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The University of Utah Athletics
Friday, February 2
Boulder, Colo.
7:00 PM
University of Utah
at
Colorado
Runnin' Utes Close Out Road Swing at Colorado on Friday
1/31/2018 9:07 AM | Men's Basketball
Tip-off set for 7 p.m. at Coors Events Center
GAME 22 | Utah (13-8, 5-8) at Colorado (12-10, 4-6)
Date/Tipoff:Â Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 | 7 p.m. MT
Location:Â Boulder, Colo. (Coors Events Center)
Television:Â FS1
TALENT: Kevin Burkhardt (PxP), Matt Muehlebach (Color)
Radio:Â Utah Radio Sports Network
TALENT: Bill Riley (PxP), Jimmy Soto (Color)
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THE GAME
The Utah Runnin' Utes (13-8, 5-5) will wrap-up its three-game road swing with just one contest this week, as the team heads to Boulder, Colo., to take on the Colorado Buffaloes (12-10, 4-6) this Friday, Feb. 2. Tip-off between the Utes and Buffs is set for 7 p.m. inside Coors Events Center.
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COVERING THE RUNNIN' UTES
Friday's contest against the Buffs will be televised live on FS1. Rich Burkhardt will call the action and Matt Muehlebach will offer color commentary for the broadcast.
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Fans can also follow the action on-line by logging onto Pac-12.com/live or watching via smart phones and tablets using the Pac-12 Now App, which can be downloaded at the Apple Store, Google Play Store or Amazon Apps Store.
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Additionally, both contests can be found on the Utah Sports Radio Network (ESPN 700). Bill Riley will provide play-by-play commentary, with the assistance of in-game analyst Jimmy Soto.
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Live stats will be provided for the game with links found at www.UtahUtes.com.
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LAST TIME OUT
Utah went 1-1 this past week, first picking up an 80-77 overtime win over No. 21-ranked Arizona State last Thursday, but then falling to No. 11-ranked Arizona, 73-74, this past Saturday.
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Utah erased a seven-point first-half deficit and led by seven points at the break, up 40-33. ASU clawed its way back into the contest and led by three-points with under nine seconds to play, but Sedrick Barefield knocked down a three-pointer to send the game into overtime.
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Utah would convert all four of its field goal attempts in the overtime period, while ASU managed to go just 3-of-10 and the Utes came away with the three-point victory, outscoring the Sun Devils 11-8 in the extra frame.
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Barefield led the Utes with 17 points coming off the bench and all 17 points coming in second/overtime periods. He was 4-of-4 from the three-point line and 3-of-4 from the charity stripe. Justin Bibbins and Tyler Rawson both chipped in with 15 points each. Bibbins led the team with six assists and Rawson tallied a team-high nine rebounds in the game.
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Despite trailing by as many as 13 points late in the first half, Utah managed to come all the way back and tie the Wildcats late in the second half. Utah, down one point with 4.3 seconds left to play, had a chance to win the game, but its lay-up attempt out of the inbounds pass was unsuccessful and Arizona escaped with the victory. It marked the second time this season that the Utes had given up a double-digit lead to Arizona, but still managed to come back and tie the game at some point. With the win, Arizona managed to sweep the season series from the Utes.
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Barefield again led the team in scoring as he poured in a season-high 26 points on 8-of-12 shooting and a perfect 8-of-8 effort from the free throw line. David Collette added 14 points and led the way with six rebounds. Utah outscored the Wildcats, 30 to 20, in the paint, 9 to 0 in second chance points, and 37 to 5 in bench points, but Arizona countered converting 64.4 percent (29-of-45) from the field and knocking down 62.5 percent (10-of-16) from downtown.
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SCOUTING COLORADO
The Buffaloes, at one point in Pac-12 play, had won four out of five, which included wins over both Arizona and Arizona State, along with wins over UCLA and Washington State. Since then, however, the Buffs have gone 0-3, which included a home loss to Washington back on Jan. 20. CU did open regular season winning six straight before dropping three of its next four games. The Buffs have gone into overtime twice on the season - both times CU has come up with the victory.
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McKinley Wright and George King both have scored 314 total points each on the season and both players average a team-best 14.3 points per game. King has a team-high 8.2 rebounds per game average, which ranks third in the league. Wright in second in the league with 119 assists and he also has a team-high 24 steals on the season.
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Colorado is averaging 73.5 points per game, but give up 73.8 points to opposing squads. The Buffs are shooting 44.8 percent overall, 35.0 percent from downtown and 71.8 percent from the charity stripe.
