STANFORD, Calif. — Check those road struggles off the list for a Colorado men’s basketball team that suddenly has found a spark.
Combining a hot-shooting effort and a balanced scoring punch with a dominant effort on the glass, the Buffaloes were able to overcome a rash of turnovers to hold off Stanford for an 81-74 win Thursday night in a Pac-12 Conference battle at Maples Pavilion.
The victory was the third in a row for CU after an 0-7 start in league play, and it snapped a 10-game losing streak in Pac-12 road games dating back to last season.
CU held a 10-point lead at halftime but Stanford steadily chipped away, eventually trimming the Buffs’ lead to four points with under 12 minutes remaining. However CU delivered in crunch time, reeling off a 13-2 run to extend the lead to 15 points. Freshman guard Bryce Peters highlighted that run, knocking down two 3-pointers and scoring eight points while also forcing a Stanford traveling violation on the defensive end.
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CU’s lead remained at 15 when the Cardinal made a charge, scoring six consecutive points to pull within nine with a little more than four minutes remaining. But the Buffs, who finished 20-for-28 at the free-throw line after struggling in that department the previous two games, managed to hold off Stanford down the stretch.
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