BOULDER – The winning numbers were 1 and 40, the Powerball, 0. The vicious efforts by Josh Scott and Wesley Gordon were complimented by a gritty performance from freshman Thomas Akyazili, as the Colorado Buffaloes topped the Oregon State Beavers, 71-54.
Nobody wanted to go quite as far as calling it a “must-win” before the game but it was about as close as you could get, with the Buffaloes in danger of falling 1-3 in Pac-12 play. But the Buffaloes big men weren’t about to let that happen.
“I thought Wesley Gordon’s offensive rebounding and Josh Scott’s defensive rebounding were the difference in this game,” head coach Tad Boyle said after the game.