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Simpson scores 22 points to lead Colorado past Towson

AP
Nov 06, 2023

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) KJ Simpson scored 22 points on 7-for-9 shooting and Colorado distanced itself from Towson after halftime to beat the Tigers 75-57 on Monday night in a season opener for the teams.

The Buffaloes built an 8-0 lead and extended it to 16-4 and went up 24-11 on Eddie Lampkin Jr.'s layup with 6:40 before halftime. Towson then outscored Colorado 13-4 to close within 28-24 to end the half.

Colorado finally created safe distance and made a double-digit lead last the rest of the way when Simpson and Tristan da Silva each made a pair of 3-pointers and Luke O'Brien added another as part of a 15-0 outburst to start the second half.

da Silva scored 15 points for Colorado and Jvonne Hadley 13.

Reserve Dylan Williamson scored 15 points for Towson and Charles Thompson 13.

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1st Half
TOWS
Tigers
24
COLO
Buffaloes
28

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Charles Thompson vs. Tristan da Silva (Buffaloes gains possession)
19:42	+2	KJ Simpson makes two point layup (J'Vonne Hadley assists)	0-2
19:21		Charles Thompson misses two point jump shot
19:19		KJ Simpson defensive rebound
19:14		KJ Simpson misses three point jump shot
19:12		Tyler Tejada defensive rebound
18:55		Tyler Tejada turnover (bad pass) (Luke O'Brien steals)
18:48	+2	J'Vonne Hadley makes two point layup (Cody Williams assists)	0-4
18:48		Tyler Tejada shooting foul (J'Vonne Hadley draws the foul)
18:48	+1	J'Vonne Hadley makes regular free throw 1 of 1	0-5
18:19		Cody Williams blocks Rahdir Hicks's two point jump shot
18:17		Buffaloes defensive rebound
18:03		Messiah Jones personal foul (Cody Williams draws the foul)
17:55	+2	Luke O'Brien makes two point layup (Tristan da Silva assists)	0-7
17:31		Messiah Jones misses two point layup
17:29		J'Vonne Hadley defensive rebound
17:24		Christian May shooting foul (Cody Williams draws the foul)
17:24	+1	Cody Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	0-8
17:24		Cody Williams misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:24		Christian May defensive rebound
17:04	+2	Dylan Williamson makes two point layup	2-8
16:49		J'Vonne Hadley turnover (lost ball) (Christian May steals)
16:28		Christian May misses three point jump shot
16:26		Cody Williams defensive rebound
16:21		Cody Williams misses two point jump shot
16:19		Mekhi Lowery defensive rebound
16:05	+2	Charles Thompson makes two point hook shot	4-8
15:50		Tristan da Silva turnover (bad pass) (Charles Thompson steals)
15:46		Charles Thompson offensive foul (KJ Simpson draws the foul)
15:46		Charles Thompson turnover (offensive foul)
15:46		TV timeout
15:22	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point hook shot	4-10
15:04		Rahdir Hicks turnover (traveling)
14:47		Julian Hammond III misses three point jump shot
14:45		Mekhi Lowery defensive rebound
14:22		Christian May misses three point jump shot
14:20		J'Vonne Hadley defensive rebound
14:15		Rahdir Hicks shooting foul (KJ Simpson draws the foul)
14:15	+1	KJ Simpson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	4-11
14:15	+1	KJ Simpson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	4-12
13:46		Tyler Tejada misses two point layup
13:44		Tristan da Silva defensive rebound
13:39	+2	KJ Simpson makes two point layup (Julian Hammond III assists)	4-14
13:16		Julian Hammond III personal foul (Charles Thompson draws the foul)
13:02		Dylan Williamson misses two point jump shot
13:00		RJ Smith defensive rebound
12:35		Charles Thompson blocks Eddie Lampkin Jr.'s two point hook shot
12:33		Julian Hammond III offensive rebound
12:30		Julian Hammond III misses two point jump shot
12:28		Assane Diop offensive rebound
12:28		TV timeout
12:21		Eddie Lampkin Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Messiah Jones steals)
11:57		Rahdir Hicks misses three point jump shot
11:55		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
11:26		Buffaloes turnover (shot clock violation)
11:13		Messiah Jones turnover (lost ball) (Luke O'Brien steals)
11:10	+2	Julian Hammond III makes two point layup (RJ Smith assists)	4-16
