STANFORD, Calif. — McKinley Wright IV just missed a triple-double and Colorado used balanced scoring and solid defense Thursday to collect a 69-51 win over Stanford, giving the Buffaloes a season sweep of the Cardinal.
CU improved to 16-5 overall and 10-4 in Pac-12 play while Stanford fell to 12-8, 8-6. The win kept the Buffs firmly in third place in the Pac-12 standings and gave them their fourth conference road win of the season, tying the most in their Pac-12 history.
Wright finished with 14 points, nine assists and nine rebounds, Eli Parquet added 10 points, and D'Shawn Schwartz and Jeriah Horne each chipped in nine.
Oscar da Silva led Stanford with 22 points.
The Buffs started the game with a 10-0 run before Stanford rallied to take a momentary 13-12 lead. But another 10-0 Colorado run put the Buffs back in the lead and they never trailed again, as the closest Stanford could come was within six midway through the second half. The Buffs then answered that Stanford rally with yet one more 10-0 run to put the game away.
HOW IT HAPPENED: Colorado led by 11 at the half, 34-23, before Stanford made one more run to shave the margin to six, 49-43, with 11:32 to play.
But the Buffs then regained control to put the game away with their third 10-0 run of the game. Horne and Maddox Daniels each had 3-pointers in the surge before a Horne dunk with 9:26 to play gave CU a 57-43 edge.
Colorado then pushed its lead to 14 on a Battey basket before Stanford finally ended a four-minute scoring drought to pull within 59-45. But Wright then scored back-to-back buckets to give CU an 18-point cushion, 63-45, with seven minutes to play.
The Buffs then held Stanford at bay down the stretch to win their third game in a row and ninth in their last 11.
Colorado jumped out to a 10-0 lead, only to see Stanford respond with a 13-2 run to take a 13-12 lead midway through the half.
But the Buffs regained control over the last 10 minutes. CU put together another 10-0 run, getting 3-pointers from Tristan da Silva and Dallas Walton in the surge to take a 22-13 lead. The Buffs then extended their cushion to 11 points by halftime, with Eli Parquet hitting a 3-pointer and Schwartz scoring four points in the final five minutes.
The Buffs then maintained that cushion throughout the half, taking a 34-23 lead into intermission.
TURNING POINT: After Stanford closed to within six with 11:32 to play in the game, the Buffs answered with a 10-0 run to turn momentum back to their side and put the game away.
NEXT UP: The Buffs continue their four-game road trip Saturday with an 8 p.m. game at Cal (ESPNU). After that, CU plays Thursday, Feb. 18, at Oregon (9 p.m., ESPN2), followed by a Feb. 20 contest at Oregon State (6 p.m., ESPNU).
Contact: Neill.Woelk@Colorado.edu
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