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SERIES HISTORY WITH THE BUFFS
Utah trails the overall series 21-26, but has won seven straight over the Buffs and has an 8-5 record against Colorado since both teams joined the Pac-12 in 2011. The Utes are 8-4 in regular-season conference play, as the other loss came to the Buffs in the Pac-12 Tournament (2012). Utah is just 7-17 all-time when facing Colorado in Boulder, but again the Utes have won three straight at Coors Events Center dating back to the 2015 season. The Utes' last loss to Colorado was a 79-75 overtime defeat to the Buffs in Boulder back on Feb. 1, 2014.
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The current seven-game winning streak matches the longest consecutive victory streak by either team. Colorado won seven straight from 1938 and 1941.
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UTES GET ROAD WIN OVER AP TOP-RANKED TEAM
With its win over then No. 21-ranked Arizona State this past Thursday, Utah snapped a 20-game losing streak to ranked teams in true road games. It also snapped a current five-game losing streak to ranked teams overall. The Utes' last win over a ranked team on the road had come against No. 18 ranked New Mexico, back on Feb. 1, 1999. The Utes downed the Lobos, 57-39, at "The Pit" in Albuquerque.
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RAINING THREES
Utah has already knocked down 196 three-pointers on the season, which averages out to 9.3 three-pointers per game. The Utes have drained at least 10 three-pointers in 11 of 21 games this season and is on pace to finish the regular season with a total of 266 made three-pointers. Utah's all-time high for three-pointers in a season is 273, which was set back in the 2015-16 season.
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CLUB HOPPING
Justin Bibbins became a member of the 1,000-point club on Dec. 20, 2017, when he scored 25 points in Utah's win over Northwestern State. Bibbins tallied 870 career points in three years at Long Beach State and now has 295 points with the Utes, for a career total of 1,165 points.
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David Collette is on the verge of eclipsing the 1,000-point mark as he needs 52 more points to do so. Collette, who currently has 551 career points in two seasons with the Utes, tallied 397 career points at Utah State. He is currently at 948 career points.
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SEASON-HIGH FOR BAREFIELD
Junior guard Sedrick Barefield scored a season-high 26 points against Arizona this past Saturday. It marked the fourth 20-point game for the Corona, Calif., native, while also surpassing his previous season-high of 23 points - which also came against Arizona in a home contest.
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OFF THE BENCH
Sedrick Barefield has tallied 16 total starts this season, but has come off the bench for the Utes over the previous six games. What a difference it has made for the junior. In 16 starts, Barefield is averaging just 10.3 points per game. But in his four games coming off the bench he has tallied 17.3 points per game, having scored in double-figures in all four contests. A comparison of what he has done in starts and coming off the bench can be found in the complete set of notes.
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BIBBINS SEEING DOUBLE
Senior Justin Bibbins has scored in double-figures in each of his last 11 games and in 14 of his previous 15 games overall. Bibbins, who leads the team with a 14.0 points per game average, has scored at least 15 points in seven of the last 11 games. He has posted 20-point efforts in three of those seven games.
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DOWNTOWN WITH BIBBINS
Justin Bibbins leads the team with 58 three-pointers made on the season. He has also tallied a team-best 45.3 percent from beyond the arc. The senior ranks second in the league and 72nd in the nation with 2.76 three-pointers made per game. He also ranks second in the Pac-12 with his 58 three-pointers made and .453 three-point percentage.
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Bibbins is on pace to become the first Utah player to shoot at least 45 percent from downtown since Shaun Green tallied a 51.2 effort back in 2006-07. He is also on pace to finish the regular season with 80 three-pointers made, which would be among the top-six all-time in school history. Nick Jacobson's total of 99 three-pointers is the school record, which was set back in 2003-04.
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DEFENSIVELY SPEAKING WITH RAWSON
Senior Tyler Rawson has tallied team-highs in both rebounds (6.2/game) and blocked shots (25). His 5.1 defensive rebounds per game average ranks 11th in the league, while his 1.2 blocks per game ranks ninth overall in the Pac-12.
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TAKE THEM, THEY ARE FREE
Sedrick Barefield leads the team, the Pac-12 and ranks fifth in the nation with a 91.8 free throw shooting percentage. He has converted 56 of his 61 attempts on the season. The senior is coming off an 8-for-8 effort from the charity stripe against Arizona.
