The Washington State Cougars fell to the Colorado Buffaloes in Boulder for the 11th time in 11 games, 83-78.
Colorado (10-3, 2-1 in Pac-12) turned it on offensively midway through the second half, taking the lead with 10:20 to go and never giving it back to WSU. The Cougars (8-6, 1-2) would pull within three with a minute to go but the Buffaloes would seal the game on a Elijah Parquet layup.
In their first game in just over two weeks, the Cougars came into Boulder without their star guard Noah Williams, who didn’t travel with the team because of COVID issues.