler Bey is averaging 3.2 points and 3.4 rebounds. He had a personal best nine rebounds against San Diego. Bey has made 14 of his first 19 free throw attempts (.737).
Freshman forward D’Shawn Schwartz is averaging 3.0 points and 2.0 rebounds while shooting 46 percent from the field. He matched his season high with seven points against Air Force and had a personal best six rebounds vs. New Mexico.
THE JACKRABBITS: South Dakota State is 9-4 overall, winners of its last two against Concordia (Neb.), 103-67, and North Dakota, 99-63. SDSU is 1-2 in true road games, but its against an impressive lineup with an overtime win at Ole Miss and the two losses coming to national powers Kansas and Wichita State. The Jackrabbits average 82.4 points per game while shooting 46 percent from the field and a stout 41 percent from the 3-point line. SDSU ranks 16th in the nation in 3-pointers made per game at 10.8 an outing. The Jackrabbits also get to the line at an impressive rate, leading the nation in total free throws made (223) and second in attempts (299). Defensively, the Jackrabbits give up 73.3 points per game while allowing opponents to shoot 43.7 percent.
Junior forward Mike Daum leads South Dakota State at 20.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game. The 2016-17 Summit League Player of the Year, Daum is second in scoring and fifth in rebounding on the league leaderboard. Freshman guard David Jenkins Jr. is second on the team in scoring at 13.8 points per game. Senior forward Reed Tellinghuisen is the third double-digit scorer for the Jackrabbits at 11.9 per outing. Junior guard Brandon Key tops South Dakota State in assists (53) while averaging 6.3 points per game.
T.J. Otzelberger is in his second season as the head coach at South Dakota State with a record of 27-21.
SERIES RECORDS: This will be the third meeting between Colorado and South Dakota State with the Buffaloes holding a 2-0 lead with both games coming in Boulder. The teams met in the old Balch Fieldhouse on Dec. 2, 1978, a 66-62 Buffs win. In the last meeting CU defeated the Jackrabbits 82-49 on Feb. 14, 2005, during South Dakota State’s first year of transition from NCAA Division II to Division I.
Tad Boyle has never faced South Dakota State as a head coach. T.J. Otzelberger has never faced Colorado as a head coach.
SENIOR EXPERIENCE vs. FRESH FACES: Colorado has nine players on its roster (eight active) that had never played a regular season minute in a Buffaloes uniform prior to this season. That list includes six true freshmen and three red shirts who spent 2016-17 with the program.
Colorado’s three senior regulars - George King, Tory Miller-Stewart and Dominique Collier - have combined for 305 career games and 148 starts. The other 12 players on the roster (11 active) have a combined 33 starts and 158 career games. Out of those 158 games, 18 of those belong to senior walk-on Josh Repine accounting for a total of 23 career minutes played.
NONCONFERENCE: Colorado has won 28 of its last 36 against nonconference regular season opponents. The Buffaloes have won 20 of their last 22 nonconference regular season games at the Coors Events Center.
KING’S COURT: Senior guard George King became the 34th player in Colorado history to reach 1,000 points during the loss at Xavier, hitting that milestone with a drive to the basket at the 8:29 mark of the first half. He is now 32nd in career scoring at 1,024 points. He is 28th in rebounding with 520.
King is seventh in career 3-pointers made with 132. His 40.2 percentage from 3-point range is third on CU’s all-time list.
DOM’S DIMES AND SWIPES: Senior guard Dominque Collier has moved into 25th in career steals with 85 and 29th in assists at 187. He is on pace to become the 16th Colorado player with 200 assists and 100 steals.
TV: Pac-12 Network (Drew Goodman, Dan Belloumini)
Watch Online: Pac-12.com/Now
Listen Online: CUBuffs.com
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PROMOTIONS: Friday is Super Hero Day at the Coors Events Center. The first 500 kids (6th grade and under) will receive a FREE Buffs Superhero Cape! Come meet Wonder Woman, Batman and Captain America on the concourse starting at 5 p.m. Tickets start at $15 and can be purchased at 303-49-BUFFS.
