Colorado Buffaloes vs Washington St. Cougars Match Player Stats On Jan 30, 2022

Michael Flowers scored 16 points, Andrej Jakimovski had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and the Washington State Cougars beat the short-handed Colorado Buffaloes 70-43 in Pullman, Wash., on Sunday night.

Noah Williams and Tyrell Roberts scored 10 points each and Efe Abogidi had nine points and 11 rebounds for the Cougars (12-7, 5-3 Pac-12).

Jabari Walker scored 11 points for the short-handed Buffaloes (13-8, 5-6). Colorado had just eight players available.

The Buffaloes never led and the game was tied just once, 5-5, when Washington State took control.

Flowers put the Cougars up with a 3-pointer and Flowers hit a pull-up 3-pointer. After a media timeout, Walker split a pair of free throws to make it 11-6, and that was as close as Colorado got the rest of the way.

Williams made one of two free throws for Washington State, DJ Rodman had a putback layup and two turnovers led to a basket by Mouhamed Gueye and a 3-pointer by Flowers. The Buffaloes missed on the other end and turned it over on their next possession that led to another basket.

Williams again split a pair of free throws to cap 13 straight points by the Cougars. Walker's jumper in the paint ended the run but Washington State went on a 7-0 run to go ahead 32-13 with 7:37 left in the first half.

Julian Hammond hit a 3-pointer for Colorado but the Cougars ended the first two lead 39-18 at the half.

Flowers hit a 3-pointer to start off the second half, Walker and K.J. Simpson made baskets to get the Buffaloes back within 20 a minute into the second half. Washington State again responded, with Flowers hitting two jumpers in a 9-2 run that made it 54-26 with 12:43 remaining.

Colorado made a small run, scoring five points in a row to make it 54-31 but the Cougars used another run to put it away.

Williams hit a jumper and a layup, Jakimovski drained consecutive 3-pointers and Roberts had a driving layup in a 12-0 run that put Washington State ahead 66-31 with 7:07 left.

--Field Level Media