Battey, Colorado edge out Washington St. in return to action
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Evan Battey scored 20 points on 7-for-8 shooting and Keeshawn Barthelemy scored 17 points and Colorado beat Washington State 83-78.
Thursday night’s contest featured 14 lead changes, but Colorado went on an 11-0 run in a little less than two minutes to go up 66-58 with 8:52 remaining and led the rest of the way.
The Cougars led 38-37 at halftime. Tyrell Roberts scored a season-high 25 points.
Fidler, Lemetti carry Omaha over North Dakota 98-82
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Frankie Fidler had 16 points to lead six Nebraska Omaha players in double figures as the Mavericks beat North Dakota 98-82.
Felix Lemetti added 15 points for the Mavericks. Darrius Hughes chipped in 14, Kyle Luedtke scored 13 and Marco Smith had 12. Hughes also had seven rebounds, while Luedtke posted six rebounds. The 98 points were a season best for Nebraska Omaha (3-12, 2-2 Summit League).
Matt Norman had 20 points and six rebounds for the Fighting Hawks (4-11, 0-2). Tsotne Tsartsidze added 13 points. Ethan Igbanugo had 11 points and six rebounds.
