Fort Worth, Texas – Marcus Hall and Richard Roby each scored 17 points Tuesday night, leading Colorado to a 77-59 victory over Texas Christian.
Roby scored 15 of his points in the first half, including 11 of the Buffaloes’ first 14 points.
Colorado, 7-1 and off to its best start since the 1989-90 season, led throughout.
The Buffaloes took their largest lead of the first half at 30-20 on a jumper by Jayson Obazuaye with 3:23 to play.
Colorado led the Horned Frogs 36-27 at halftime.
The Buffaloes opened the second half with an 11-2 run to extend their lead to 47-29 on a Hall layup. TCU trimmed the deficit to 70-56 on Neil P. Dougherty’s 3-pointer with 3:18 remaining.
Chris Copeland added 14 points and Obazuaye scored 13 for the Buffaloes.
Nile Murry led TCU (3-7) with 12 points and Brent Hackett added 10.
Colorado shot 49 percent from the field and held TCU to 31 percent shooting.
The Horned Frogs saw a two- game winning streak snapped as they lost for the first time since Dec. 7 against Tulane.
COLORADO (7-1)
Osborn 2-4 0-0 6, Copeland 6-11 0-1 14, Obazuaye 6-8 1-2 13, Hall 7-10 1-1 17, Roby 6-13 4-6 17, Eddy 0-2 4-4 4, Boidock 0-1 0-0 0, Senger 0-0 2-2 2, Coleman 1-5 0-0 2, Freeman 0-2 0-0 0, Williams 0-1 1-2 1, Arrington 0-0 1-2 1, McGee 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-57 14-20 77.
TEXAS CHRISTIAN (3-7)
Ibikunle 2-4 0-2 4, Stubbs 2-5 1-4 5, Hackett 3-8 3-3 10, Murry 3-13 4-4 12, Owens 0-4 2-2 2, Masters 1-3 2-4 5, Dougherty Jr. 1-2 2-2 5, Chinweze 2-11 2-7 6, Adams 2-5 0-0 5, Pierce 2-3 1-2 5, Taylor 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 18-59 17-30 59.
Halftime – Colorado 36-27. 3-point goals – Colorado 7-21 (Hall 2-2, Osborn 2-4, Copeland 2-5, Roby 1-4, Eddy 0-2, Freeman 0-2, Coleman 0-2); TCU 6-24 (Murry 2-8, Dougherty Jr. 1-2, Masters 1-2, Adams 1-3, Hackett 1-5, Chinweze 0-1, Owens 0-1, Stubbs 0-2). Fouled out – None. Rebounds – Colorado 43 (Eddy 7, Obazuaye 7), TCU 36 (Stubbs 7). Assists – Colorado 17 (Osborn 3), TCU 12 (Owens 3). Total fouls – Colorado 26, TCU 20. A – 3,321.
