National Basketball Association
Colorado 85, Texas Southern 80
When: 9:30 PM ET, Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Where: Coors Events Center, Boulder, Colorado
Officials:
# Verne Harris, # Glenn Mayberry, # Randy McCall
Attendance:
8325
By SportsDirect Inc.
No. 19 Colorado 85, Texas Southern 80 (2OT): Spencer Dinwiddie scored a career-high 24 points and Josh Scott added 18 points and 12 rebounds as the host Buffaloes overcame a superb effort by Omar Strong to remain unbeaten.
Strong scored a career-high 39 points on 13-for-28 shooting and made nine 3-pointers for Texas Southern (1-6), which forced overtime when Fred Sturdivant’s layup tied the score at 59-59 with 43 seconds to play. The Tigers’ Lawrence Johnson-Danner forced double overtime when he drilled a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left in the first extra period.
Andre Roberson had 11 points and 12 boards for Colorado (6-0), which trailed by 10 at halftime before opening the second half on a 16-3 run. Askia Booker scored 15 points, including a 3-pointer that put the Buffaloes ahead 71-68 with 42 seconds left in the first overtime.
Scott scored the first five points in double overtime for the Buffaloes, who improved to 6-0 for the first time since the 1989-90 season. Colorado shot 75 percent (33-for-44) from the free throw line, while Texas Southern made 12 of its 20 shots (60 percent).
Strong hit five 3-pointers in the first half and finished 9-for-21 from beyond the arc. Sturdivant added 12 points for the Tigers, who lost to the Buffaloes 56-51 last December. Strong scored nine of the Tigers’ 12 points in the first overtime.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Dinwiddie was 3-for-12 from the field and 15-for-17 from the foul line. …Roberson, who fouled out with 90 seconds left in regulation, collected his second straight double-double and the 27th of his career. … The game was Colorado’s first double-overtime contest since beating Baylor 91-84 in 2008.
Top Game Performances
Texas Southern |
|
Colorado |
Omar Strong 39 |
Scoring |
Spencer Dinwiddie 24 |
Madarious Gibbs 4 |
Assists |
Askia Booker 4 |
Fred Sturdivant 11 |
Rebounds |
Andre Roberson 12 |
Madarious Gibbs 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Spencer Dinwiddie 16 |
Ray Penn 2 |
Steals |
Andre Roberson 2 |
Fred Sturdivant 5 |
Blocks |
Spencer Dinwiddie 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Texas Southern
|
80 |
38.4 |
12-37 |
12-20 |
7 |
38 |
7 |
8 |
14 |
Colorado
|
85 |
39.0 |
6-19 |
33-44 |
11 |
43 |
8 |
6 |
13 |