McKinley Wright IV led a balanced scoring effort for Colorado with 14 points in a 69-51 road victory over Stanford on Thursday night in Palo Alto, Calif.

Wright IV also had nine assists and nine rebounds as the Buffaloes (16-5, 10-4 Pac-12) won for the ninth time in their past 11 games. Stanford (12-8, 8-6) was led by senior Oscar da Silva's 22 points and six rebounds on 8-of-17 shooting.

But six Buffaloes players scored eight or more points as they swept the season series against the Cardinal for the first time since the 2016-17 season.

Colorado picked up an important victory with both teams in the mix for a spot in the NCAA tournament and hoping to stay in the Pac-12 regular season title race.

Leading 49-43, the Buffaloes used an 14-2 run to pull away in the second half.

da Silva, a 6-foot-9 senior forward, scored more points than his younger brother, but Colorado 6-8 freshman forward Tristan da Silva played a key role in his team prevailing with eight points.

Spencer Jones was Stanford's next-highest scoring contributor with eight points.

Colorado shot 49.1 percent (28-for-57) while Stanford shot 39.6 percent (19-for-48) and struggled from 3-point range, shooting 20.0 percent (3-for-15). The Buffaloes also outrebounded the Cardinal 32-23 and finished with 14 assists.

Eli Parquet totaled 10 points and Jeriah Horne finished with nine points and five rebounds off Colorado's bench. D'Shawn Schwartz had nine points and four rebounds while Evan Battey had eight points and six rebounds.

Stanford played without Daejon Davis for the seventh consecutive game, but Ziare Williams returned to the lineup after missing the previous six games for undisclosed reasons and scored seven points off the bench.

The Buffaloes scored the first 10 points of the game and Stanford didn't score its first points until Oscar da Silva's dunk off an assist from Williams with 13:35 left in the first half.

--Field Level Media