Utah Utes vs Colorado Buffaloes Match Player Stats On Mar 02, 2019

Tyler Bey had 17 points and 10 rebounds, D'Shawn Schwartz scored 16, and the Colorado Buffaloes beat the Utah Utes 71-63 in their Pac-12 matchup in Boulder, Colo., on Saturday.

Sedrick Barefield scored a game-high 19 points for Utah (15-13, 9-7 Pac-12), which has lost three of its last four games.

The Buffaloes (17-11, 8-8) had won five in a row to get back into the thick of the Pac-12 standings but then lost two straight on a trip through the state of Washington.

The Buffaloes led by nine at halftime, and after Utah got within four, Colorado took control of the game.

With Colorado up 39-35, McKinley Wright IV and Shane Gatling hit 3-pointers around a long-range shot from the Utes' Timmy Allen. Alexander Strating's three-point play later gave the Buffaloes a 51-40 lead with 12:30 left.

Utah got within nine, but two free throws and a layup from Schwartz and Daylen Kountz's layup around a dunk from the Utes' Donnie Tillman gave Colorado a 61-48 lead, its biggest of the game, with 4:49 to play.

The Buffaloes led 63-52 with 2:42 left when the Utes made one last surge. After a field goal they fouled Evan Battey, who missed the front end of a one-and-one, and Barefield hit a 3-pointer to cut the deficit to 63-57.

Colorado hit two 3-pointers around a Barefield jumper to go up by 10 at 69-59 with 50 seconds to play, and Utah cut it to six before the Buffaloes hung on.

Colorado scored the first six points of the game and led 8-2 before the Utes got things going. A 9-2 run gave them a lead with 12:10 left in the first half, but they scored just two points over the next 6:08 while the Buffaloes surged ahead.

Bey scored six points and assisted on another basket during a 15-4 run by Colorado that made it 27-18 with 4:28 left before intermission.

Tillman's 3-pointer pulled Utah with 30-26 with 1:53 left, but two free throws by Bey and a 3-pointer by Schwartz a second before the halftime buzzer gave the Buffaloes a 35-26 lead at the break. It was Colorado's only 3-pointer of the first half.

--Field Level Media