The No. 23-ranked Buffaloes took care of business at home on Thursday evening, posting a dominant 78-56 win over the visiting Washington State Cougars
“(It was) a workmanlike win tonight,” head coach Tad Boyle said. “I thought we were much much better in that second half on many fronts.”
Following their lowest scoring performance of the season against Arizona over the weekend, the Buffs (15-4, 4-2 Pac-12) wanted to put the blowout loss behind them quickly and get off to strong start.
However, Colorado was dealt a rough hand early as minutes before tip-off it was announced that senior forward Lucas Siewert would be making his first start of the season in place of junior guard/forward Tyler Bey who didn’t play because of an injured hand.