It was never a question of if but rather when senior forward Evan Battey would reach 1,000 career points. For him, it happened Sunday night at the CU Events Center where Colorado (6-1, 1-0 in Pac-12) beat Stanford (4-3, 0-1 in Pac-12) 80-76 in its Pac-12 opener. Battey scored a career-high 22 points to go with, making all four of his three points to lead the Buffaloes to victory.
Battey becomes the 38th player in team history to surpass the 1,000 point total and the fourth player from head coach Tad Boyle’s 2017 recruiting class to achieve the feat, joining McKinley Wright IV, D’Shawn Schwartz, and Tyler Bey.