11:10		Tigers 30 second timeout
10:46		Messiah Jones misses two point layup
10:44		Tigers offensive rebound
10:30		Tyler Tejada misses two point layup
10:28		Luke O'Brien defensive rebound
10:21		Assane Diop misses three point jump shot
10:19		Buffaloes offensive rebound
10:08		Luke O'Brien misses three point jump shot
10:06		Dylan Williamson defensive rebound
9:53		Tomiwa Sulaiman misses two point layup
9:51		Charles Thompson offensive rebound
9:50	+2	Charles Thompson makes two point layup	6-16
9:24		Assane Diop turnover (lost ball) (Charles Thompson steals)
9:19	+2	Charles Thompson makes two point layup	8-16
9:06		Mekhi Lowery shooting foul (Cody Williams draws the foul)
9:06	+1	Cody Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-17
9:06		Cody Williams misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:06		Christian May defensive rebound
8:50		Cody Williams personal foul (Mekhi Lowery draws the foul)
8:43		Christian May misses two point jump shot
8:41		J'Vonne Hadley defensive rebound
8:33		Mekhi Lowery blocks J'Vonne Hadley's two point layup
8:31		Luke O'Brien offensive rebound
8:29	+2	Luke O'Brien makes two point layup	8-19
8:03		Charles Thompson misses two point layup
8:01		Charles Thompson offensive rebound
7:59		J'Vonne Hadley shooting foul (Charles Thompson draws the foul)
7:59		TV timeout
7:59	+1	Charles Thompson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	9-19
7:59		Charles Thompson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:59		Cody Williams defensive rebound
7:43		KJ Simpson misses two point layup
7:41		Charles Thompson defensive rebound
7:30	+2	Dylan Williamson makes two point layup	11-19
7:05	+2	KJ Simpson makes two point layup	11-21
7:05		Mekhi Lowery shooting foul (KJ Simpson draws the foul)
7:05	+1	KJ Simpson makes regular free throw 1 of 1	11-22
6:51		Dylan Williamson misses three point jump shot
6:49		J'Vonne Hadley defensive rebound
6:39	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point layup (Tristan da Silva assists)	11-24
6:19		Chase Paar misses two point hook shot
6:17		J'Vonne Hadley defensive rebound
5:54		Luke O'Brien misses three point jump shot
5:52		Rahdir Hicks defensive rebound
5:33	+3	Dylan Williamson makes three point jump shot (Rahdir Hicks assists)	14-24
5:16		Eddie Lampkin Jr. turnover (bad pass)
4:56		Christian May misses two point layup
4:54		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
4:46		Eddie Lampkin Jr. turnover (traveling)
4:23	+2	Tyler Tejada makes two point layup	16-24
4:23		Eddie Lampkin Jr. shooting foul (Tyler Tejada draws the foul)
4:23	+1	Tyler Tejada makes regular free throw 1 of 1	17-24
3:54		Eddie Lampkin Jr. misses two point layup
3:51		Buffaloes offensive rebound
3:51		TV timeout
3:50		Eddie Lampkin Jr. turnover (bad pass)
3:28		Dylan Williamson misses two point jump shot
3:26		Tigers offensive rebound
3:23		Christian May misses three point jump shot
3:21		Julian Hammond III defensive rebound
3:01		Eddie Lampkin Jr. misses two point jump shot
2:59		Tomiwa Sulaiman defensive rebound
2:59		J'Vonne Hadley personal foul (Rahdir Hicks draws the foul)
2:29	+2	Tomiwa Sulaiman makes two point jump shot	19-24
2:17	+2	Cody Williams makes two point jump shot (J'Vonne Hadley assists)	19-26
1:55		Charles Thompson misses two point jump shot
1:53		Tigers offensive rebound
1:35	+3	Messiah Jones makes three point jump shot (Christian May assists)	22-26
1:19		Cody Williams misses three point jump shot
1:17		Messiah Jones defensive rebound
0:52		Tristan da Silva shooting foul (Christian May draws the foul)
0:52		Christian May misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:52		Christian May misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:52		KJ Simpson defensive rebound
0:47		Buffaloes 30 second timeout
0:42		Rahdir Hicks personal foul (KJ Simpson draws the foul)
0:42	+1	KJ Simpson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	22-27
0:42	+1	KJ Simpson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	22-28
0:26	+2	Charles Thompson makes two point layup	24-28
0:01		Tristan da Silva misses three point jump shot
0:00		Tigers defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
TOWS
Tigers
33
COLO
Buffaloes
47

