Colorado couldn’t give this one away.
Despite a glut of turnovers that kept visiting New Mexico in the game, the CU men’s basketball team was able to put together a decisive run late in Wednesday night’s contest, paving the way for a 75-57 victory at the Coors Events Center.
CU shot the ball well from the floor, finishing .500 overall with a 9-for-15 mark on 3-pointers, and also owned a dominant 58-31 advantage on rebounds after getting thoroughly outrebounded in the team’s first loss of the season Saturday at Colorado State.
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However 23 turnovers by the Buffs, by far the most they have recorded this season, led to 28 points for New Mexico. CU led by just one point with about 11 minutes left when the Buffs reeled off a 12-3 run, with all the points coming from freshmen Lazar Nikolic, McKinley Wright, and D’Shawn Schwartz.
Wright and George King both posted double-doubles for the Buffs, with Wright finishing with 12 points and 10 rebounds and King recording 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Nikolic made his first career start and responded by posting season-highs of seven points and eight rebounds. Dom Collier finished with a team-leading 16 points for CU, with 14 of those coming in the second half.
