BOULDER — Marcus Hall scored 21 points and Richard Roby added 18, leading Colorado to a 78-58 nonconference victory over Colorado Christian on Tuesday night.
Hall was 4-for-6 on 3-pointers. Roby scored 11 of his points in the second half when Colorado (3-2) blew open the game.
The Buffaloes played without Xavier Silas, who has a lower left leg contusion. Caleb Patterson and Levi Knutson made their first collegiate starts.
Rory Morgan and Brian Stamer led Colorado Christian (1-2) with 13 points apiece.
Colorado scored the last six points of the half, four coming from Cory Higgins, to take a 37-27 lead into intermission.
Colorado Christian got as close as seven points twice in the second half, the last coming when Jordan Long’s 3-pointer made it 41-34 with 16:10 left. Roby’s 3-pointer seconds later increased Colorado’s lead to 10 points and began a 13-2 run that included a 3-pointer by Hall to put the Buffs up 54-36.
Hall’s fourth 3-pointer of the game with 4:31 remaining gave Colorado its biggest lead, 68-47. Colorado Christian never got closer than 16 points the rest of the game.
COLORADO CHRISTIAN (1-2)
Neuhaus 0-5 2-2 2, Stamer 5-11 2-5 13, J.Long 2-5 5-7 10, Morgan 5-11 2-2 13, Puckett 2-4 0-0 6, Olson 0-0 0-0 0, Caulk 0-2 2-2 2, House 1-2 0-0 2, Bailey 3-7 2-3 10, Holocher 0-1 0-0 0, E.Long 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-48 15-21 58.
COLORADO (3-2)
Patterson 3-5 1-1 7, Hall 8-11 1-2 21, Higgins 3-7 0-0 6, Roby 6-14 5-7 18, Knutson 4-7 0-0 9, Thorne 5-5 2-2 13, Coney 0-0 0-0 0, Zehnder 0-1 0-0 0, Jackson-Wilson 2-5 0-0 4, King-Stockton 0-0 0-0 0, Beckley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-55 9-12 78.
Halftime — Colorado 37-27. 3-point goals — Colorado Christian 7-25 (Puckett 2-4, Bailey 2-5, J.Long 1-4, Stamer 1-4, Morgan 1-7, Holocher 0-1), Colorado 7-16 (Hall 4-6, Thorne 1-1, Roby 1-2, Knutson 1-4, Patterson 0-1, Higgins 0-2). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — Colorado Christian 27 (Stamer 10), Colorado 31 (Thorne 6). Assists — Colorado Christian 11 (J.Long 4), Colorado 17 (Thorne 5). Total fouls — Colorado Christian 14, Colorado 17. A — 2,491.
Women
Northern Colorado 70, Colorado State 60 GREELEY — Kate Kevorken made a 3-pointer to give the Bears a 60-54 lead with 1:56 to play, and UNC made its free throws down the stretch to seal the win.
Wyoming 67, Wisconsin 66 (OT) MADISON, Wis. — Rebecca Vanderjagt’s basket sent the game into overtime, then she had a key block in the extra session to give the Cowgirls their second straight win over the Badgers, the previous one coming in the championship game of the WNIT in the spring.
