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Colorado puts perfect record on the line vs. Cal State Fullerton

FLM
Nov 12, 2024

Colorado aims to remain undefeated when the Buffaloes host Cal State Fullerton on Wednesday night in Boulder, Colo.

The Buffaloes (2-0), Pac-12 Tournament runners-up last season before joining the Big 12 this summer, come off a 90-88 double-overtime win over Northern Colorado on Friday. Elijah Malone, a transfer from NAIA-level Grace College, led Colorado with 27 points and is averaging 15.5 points and six rebounds this season.

Colorado outrebounded both of its first two opponents by 10 or more, but the Buffaloes also lost the turnover battle in each game.

Despite committing 21 turnovers on Friday, Colorado prevailed to secure Tad Boyle his 300th win as the Buffaloes' head coach.

"It means I've been here a long time and we've had a lot of good players," said Boyle, who is 300-183 in his 15th season at Colorado. "It means I've had a lot of good assistant coaches. But I know when I wake up tomorrow I'll be thinking of how we get to 301."

Colorado is 195-40 at home under Boyle and 98-8 in nonconference home games.

Cal State Fullerton (0-2) lost its opener 89-79 at Grand Canyon, an NCAA Tournament team last season, before falling 80-53 at Stanford last Friday. The Titans will now face the Buffaloes for the second time in program history before closing its season-opening, four-game trip at Oregon State on Friday.

Cal State Fullerton shot just 13-of-40 (32.5 percent) from the floor on Friday against the Cardinal and conceded 19 points off turnovers. The Titans trailed by just three points at halftime before being outscored 50-26 after the break.

"Win or lose, you have to stay together and you have to compete," head coach Dedrique Taylor said after the loss. "In the second 20 minutes, I didn't feel like we did that and it showed."

John Mikey Square leads Cal State Fullerton with 10.5 points per game, Kaleb Brown adds 10 points and Donovan Oday chips in 9.5 points.

--Field Level Media

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2nd Half
CSUF
Titans
12
COLO
Buffaloes
20

Time		Play	Score
9:31		Javon Ruffin turnover (bad pass)
9:44		Kaleb Brown turnover (bad pass)
10:02	+3	RJ Smith makes three point jump shot (Julian Hammond III assists)	41-55
10:25	+1	John Mikey Square makes regular free throw 2 of 2	41-52
10:25	+1	John Mikey Square makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-52
10:25		Elijah Malone shooting foul (John Mikey Square draws the foul)
10:49	+3	Julian Hammond III makes three point jump shot (RJ Smith assists)	39-52
11:15	+2	Davis Bynum makes two point layup	39-49
11:17		Davis Bynum offensive rebound
11:19		Elijah Malone blocks Davis Bynum's two point layup
11:34		Donovan Oday defensive rebound
11:36		RJ Smith misses three point jump shot
11:49		TV timeout
11:49		John Mikey Square personal foul
11:52		Bangot Dak defensive rebound
11:54		Bangot Dak blocks Keith Richard's two point layup
12:17	+2	Felix Kossaras makes two point layup	37-49
12:44	+2	Zion Richardson makes two point jump shot	37-47
12:44		Felix Kossaras personal foul
13:03	+1	RJ Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	35-47
13:03		RJ Smith misses regular free throw 1 of 2
13:03		Keith Richard shooting foul (RJ Smith draws the foul)
13:09		Bangot Dak defensive rebound
13:11		Donovan Oday misses two point dunk
13:30		Trevor Baskin personal foul
13:30		Zion Richardson defensive rebound
13:32		Sebastian Rancik misses three point jump shot
13:43		Sebastian Rancik offensive rebound
13:43		Trevor Baskin misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:43	+1	Trevor Baskin makes regular free throw 1 of 2	35-46
13:43		Keith Richard shooting foul (Trevor Baskin draws the foul)
13:49		Bangot Dak defensive rebound
13:51		Davis Bynum misses two point jump shot
13:59		Bangot Dak turnover (lost ball) (Zachary Visentin steals)
14:08	+2	Davis Bynum makes two point layup	35-45
14:28		Titans 30 second timeout
14:28	+1	Trevor Baskin makes regular free throw 1 of 1	33-45
14:28		LoLo Rudolph personal foul
14:29	+2	Trevor Baskin makes two point layup (RJ Smith assists)	33-44
14:33	+2	Davis Bynum makes two point jump shot	33-42
14:42		LoLo Rudolph defensive rebound
14:44		Trevor Baskin misses two point jump shot
14:55		Freddie Cooper personal foul
14:56		Felix Kossaras defensive rebound
14:58		Bangot Dak blocks Davis Bynum's two point layup
15:19		RJ Smith turnover (bad pass)
15:25		Freddie Cooper turnover (lost ball) (Javon Ruffin steals)
15:43		Titans defensive rebound
15:45		Bangot Dak misses two point jump shot
15:59		TV timeout
15:59		Titans defensive rebound
16:01		Javon Ruffin misses three point jump shot
16:09		Andrej Jakimovski defensive rebound
16:11		Antwan Robinson misses three point jump shot
16:40		Javon Ruffin turnover (bad pass) (Freddie Cooper steals)
16:44		Assane Diop defensive rebound
16:46		Freddie Cooper misses two point layup
16:50		Assane Diop turnover (lost ball) (Freddie Cooper steals)
17:06		Assane Diop defensive rebound
17:08		Freddie Cooper misses three point jump shot
17:24		Keith Richard defensive rebound
17:26		Andrej Jakimovski misses two point jump shot
17:30		Zachary Visentin personal foul
17:36		Andrej Jakimovski offensive rebound
17:38		Julian Hammond III misses three point jump shot
17:50		TV timeout
17:50		Titans 30 second timeout
17:51	+2	Zachary Visentin makes two point layup	31-42
18:13	+2	Elijah Malone makes two point layup	29-42
18:13		Elijah Malone offensive rebound
18:15		Julian Hammond III misses three point jump shot
18:27		Assane Diop defensive rebound
18:29		Donovan Oday misses three point jump shot
18:29		Donovan Oday offensive rebound
18:31		Donovan Oday misses two point layup
18:57	+3	Andrej Jakimovski makes three point jump shot (Javon Ruffin assists)	29-40
19:23		Elijah Malone defensive rebound
19:25		Antwan Robinson misses three point jump shot
19:28		Antwan Robinson offensive rebound
19:30		Donovan Oday misses two point layup
19:45	+2	Elijah Malone makes two point layup	29-37