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UP NEXT
Utah returns home for the first time since Jan. 21, with a pair of home games next week. The Utes will open the week taking on Stanford next Thursday, Feb. 8, and will then close out the week against Cal, next Saturday, Feb. 10.
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Date/Tipoff:Â Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 | 7 p.m. MT
Location:Â Boulder, Colo. (Coors Events Center)
Television:Â FS1
TALENT: Kevin Burkhardt (PxP), Matt Muehlebach (Color)
Radio:Â Utah Radio Sports Network
TALENT: Bill Riley (PxP), Jimmy Soto (Color)
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THE GAME
The Utah Runnin' Utes (13-8, 5-5) will wrap-up its three-game road swing with just one contest this week, as the team heads to Boulder, Colo., to take on the Colorado Buffaloes (12-10, 4-6) this Friday, Feb. 2. Tip-off between the Utes and Buffs is set for 7 p.m. inside Coors Events Center.
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COVERING THE RUNNIN' UTES
Friday's contest against the Buffs will be televised live on FS1. Rich Burkhardt will call the action and Matt Muehlebach will offer color commentary for the broadcast.
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Fans can also follow the action on-line by logging onto Pac-12.com/live or watching via smart phones and tablets using the Pac-12 Now App, which can be downloaded at the Apple Store, Google Play Store or Amazon Apps Store.
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Additionally, both contests can be found on the Utah Sports Radio Network (ESPN 700). Bill Riley will provide play-by-play commentary, with the assistance of in-game analyst Jimmy Soto.
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Live stats will be provided for the game with links found at www.UtahUtes.com.
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LAST TIME OUT
Utah went 1-1 this past week, first picking up an 80-77 overtime win over No. 21-ranked Arizona State last Thursday, but then falling to No. 11-ranked Arizona, 73-74, this past Saturday.
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Utah erased a seven-point first-half deficit and led by seven points at the break, up 40-33. ASU clawed its way back into the contest and led by three-points with under nine seconds to play, but Sedrick Barefield knocked down a three-pointer to send the game into overtime.
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Utah would convert all four of its field goal attempts in the overtime period, while ASU managed to go just 3-of-10 and the Utes came away with the three-point victory, outscoring the Sun Devils 11-8 in the extra frame.
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Barefield led the Utes with 17 points coming off the bench and all 17 points coming in second/overtime periods. He was 4-of-4 from the three-point line and 3-of-4 from the charity stripe. Justin Bibbins and Tyler Rawson both chipped in with 15 points each. Bibbins led the team with six assists and Rawson tallied a team-high nine rebounds in the game.
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Despite trailing by as many as 13 points late in the first half, Utah managed to come all the way back and tie the Wildcats late in the second half. Utah, down one point with 4.3 seconds left to play, had a chance to win the game, but its lay-up attempt out of the inbounds pass was unsuccessful and Arizona escaped with the victory. It marked the second time this season that the Utes had given up a double-digit lead to Arizona, but still managed to come back and tie the game at some point. With the win, Arizona managed to sweep the season series from the Utes.
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Barefield again led the team in scoring as he poured in a season-high 26 points on 8-of-12 shooting and a perfect 8-of-8 effort from the free throw line. David Collette added 14 points and led the way with six rebounds. Utah outscored the Wildcats, 30 to 20, in the paint, 9 to 0 in second chance points, and 37 to 5 in bench points, but Arizona countered converting 64.4 percent (29-of-45) from the field and knocking down 62.5 percent (10-of-16) from downtown.
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SCOUTING COLORADO
The Buffaloes, at one point in Pac-12 play, had won four out of five, which included wins over both Arizona and Arizona State, along with wins over UCLA and Washington State. Since then, however, the Buffs have gone 0-3, which included a home loss to Washington back on Jan. 20. CU did open regular season winning six straight before dropping three of its next four games. The Buffs have gone into overtime twice on the season - both times CU has come up with the victory.
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McKinley Wright and George King both have scored 314 total points each on the season and both players average a team-best 14.3 points per game. King has a team-high 8.2 rebounds per game average, which ranks third in the league. Wright in second in the league with 119 assists and he also has a team-high 24 steals on the season.
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Colorado is averaging 73.5 points per game, but give up 73.8 points to opposing squads. The Buffs are shooting 44.8 percent overall, 35.0 percent from downtown and 71.8 percent from the charity stripe.
