Can Colorado Buffaloes Bounce Back After Narrow Defeat at Gill Coliseum?

The Colorado Buffaloes, ranked 3rd, faced a challenging encounter against the 25th-ranked Oregon State Beavers at Gill Coliseum. Despite a hard-fought battle, the Buffaloes fell short with a final score of 62-68. The loss moved their record to an impressive yet imperfect mark.

The game started off strong for the Colorado Buffaloes as they outscored the Beavers by six points in the first quarter. However, momentum shifted as the home team picked up pace in the second quarter and maintained it through to the third. In a dramatic fourth quarter, both teams scored 22 points each but it wasn't enough for Colorado to seal a victory.

Colorado's performance was marked by high efficiency from the free-throw line where they shot an outstanding 91 percent. They also showed defensive tenacity with nine steals and one block throughout the game. On offense, they managed to put up 24 points in paint and capitalized on turnovers with 19 points off them.

However, turnovers were also part of their undoing; despite having only one team turnover compared to Oregon State's one team turnover as well, individual players lost possession sixteen times which contributed significantly to their defeat. Their assist-to-turnover ratio stood at a lowly 0.44 indicating struggles in maintaining possession under pressure.

On rebounding efforts, Colorado grabbed a total of twenty-seven rebounds including eighteen defensive and six offensive boards contributing to twelve second-chance points but still fell short against Oregon State's thirty rebounds which included eighteen defensive and seven offensive ones.

The Beavers' field goal percentage was higher than that of Colorado at forty-eight percent while shooting fifty-one percent from two-point range compared to forty-three percent by Colorado from similar attempts. The home side also made more three-pointers with six made out of fifteen attempts giving them forty percent success rate from beyond arc contrasted with twenty-seven percent by Colorado who made three out of eleven attempts.

Looking ahead after this setback, fans can catch The Buffaloes next when they visit Matthew Knight Arena on January 28th for another conference showdown against Oregon Ducks scheduled for noon local time (1:00 PM Mountain Time). This matchup will be broadcasted live on Pac-12 Network providing supporters an opportunity to follow their team as they aim for redemption on court.