Buffs beat Stanford on Senior Night to keep tourney hopes alive
Colorado's Tristan da Silva's 27-point, 11-rebound double-double Sunday led the Buffaloes to an 81-71 win over Stanford.
Colorado's Tristan da Silva's 27-point, 11-rebound double-double Sunday led the Buffaloes to an 81-71 win over Stanford.
Maddie Nolan led all players in scoring, and her 20 points marked her Colorado career-high.
Without star freshman Cody Williams, Tad Boyle's Buffs won their third in a row to improve to 15-1 at home.
Eddie Lampkin Jr. collected his sixth double-double of the season in Colorado's 98-81 victory.
Colorado is now 14-5, and has won three straight after a home sweep of Oregon and Oregon State last week.
Williams scored a career-high 23 points in the win over Oregon on Jan. 18.
CU's No. 3 ranking is the team's highest since finishing the 1994-95 season No. 2 in the country.
"Cody really grew up tonight," Colorado head coach Tad Boyle said. "That was a big-time performance in a big-time game."
After adding five games to their future non-conference schedule, CU will have seven home games four times in the near future.
Tad Boyle's Buffs improved to 8-2 with their third straight win, while Northern Colorado fell to 4-6.
"We are going to build this program with high school kids," coach Tad Boyle explained.
Hunter is the first University of Colorado player in 13 season to be named a first-team All-American.
Da Silva scored 18 of his game-high 22 points in the second half as the Buffaloes ran away from the No. 15 Hurricanes Sunday.
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The Buffs could never close the halftime gap as the Rams had an answer on the offensive end at every critical moment.
The Buffaloes finished their first season under coach Deion Sanders with a six-game losing streak.
Colorado will likely slip out of the top 25 after the loss.
Washington State scored touchdowns via pass, rush, fumble recoveries and a kick return.
Three finalists for the award will be announced on Tuesday, Nov. 28.