1st Half
CSUF
Titans
29
COLO
Buffaloes
35

Time		Play	Score
0:00		End of period
0:00		Trevor Baskin defensive rebound
0:00		Antwan Robinson misses three point jump shot
0:16	+2	Elijah Malone makes two point layup (Trevor Baskin assists)	29-35
0:27		Trevor Baskin defensive rebound
0:29		LoLo Rudolph misses three point jump shot
0:53		Antwan Robinson defensive rebound
0:55		Elijah Malone misses three point jump shot
1:00		Julian Hammond III defensive rebound
1:02		Davis Bynum misses three point jump shot
1:07		Zion Richardson defensive rebound
1:09		Julian Hammond III misses two point layup
1:13		LoLo Rudolph turnover (lost ball) (Julian Hammond III steals)
1:24		Harrison Carrington turnover (traveling)
1:43		LoLo Rudolph turnover (offensive foul)
1:43		LoLo Rudolph offensive foul
2:01		Trevor Baskin turnover (traveling)
2:12	+2	Keith Richard makes two point layup	29-33
2:24		Freddie Cooper defensive rebound
2:26		Sebastian Rancik misses two point jump shot
2:54	+1	Freddie Cooper makes regular free throw 2 of 2	27-33
2:54	+1	Freddie Cooper makes regular free throw 1 of 2	26-33
2:54		Trevor Baskin shooting foul (Freddie Cooper draws the foul)
3:21	+2	Sebastian Rancik makes two point dunk (Julian Hammond III assists)	25-33
3:36		Buffaloes defensive rebound
3:38		Zion Richardson misses three point jump shot
3:45		Sebastian Rancik turnover (bad pass) (Zion Richardson steals)
4:00		TV timeout
4:00		Freddie Cooper personal foul
4:01		Bangot Dak offensive rebound
4:03		Trevor Baskin misses three point jump shot
4:19	+2	Keith Richard makes two point layup	25-31
4:30		Trevor Baskin turnover (bad pass) (Keith Richard steals)
4:46	+2	Antwan Robinson makes two point layup	23-31
4:50		Donovan Oday defensive rebound
4:52		RJ Smith misses three point jump shot
4:55		Trevor Baskin offensive rebound
4:57		John Mikey Square blocks Andrej Jakimovski's two point layup
5:02		Trevor Baskin defensive rebound
5:04		John Mikey Square misses two point jump shot
5:38	+2	Bangot Dak makes two point layup (Javon Ruffin assists)	21-31
5:52	+2	Keith Richard makes two point jump shot (Donovan Oday assists)	21-29
6:13		Andrej Jakimovski turnover (traveling)
6:16		Bangot Dak defensive rebound
6:18		John Mikey Square misses two point jump shot
6:40		Davis Bynum defensive rebound
6:42		Bangot Dak misses two point jump shot
7:08		Assane Diop defensive rebound
7:08		Davis Bynum misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:08		Davis Bynum misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:08		Assane Diop shooting foul (Davis Bynum draws the foul)
7:15		Buffaloes 30 second timeout
7:15		TV timeout
7:15	+2	Julian Hammond III makes two point jump shot (Javon Ruffin assists)	19-29
7:26		Javon Ruffin defensive rebound
7:28		Donovan Oday misses two point layup
7:59	+2	Andrej Jakimovski makes two point layup (Julian Hammond III assists)	19-27
8:01		Buffaloes offensive rebound
8:03		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
8:29	+1	Donovan Oday makes regular free throw 2 of 2	19-25
8:29	+1	Donovan Oday makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-25
8:29		Javon Ruffin shooting foul (Donovan Oday draws the foul)