THE BUFFALOES: Colorado is 7-3 overall after falling to San Diego, 69-59, on Dec. 12. After a 6-0 start the Buffaloes have lost two of straight and three of their last four. Colorado plays its last nonconference home game Friday before taking the next week off for finals.
Colorado is averaging 73.7 points per game while shooting 44.6 percent from the field. Overall the Buffaloes have been balanced in scoring with three players averaging double-figures and six averaging between six and 16 points an outing. Defensively, Colorado is allowing 69.6 points per game while holding opponents to 40.9 percent shooting and 34.6 percent from 3-point range.
Colorado is third in the Pac-12 in rebounding margin (+6.8), scoring defense (69.6 ppg), field goal defense (.409) and 3-point defense (.346).
McKinley Wright IV leads Colorado at 15.3 points and 3.9 assists per game. He recorded his first career double-double with 12 points and a career-high 10 rebounds in the win over New Mexico. He’s the first Colorado “non-forward” with a points-rebounds double-double since Josh Fortune had 17 points and 14 rebounds against Portland on Nov. 20, 2015. Wright is second on the team in rebounding at 5.1 per game.
Wright also leads Colorado in blocked shots (8), field goal percentage (.500), 3-point percentage (.387) and steals (10). On the Pac-12 charts, Wright is 10th in assists and 16th in scoring. He is second in assists and fourth in scoring among freshmen in the Pac-12.
George King leads Colorado in rebounding at 9.0 per game while ranking second in scoring at 14.4 points an outing. He notched his third double-double in five games with 14 points and 11 rebounds against San Diego. Over the last six games King is averaging 16.3 points and 10.0 rebounds.
King had back-to-back monster games, scoring 25 points with identical 9 of 13 shooting performances (.692) in wins over Air Force and Mercer. King had a game-high 25 points against Mercer in the championship game of the 2017 Paradise Jam. He scored back-to-back 20-point games for the third time in his career, the other two coming in 2015-16. His 50 points in a two-game span is a personal best.
On the Pac-12 charts King is third in overall rebounds, fifth in defensive rebounds, seventh in offensive rebounds and 20th in scoring.
Junior guard Namon Wright is third on the team in scoring at 11.7 points while grabbing 3.1 rebounds per game and a team-high 10 steals. Wright had personal CU-high and team-best 20 points in the loss at Xavier.
Wright’s six steals at Xavier was a personal best in 70 career collegiate games (counting two seasons at Missouri) and the most by a Buffalo since Spencer Dinwiddie had six against Jackson State on Nov. 16, 2013.
At the Paradise Jam, Wright averaged 16 points while shooting 44 percent. He shot 83 percent from the free throw line, going 19 of 23.
Sophomore guard Deleon Brown is fourth on the team in scoring at 6.9 points per game and is third in steals with seven. Brown made his first start of the season against New Mexico, scoring nine points on 3 of 4 shooting with three assists. He matched a season high with 13 points in the Paradise Jam championship game, reaching double figures for the fifth time in his young career.
Dominique Collier is averaging 6.4 points and his tied for second on the team in assists with 12. He had a game-high 16 points against New Mexico, his 19th career game in double figures. He is averaging 9.0 points over the last five games after averaging just 3.8 over his first five. Collier matched career highs with six free throws and eight attempted against New Mexico.
Freshman Dallas Walton has started the last four games in place of the injured Tory Miller-Stewart. Walton had a personal-best eight rebounds - in just 15 minutes - with two assists and a blocked shot against New Mexico. Overall he is averaging 3.4 points and 2.9 rebounds per game while hitting 50 percent from the floor. He has five blocked shots in his four starts.
Sophomore forward Lucas Siewert returned to the lineup against Colorado State after missing the previous two games with an ankle injury. He is third on the team in rebounding at 3.9 per game while also pitching in 4.1 points a contest.
