National Basketball Association
Colorado 63, Arizona St. 49
When: 6:30 PM ET, Saturday, February 11, 2012
Where: Wells Fargo Arena, Tempe, Arizona
Officials:
# Larry Spaulding, # Randy Burkhart, # Don McAllister
Attendance:
5201
By SportsDirect Inc.
COLORADO 63, ARIZONA STATE 49: Freshman guard Spencer Dinwiddie scored all 15 of his points in the second half and the Buffaloes cruised to a rare road victory.
Colorado (17-8, 9-4 Pac-12) remains in a three-way tie for third place with Arizona and Oregon, one game behind California and a half-game back of Washington.
Andre Roberson had 12 points and nine rebounds and Austin Dufault added 12 and six for the Buffaloes, who improved to 2-4 in Pac-12 road games. The Buffaloes are 12-54 on the road since the start of the 2006-07 season.
Arizona State (8-17, 4-9) was paced by Jonathan Gilling, who was 4-of-12 shooting for 11 points. The Sun Devils made only four of their first 17 shots in the second half and trailed by eight with 8:26 to go.
Carlon Brown’s 3-pointer put Colorado up by 11 with 5:44 left, and the Sun Devils were on their way to their sixth loss in their last eight games.
Colorado led by seven at halftime after closing the first half on a 15-4 run, and Dinwiddie hit three 3-pointers in the first five minutes of the second half. The Buffaloes shot 6 of 13 (46.2 percent) from beyond the arc after shooting 28.8 percent in its previous three games.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Arizona State has not won back-to-back games this season. … The game marked Arizona State’s Herb Sendek 600th as a head coach. His first game was in 1993 with Miami (Ohio). … Roberson fell one rebound short of his 16th double-double of the season. … Arizona State's leading scorer and rebounder Trent Lockett was held to 10 points and four rebounds. ... The Buffaloes were 15 for 22 from the free throw line, while Arizona State was 4 of 8.
Top Game Performances
Colorado |
|
Arizona St. |
Spencer Dinwiddie 15 |
Scoring |
Jonathan Gilling 11 |
Nate Tomlinson 4 |
Assists |
Chris Colvin 5 |
Andre Roberson 9 |
Rebounds |
Ruslan Pateev 6 |
Spencer Dinwiddie 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Chris Colvin 2 |
Andre Roberson 4 |
Steals |
Jonathan Gilling 2 |
Spencer Dinwiddie 2 |
Blocks |
Jordan Bachynski 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Colorado
|
63 |
45.7 |
6-13 |
15-22 |
11 |
32 |
5 |
8 |
14 |
Arizona St.
|
49 |
35.8 |
7-21 |
4-8 |
13 |
27 |
3 |
6 |
17 |