8:56	+3	Andrej Jakimovski makes three point jump shot (Javon Ruffin assists)	17-25
8:58		Javon Ruffin offensive rebound
9:00		Javon Ruffin misses three point jump shot
9:19		Keith Richard turnover (lost ball) (Julian Hammond III steals)
9:48	+2	Sebastian Rancik makes two point layup (Elijah Malone assists)	17-22
9:55		Elijah Malone defensive rebound
9:57		Zion Richardson misses two point layup
10:27		Sebastian Rancik turnover (out of bounds)
10:45	+2	Donovan Oday makes two point layup	17-20
10:56		Elijah Malone personal foul
11:12	+3	Julian Hammond III makes three point jump shot (Sebastian Rancik assists)	15-20
11:34	+1	Zachary Visentin makes regular free throw 1 of 1	15-17
11:34		TV timeout
11:34		Bangot Dak shooting foul (Zachary Visentin draws the foul)
11:34	+2	Zachary Visentin makes two point layup	14-17
11:34		Zachary Visentin offensive rebound
11:36		Davis Bynum misses two point jump shot
12:05	+2	Bangot Dak makes two point dunk	12-17
12:17	+3	Zion Richardson makes three point jump shot (Davis Bynum assists)	12-15
12:39	+1	Sebastian Rancik makes regular free throw 2 of 2	9-15
12:39	+1	Sebastian Rancik makes regular free throw 1 of 2	9-14
12:39		Zachary Visentin shooting foul (Sebastian Rancik draws the foul)
12:44		Trevor Baskin defensive rebound
12:46		Zachary Visentin misses two point jump shot
13:11		Bangot Dak turnover (bad pass)
13:28		Buffaloes defensive rebound
13:30		Freddie Cooper misses three point jump shot
13:57	+2	Trevor Baskin makes two point layup	9-13
14:01		LoLo Rudolph turnover (bad pass) (Trevor Baskin steals)
14:18		Bangot Dak turnover (lost ball)
14:38	+3	Donovan Oday makes three point jump shot (Davis Bynum assists)	9-11
14:50		Andrej Jakimovski personal foul
14:57		LoLo Rudolph defensive rebound
14:59		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
15:18		Andrej Jakimovski defensive rebound
15:20		Donovan Oday misses two point jump shot
15:27		TV timeout
15:40		Antwan Robinson defensive rebound
15:42		Andrej Jakimovski misses two point layup
15:56	+2	Donovan Oday makes two point layup	6-11
16:13	+3	Andrej Jakimovski makes three point jump shot (Javon Ruffin assists)	4-11
16:28		Javon Ruffin defensive rebound
16:31		Keith Richard misses three point jump shot
16:49	+2	Javon Ruffin makes two point dunk (Elijah Malone assists)	4-8
16:59		Donovan Oday turnover (bad pass) (Javon Ruffin steals)
17:07		John Mikey Square defensive rebound
17:09		Javon Ruffin misses three point jump shot
17:31	+2	Keith Richard makes two point layup	4-6
17:58	+3	Andrej Jakimovski makes three point jump shot (Julian Hammond III assists)	2-6
18:09		Donovan Oday personal foul
18:16		Antwan Robinson personal foul
18:26	+2	Zachary Visentin makes two point layup (Antwan Robinson assists)	2-3
18:49		Keith Richard defensive rebound
18:55		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
19:04		Kendrick De Luna personal foul
19:09		Assane Diop defensive rebound
19:12		Keith Richard misses three point jump shot
19:45	+3	Andrej Jakimovski makes three point jump shot (Elijah Malone assists)	0-3
20:00		(Buffaloes gains possession)

Javon Ruffin turnover (bad pass)