Time		Play	Score
19:45		Jump ball. Cody Williams vs. Charles Thompson (Tigers gains possession)
19:45		Cody Williams turnover (lost ball) (Charles Thompson steals)
19:30		Luke O'Brien blocks Messiah Jones's two point layup
19:28		J'Vonne Hadley defensive rebound
19:16		Christian May personal foul (KJ Simpson draws the foul)
18:58	+3	KJ Simpson makes three point jump shot (Luke O'Brien assists)	24-31
18:31		Charles Thompson turnover (bad pass)
18:18	+3	Tristan da Silva makes three point jump shot (KJ Simpson assists)	24-34
18:16		Tigers 30 second timeout
18:16		TV timeout
17:53		Charles Thompson misses two point layup
17:51		Luke O'Brien defensive rebound
17:42		Luke O'Brien misses two point layup
17:40		Luke O'Brien offensive rebound
17:34	+3	KJ Simpson makes three point jump shot (Tristan da Silva assists)	24-37
17:10		Tristan da Silva blocks Charles Thompson's two point layup
17:08		J'Vonne Hadley defensive rebound
17:01	+3	Luke O'Brien makes three point jump shot (Tristan da Silva assists)	24-40
17:01		Tigers 30 second timeout
16:36		Mekhi Lowery misses two point jump shot
16:34		KJ Simpson defensive rebound
16:21		Mekhi Lowery personal foul (J'Vonne Hadley draws the foul)
16:13		Cody Williams turnover (lost ball) (Tomiwa Sulaiman steals)
16:00		Cody Williams blocks Chase Paar's two point layup
15:58		Chase Paar offensive rebound
15:58		J'Vonne Hadley shooting foul (Chase Paar draws the foul)
15:58		TV timeout
15:58		Chase Paar misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:58	+1	Chase Paar makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-40
15:46	+2	Tristan da Silva makes two point layup (Julian Hammond III assists)	25-42
15:46		Christian May shooting foul (Tristan da Silva draws the foul)
15:46		Tristan da Silva misses regular free throw 1 of 1
15:46		Christian May defensive rebound
15:24		Christian May misses two point layup
15:22		Luke O'Brien defensive rebound
15:11		Eddie Lampkin Jr. misses two point layup
15:09		Eddie Lampkin Jr. offensive rebound
15:08		Chase Paar blocks Eddie Lampkin Jr.'s two point layup
15:06		Eddie Lampkin Jr. offensive rebound
15:05	+3	Tristan da Silva makes three point jump shot (Eddie Lampkin Jr. assists)	25-45
14:47	+3	Dylan Williamson makes three point jump shot	28-45
14:29		Luke O'Brien turnover (lost ball)
14:10		Tristan da Silva blocks Tyler Tejada's two point layup
14:08		Buffaloes defensive rebound
13:50		Mekhi Lowery personal foul (Eddie Lampkin Jr. draws the foul)
13:48	+2	Julian Hammond III makes two point jump shot (KJ Simpson assists)	28-47
13:34		Tyler Tejada turnover (bad pass)
13:08	+3	KJ Simpson makes three point jump shot (Eddie Lampkin Jr. assists)	28-50
12:32		Tristan da Silva shooting foul (Christian May draws the foul)
12:32	+1	Christian May makes regular free throw 1 of 2	29-50
12:32	+1	Christian May makes regular free throw 2 of 2	30-50
12:09		Charles Thompson personal foul (Eddie Lampkin Jr. draws the foul)
12:06	+3	Tristan da Silva makes three point jump shot (Julian Hammond III assists)	30-53
11:46		Rahdir Hicks turnover (out of bounds)
11:46		TV timeout
11:28		Julian Hammond III misses two point layup
11:26		Eddie Lampkin Jr. offensive rebound
11:26		Charles Thompson personal foul (Eddie Lampkin Jr. draws the foul)
11:25		Eddie Lampkin Jr. offensive foul (Messiah Jones draws the foul)
11:25		Eddie Lampkin Jr. turnover (offensive foul)
11:08		Christian May misses three point jump shot
11:06		Messiah Jones offensive rebound
11:05	+2	Messiah Jones makes two point layup	32-53
11:05		Eddie Lampkin Jr. shooting foul (Messiah Jones draws the foul)
11:05	+1	Messiah Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 1	33-53
10:52	+3	Julian Hammond III makes three point jump shot (Cody Williams assists)	33-56
10:35		Tristan da Silva shooting foul (Messiah Jones draws the foul)
10:35	+1	Messiah Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-56
10:35	+1	Messiah Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	35-56
10:22	+2	J'Vonne Hadley makes two point alley-oop dunk (Julian Hammond III assists)	35-58
10:02	+2	Charles Thompson makes two point hook shot	37-58
9:47		Messiah Jones personal foul (Julian Hammond III draws the foul)
9:47		Julian Hammond III misses regular free throw 1 of 1
9:47		Tyler Coleman defensive rebound
9:29		Charles Thompson turnover (lost ball) (RJ Smith steals)
9:23		Mekhi Lowery shooting foul (J'Vonne Hadley draws the foul)
