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Freshmen Prentiss Nixon and J.D. Paige making an impact for Colorado State basketball

Trevor L. Davis / Loveland Reporter-Herald)

FORT COLLINS — Transfers and junior college players. That's how Larry Eustachy's teams are supposed to be built, right?

That was the case last season when he led the Rams to a single-season program-record 27 wins, and it looked to be again entering this season.

But with Colorado State now midway through the 2015-16 campaign and past the first week of conference play, something strange has happened.

Partly out of necessity (with Gian Clavell lost for the season with a broken hand), and partly by design, the Rams have been getting major contributions from a pair of freshmen.