Utah Utes at Colorado Buffaloes
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Colorado sinks slumping Utah with 69-60 win
Clifford scored 14 points and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds and Ethan Wright scored 10 for Colorado which ended a three-game skid; all against ranked opponents at the time they played.
Rollie Worster scored 15 points, Branden Carlsen scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Lazar Stefanovic scored 12 for Utah.
Colorado played without second-leading scorer KJ Simpson (15.9 points) who coach Tad Boyle announced will miss the conference tournament due to mononucleosis.
Colorado (16-15, 8-12) heads to the conference tournament in Las Vegas as the ninth seed and will face No. 8 Washington on Wednesday.
Utah (17-14, 10-10) — which has dropped five straight — will be the seventh seed and will face Stanford on Wednesday.
The Buffaloes used a 9-0 run in just under three minutes to take a 15-7 lead and they led the rest of the game.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 60 - 69 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 60 - 69 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Nique Clifford Defensive Rebound. | 60 - 69 |
| 2nd 0:06 | Lazar Stefanovic missed Three Point Jumper. | 60 - 69 |
| 2nd 0:10 | Ethan Wright Defensive Rebound. | 60 - 69 |
Statistics
 UTAH |
 COLO |
|
|---|---|---|
| 21-63 | FG | 25-54 |
| 33 | Field Goal % | 46 |
| 9-30 | 3PT | 8-21 |
| 30 | Three Point % | 38 |
| 9-12 | FT | 11-14 |
| 75 | Free Throw % | 79 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 8 | Offensive Rebounds | 6 |
| 25 | Defensive Rebounds | 33 |
| 14 | Assists | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Total Turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 10 | Points Off Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Fast Break Points | 20 |
| 20 | Points in Paint | 22 |
| 15 | Fouls | 11 |
| 0 | Largest Lead | 16 |
Game Information
Location: Boulder, CO
Attendance: 8,432 | Capacity:
2025-26 Big 12 Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 16-2 | - | 36-2 |
| Houston | 14-4 | 2 | 30-7 |
| Iowa State | 12-6 | 4 | 29-8 |
| Kansas | 12-6 | 4 | 24-11 |
| Texas Tech | 12-6 | 4 | 23-11 |
| TCU | 11-7 | 5 | 23-12 |
| BYU | 9-9 | 7 | 23-12 |
| UCF | 9-9 | 7 | 21-12 |
| West Virginia | 9-9 | 7 | 18-14 |
| Cincinnati | 9-9 | 7 | 18-15 |
| Colorado | 7-11 | 9 | 17-15 |
| Arizona State | 7-11 | 9 | 17-16 |
| Oklahoma State | 6-12 | 10 | 20-15 |
| Baylor | 6-12 | 10 | 16-16 |
| Kansas State | 3-15 | 13 | 12-20 |
| Utah | 2-16 | 14 | 10-22 |