9:23		J'Vonne Hadley misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:23	+1	J'Vonne Hadley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-59
9:05		Tyler Tejada misses two point layup
9:03		Cody Williams defensive rebound
8:57		Julian Hammond III turnover (bad pass) (Dylan Williamson steals)
8:45		Dylan Williamson misses two point layup
8:43		RJ Smith defensive rebound
8:37		RJ Smith misses three point jump shot
8:35		Charles Thompson defensive rebound
8:32		Julian Hammond III personal foul (Christian May draws the foul)
8:12		Dylan Williamson misses three point jump shot
8:10		Charles Thompson offensive rebound
8:09	+2	Charles Thompson makes two point layup	39-59
7:55		Tristan da Silva turnover (bad pass) (Tyler Coleman steals)
7:45		Christian May misses two point layup
7:45		Christian May offensive rebound
7:45		J'Vonne Hadley blocks Christian May's two point layup
7:43		Luke O'Brien defensive rebound
7:40		Luke O'Brien misses two point layup
7:38		J'Vonne Hadley offensive rebound
7:36	+2	J'Vonne Hadley makes two point layup	39-61
7:24		Tyler Tejada turnover (bad pass) (KJ Simpson steals)
7:20	+2	KJ Simpson makes two point dunk	39-63
6:51		Dylan Williamson misses three point jump shot
6:49		Luke O'Brien defensive rebound
6:41		J'Vonne Hadley misses two point dunk
6:39		Christian May defensive rebound
6:29		Charles Thompson turnover (bad pass) (J'Vonne Hadley steals)
6:20	+2	Tristan da Silva makes two point layup (J'Vonne Hadley assists)	39-65
6:19		Tigers 60 second timeout
6:19		TV timeout
6:02		Messiah Jones misses two point jump shot
6:00		Tomiwa Sulaiman offensive rebound
6:00		KJ Simpson personal foul (Tomiwa Sulaiman draws the foul)
6:00		Tomiwa Sulaiman misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:00		Tristan da Silva defensive rebound
5:33		Cody Williams misses three point jump shot
5:31		Cody Williams offensive rebound
5:27	+2	J'Vonne Hadley makes two point layup (Cody Williams assists)	39-67
5:12		Tristan da Silva personal foul (Tomiwa Sulaiman draws the foul)
5:12	+1	Tomiwa Sulaiman makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-67
5:12	+1	Tomiwa Sulaiman makes regular free throw 2 of 2	41-67
5:02		Cody Williams turnover (bad pass) (Dylan Williamson steals)
4:55	+3	Rahdir Hicks makes three point jump shot (Dylan Williamson assists)	44-67
4:35	+2	J'Vonne Hadley makes two point layup (KJ Simpson assists)	44-69
4:35		Tomiwa Sulaiman shooting foul (J'Vonne Hadley draws the foul)
4:35	+1	J'Vonne Hadley makes regular free throw 1 of 1	44-70
4:21		Tyler Coleman misses two point hook shot
4:19		J'Vonne Hadley defensive rebound
4:00		Tyler Coleman shooting foul (Assane Diop draws the foul)
4:00		TV timeout
4:00	+1	Assane Diop makes regular free throw 1 of 2	44-71
4:00	+1	Assane Diop makes regular free throw 2 of 2	44-72
3:46	+2	Dylan Williamson makes two point layup	46-72
3:46		Eddie Lampkin Jr. shooting foul (Dylan Williamson draws the foul)
3:46	+1	Dylan Williamson makes regular free throw 1 of 1	47-72
3:25		Bangot Dak misses two point hook shot
3:23		Christian May defensive rebound
3:12		Assane Diop personal foul (Tomiwa Sulaiman draws the foul)
3:12	+1	Tomiwa Sulaiman makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-72
3:12	+1	Tomiwa Sulaiman makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-72
2:43		Chase Paar shooting foul (Bangot Dak draws the foul)
2:43	+1	Bangot Dak makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-73
2:43	+1	Bangot Dak makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-74
2:22	+3	Tyler Tejada makes three point jump shot (Dylan Williamson assists)	52-74
2:04		Chase Paar blocks Joe Hurlburt's two point jump shot
2:02		Tomiwa Sulaiman defensive rebound
1:55	+2	Dylan Williamson makes two point layup	54-74
1:29		RJ Smith turnover (traveling)
1:10		Bangot Dak shooting foul (Tyler Tejada draws the foul)
1:10		Tyler Tejada misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:10		Tyler Tejada misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:10		Dylan Williamson offensive rebound
1:03	+3	Tyler Tejada makes three point jump shot (Dylan Williamson assists)	57-74
0:33		Tyler Tejada shooting foul (Harrison Carrington draws the foul)
0:33		Harrison Carrington misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:33	+1	Harrison Carrington makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-75
0:05		Tyler Tejada turnover (bad pass) (Bangot Dak steals)
0:00		End of period

Tyler Tejada turnover (bad pass) (Bangot Dak steals)