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SERIES HISTORY WITH THE BUFFS
Utah trails the overall series 21-26, but has won seven straight over the Buffs and has an 8-5 record against Colorado since both teams joined the Pac-12 in 2011. The Utes are 8-4 in regular-season conference play, as the other loss came to the Buffs in the Pac-12 Tournament (2012). Utah is just 7-17 all-time when facing Colorado in Boulder, but again the Utes have won three straight at Coors Events Center dating back to the 2015 season. The Utes' last loss to Colorado was a 79-75 overtime defeat to the Buffs in Boulder back on Feb. 1, 2014.
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The current seven-game winning streak matches the longest consecutive victory streak by either team. Colorado won seven straight from 1938 and 1941.
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UTES GET ROAD WIN OVER AP TOP-RANKED TEAM
With its win over then No. 21-ranked Arizona State this past Thursday, Utah snapped a 20-game losing streak to ranked teams in true road games. It also snapped a current five-game losing streak to ranked teams overall. The Utes' last win over a ranked team on the road had come against No. 18 ranked New Mexico, back on Feb. 1, 1999. The Utes downed the Lobos, 57-39, at "The Pit" in Albuquerque.
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RAINING THREES
Utah has already knocked down 196 three-pointers on the season, which averages out to 9.3 three-pointers per game. The Utes have drained at least 10 three-pointers in 11 of 21 games this season and is on pace to finish the regular season with a total of 266 made three-pointers. Utah's all-time high for three-pointers in a season is 273, which was set back in the 2015-16 season.
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CLUB HOPPING
Justin Bibbins became a member of the 1,000-point club on Dec. 20, 2017, when he scored 25 points in Utah's win over Northwestern State. Bibbins tallied 870 career points in three years at Long Beach State and now has 295 points with the Utes, for a career total of 1,165 points.
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David Collette is on the verge of eclipsing the 1,000-point mark as he needs 52 more points to do so. Collette, who currently has 551 career points in two seasons with the Utes, tallied 397 career points at Utah State. He is currently at 948 career points.
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SEASON-HIGH FOR BAREFIELD
Junior guard Sedrick Barefield scored a season-high 26 points against Arizona this past Saturday. It marked the fourth 20-point game for the Corona, Calif., native, while also surpassing his previous season-high of 23 points - which also came against Arizona in a home contest.
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OFF THE BENCH
Sedrick Barefield has tallied 16 total starts this season, but has come off the bench for the Utes over the previous six games. What a difference it has made for the junior. In 16 starts, Barefield is averaging just 10.3 points per game. But in his four games coming off the bench he has tallied 17.3 points per game, having scored in double-figures in all four contests. A comparison of what he has done in starts and coming off the bench can be found in the complete set of notes.
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BIBBINS SEEING DOUBLE
Senior Justin Bibbins has scored in double-figures in each of his last 11 games and in 14 of his previous 15 games overall. Bibbins, who leads the team with a 14.0 points per game average, has scored at least 15 points in seven of the last 11 games. He has posted 20-point efforts in three of those seven games.
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DOWNTOWN WITH BIBBINS
Justin Bibbins leads the team with 58 three-pointers made on the season. He has also tallied a team-best 45.3 percent from beyond the arc. The senior ranks second in the league and 72nd in the nation with 2.76 three-pointers made per game. He also ranks second in the Pac-12 with his 58 three-pointers made and .453 three-point percentage.
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Bibbins is on pace to become the first Utah player to shoot at least 45 percent from downtown since Shaun Green tallied a 51.2 effort back in 2006-07. He is also on pace to finish the regular season with 80 three-pointers made, which would be among the top-six all-time in school history. Nick Jacobson's total of 99 three-pointers is the school record, which was set back in 2003-04.
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DEFENSIVELY SPEAKING WITH RAWSON
Senior Tyler Rawson has tallied team-highs in both rebounds (6.2/game) and blocked shots (25). His 5.1 defensive rebounds per game average ranks 11th in the league, while his 1.2 blocks per game ranks ninth overall in the Pac-12.
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TAKE THEM, THEY ARE FREE
Sedrick Barefield leads the team, the Pac-12 and ranks fifth in the nation with a 91.8 free throw shooting percentage. He has converted 56 of his 61 attempts on the season. The senior is coming off an 8-for-8 effort from the charity stripe against Arizona.
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UP NEXT
Utah returns home for the first time since Jan. 21, with a pair of home games next week. The Utes will open the week taking on Stanford next Thursday, Feb. 8, and will then close out the week against Cal, next Saturday, Feb. 10.
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