Freshman guard Lazar Nikolic, made his first collegiate start against New Mexico responding with seven points and eight rebounds - both career highs. He’s made 8 of his last 15 from the field after starting 3 of 9 over his first six games.
Freshman forward Tyler Bey is averaging 3.2 points and 3.4 rebounds. He had a personal best nine rebounds against San Diego. Bey has made 14 of his first 19 free throw attempts (.737).
Freshman forward D’Shawn Schwartz is averaging 3.0 points and 2.0 rebounds while shooting 46 percent from the field. He matched his season high with seven points against Air Force and had a personal best six rebounds vs. New Mexico.
THE JACKRABBITS: South Dakota State is 9-4 overall, winners of its last two against Concordia (Neb.), 103-67, and North Dakota, 99-63. SDSU is 1-2 in true road games, but its against an impressive lineup with an overtime win at Ole Miss and the two losses coming to national powers Kansas and Wichita State. The Jackrabbits average 82.4 points per game while shooting 46 percent from the field and a stout 41 percent from the 3-point line. SDSU ranks 16th in the nation in 3-pointers made per game at 10.8 an outing. The Jackrabbits also get to the line at an impressive rate, leading the nation in total free throws made (223) and second in attempts (299). Defensively, the Jackrabbits give up 73.3 points per game while allowing opponents to shoot 43.7 percent.
Junior forward Mike Daum leads South Dakota State at 20.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game. The 2016-17 Summit League Player of the Year, Daum is second in scoring and fifth in rebounding on the league leaderboard. Freshman guard David Jenkins Jr. is second on the team in scoring at 13.8 points per game. Senior forward Reed Tellinghuisen is the third double-digit scorer for the Jackrabbits at 11.9 per outing. Junior guard Brandon Key tops South Dakota State in assists (53) while averaging 6.3 points per game.
T.J. Otzelberger is in his second season as the head coach at South Dakota State with a record of 27-21.
SERIES RECORDS: This will be the third meeting between Colorado and South Dakota State with the Buffaloes holding a 2-0 lead with both games coming in Boulder. The teams met in the old Balch Fieldhouse on Dec. 2, 1978, a 66-62 Buffs win. In the last meeting CU defeated the Jackrabbits 82-49 on Feb. 14, 2005, during South Dakota State’s first year of transition from NCAA Division II to Division I.
Tad Boyle has never faced South Dakota State as a head coach. T.J. Otzelberger has never faced Colorado as a head coach.
SENIOR EXPERIENCE vs. FRESH FACES: Colorado has nine players on its roster (eight active) that had never played a regular season minute in a Buffaloes uniform prior to this season. That list includes six true freshmen and three red shirts who spent 2016-17 with the program.
Colorado’s three senior regulars - George King, Tory Miller-Stewart and Dominique Collier - have combined for 305 career games and 148 starts. The other 12 players on the roster (11 active) have a combined 33 starts and 158 career games. Out of those 158 games, 18 of those belong to senior walk-on Josh Repine accounting for a total of 23 career minutes played.
NONCONFERENCE: Colorado has won 28 of its last 36 against nonconference regular season opponents. The Buffaloes have won 20 of their last 22 nonconference regular season games at the Coors Events Center.
KING’S COURT: Senior guard George King became the 34th player in Colorado history to reach 1,000 points during the loss at Xavier, hitting that milestone with a drive to the basket at the 8:29 mark of the first half. He is now 32nd in career scoring at 1,024 points. He is 28th in rebounding with 520.
King is seventh in career 3-pointers made with 132. His 40.2 percentage from 3-point range is third on CU’s all-time list.
DOM’S DIMES AND SWIPES: Senior guard Dominque Collier has moved into 25th in career steals with 85 and 29th in assists at 187. He is on pace to become the 16th Colorado player with 200 assists and 100 steals.
