National Basketball Association
Colorado 70, California 57
When: 5:30 PM ET, Sunday, February 26, 2012
Where: Coors Events Center, Boulder, Colorado
Officials:
# Verne Harris, # Mike Littlewood, # Gregory Nixon
Attendance:
11043
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COLORADO 70, CALIFORNIA 57: Austin Dufault and Spencer Dinwiddie scored 15 points apiece as the host Buffaloes ended the Golden Bears’ six-game winning streak.
Andre Roberson grabbed 14 rebounds and Nate Tomlinson scored 11 points for Colorado (19-9, 11-5 Pac-12), which remains in contention for a first-round bye in the Pac-12 tournament.
Allen Crabbe scored 16 points, Justin Cobbs tallied 15 and Harper Kamp added 13 for California (23-7, 13-4), which dropped into second place, a half-game behind Washington.
The Buffaloes came out strong in a bid to rebound from a demoralizing 24-point home drubbing by Stanford on Thursday. Colorado trailed just once and held the Golden Bears to 38 percent shooting.
Colorado led 49-38 after a 3-pointer by Askia Booker with 11:08 remaining and then held off a California charge.
Cobbs scored on an acrobatic scoop shot to bring the Golden Bears within 56-51 with 6:50 remaining before Colorado went on an 11-2 run.
Colorado led by as many as 10 in the first half with California’s only lead coming at 12-11 on Crabbe’s jumper with 8:43 left. The Buffaloes led 32-25 at halftime.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Roberson has 22 double-digit rebounding games … Golden Bears point guard Jorge Gutierrez was scoreless and missed all seven of his field-goal attempts … Dufault, a four-year starter playing in his final home game, notched his 47th career double-digit scoring outing … California also trailed by seven at halftime of the first meeting before overcoming the deficit for a 57-50 victory.
Top Game Performances
California |
|
Colorado |
Allen Crabbe 16 |
Scoring |
Spencer Dinwiddie 15 |
Justin Cobbs 6 |
Assists |
Nate Tomlinson 4 |
Jorge Gutierrez 9 |
Rebounds |
Andre Roberson 15 |
Justin Cobbs 8 |
Free Throws Made |
Spencer Dinwiddie 4 |
Justin Cobbs 2 |
Steals |
Andre Roberson 2 |
Harper Kamp 2 |
Blocks |
Andre Roberson 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
California
|
57 |
38.0 |
5-16 |
14-17 |
9 |
25 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
Colorado
|
70 |
43.5 |
7-20 |
9-12 |
9 |
34 |
3 |
4 |
5 |