Nebraska Omaha Mavericks vs Colorado Buffaloes Match Player Stats On Nov 16, 2018

Lucas Siewart and Tyler Bey scored 16 points each, D'Shawn Schwartz had 15, and the Colorado Buffaloes held on to beat Nebraska-Omaha, 79-75, in Boulder, Colo., on Friday night.

McKinley Wright had 13 points, including two free throws with seven seconds left to seal the win for Colorado (2-0).

JT Gibson scored 18 points and Zach Johnson had 17 for the Mavericks (1-3).

Colorado led 33-29 at halftime and quickly extended it to 40-32, but the Mavericks came storming back with a 13-2 run. Ayo Akinwole's 3-pointer with 14:57 left gave Nebraska-Omaha a 45-42 lead.

Siewert responded with two 3-pointers around another bucket by the Mavericks to give the Buffaloes a 48-47 lead.

Colorado led 56-54 when Gibson and Johnson hit jumpers to put the Mavericks ahead by two with 9:17 left. The Buffaloes had four empty possessions ending with Wright's layup to end a drought of 2:44.

Wright hit a pair of free throws to put Colorado back in front by one, but the Mavericks wouldn't go away. Gibson hit another jumper to give Nebraska-Omaha the lead, and he and Schwartz traded 3-pointers. Schwartz then converted a three-point play with 4:25 left to give the Buffaloes a 66-64 lead with 4:25 remaining.

Colorado extended the lead to four on free throws by Wright, but Gibson hit another 3-pointer to make it 68-67 with 3:45 left, and KJ Robinson tied it at 70 with a 3-pointer with 3:07 remaining.

Nebraska-Omaha had a chance to take the lead, but Johnson missed the front end of a one-on-one. Siewert put Colorado up 72-70 with a putback layup, and after a miss at the other end Wright made it a four-point lead with a layup.

The Mavericks stuck around when Robinson hit a jumper with 1:25 left and had a chance to tie after a Colorado turnover, but Mitch Hahn lost the ball and Bey's three-point play made it 77-72 with 30 seconds left.

Johnson's 3-pointer off an offensive rebound made it a two-point game with 15 seconds left but Wright closed it out at the line.

--Field Level Media