Colorado rallies past Montana St. 94-90 in OT opener
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) Keeshawn Barthelemy scored 19 points and Eli Parquet scored 17 and Colorado Buffaloes had to fight back to beat Montana State Bobcats 94-90 in overtime on Tuesday night in a season opener for both teams.
Evan Battey's layup with 4:27 in the extra session gave Colorado the lead for good.
The Bobcats led 38-35 and pushed the lead to 66-55 on Amin Adamu's 3-pointer with 8:27 left in regulation before Colorado started its comeback.
The Buffs tightened on defense and used an 11-2 run to reduce their deficit to 68-66 with 5:51 remaining. Abdul Mohamed made a pair of free throws with 53 seconds left and Montana State led 80-75.
Battey followed with a pair of free throws for Colorado, and, after an intentional foul, Xavier Bishop missed the front end of a one-and-one and Colorado secured the rebound. Parquet hit a 3 with 18 seconds left and the Bobcats turned it over on their final possession to force overtime.
Jubrile Belo and Mohamed scored 16 points each for Montana State.
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| Min. Per Game | ||
| Pts. Per Game | ||
| Ast. Per Game | ||
| Reb. Per Game | ||
| Field Goal % | ||
| Three Point % | ||
| Free Throw % |
| Team Stats | |
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|---|---|---|
| Points | 90 | 94 |
| Field Goals | 33-69 (47.8%) | 29-57 (50.9%) |
| 3-Pointers | 12-30 (40.0%) | 9-19 (47.4%) |
| Free Throws | 12-14 (85.7%) | 27-37 (73.0%) |
| Total Rebounds | 29 | 38 |
| Offensive | 11 | 11 |
| Defensive | 15 | 24 |
| Team | 3 | 3 |
| Assists | 23 | 15 |
| Steals | 6 | 7 |
| Blocks | 4 | 4 |
| Turnovers | 14 | 16 |
| Fouls | 26 | 17 |
| Technicals | 0 | 0 |
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| Team Stats | |||
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76.5 PPG | 38.1 RPG | 13.2 APG |
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71.1 PPG | 40.5 RPG | 13.4 APG |
| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| A. Mohamed | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5/13 | 3/6 | 3/3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| J. Belo | 16 | 4 | 3 | 6/7 | 0/0 | 4/5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| A. Adamu | 14 | 1 | 2 | 5/9 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| X. Bishop | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3/12 | 3/9 | 2/3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| T. Patterson | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4/10 | 2/7 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| A. Mohamed | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5/13 | 3/6 | 3/3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| J. Belo | 16 | 4 | 3 | 6/7 | 0/0 | 4/5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| A. Adamu | 14 | 1 | 2 | 5/9 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| X. Bishop | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3/12 | 3/9 | 2/3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| T. Patterson | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4/10 | 2/7 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bench | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| S. Lecholat | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4/5 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Battle | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3/7 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| G. Osobor | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| P. McMahon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| K. Tynes | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Gatkuoth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| I. Spears | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| J. Reinalda | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A. Germer | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| B. Fernandez | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| N. Gazelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C. Ash | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 90 | 26 | 23 | 33/69 | 12/30 | 12/14 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 15 |
| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| K. Barthelemy | 19 | 4 | 5 | 6/11 | 3/3 | 4/5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| E. Parquet | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5/11 | 1/5 | 6/9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| E. Battey | 16 | 5 | 1 | 6/6 | 1/1 | 3/5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Walker | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4/8 | 2/4 | 4/5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| T. da Silva | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| K. Barthelemy | 19 | 4 | 5 | 6/11 | 3/3 | 4/5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| E. Parquet | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5/11 | 1/5 | 6/9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| E. Battey | 16 | 5 | 1 | 6/6 | 1/1 | 3/5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Walker | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4/8 | 2/4 | 4/5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| T. da Silva | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Bench | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| N. Clifford | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3/7 | 1/3 | 4/6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| K. Simpson | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| L. Lovering | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| L. O'Brien | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Miller, Jr | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| J. Hammond III | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| J. Pease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C. Mains | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| J. Ruffin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Q. Allen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| B. Ersek | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| W. Loughlin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 94 | 35 | 15 | 29/57 | 9/19 | 27/37 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 24 |
