National Basketball Association
Colorado 63, Oregon 62
When: 11:30 PM ET, Thursday, March 8, 2012
Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Officials:
# Michael Reed, # Dick Cartmell, # Gregory Nixon
Attendance:
9317
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Colorado 63, Oregon 62: Andre Roberson scored with 13 seconds left, and the Buffaloes upset the Ducks in the Pac-12 tournament quarterfinals when Devoe Joseph’s 3-point attempt fell short at the buzzer.
Carlon Brown scored 18 points on 7-of-13 shooting for sixth-seeded Colorado (21-11), which advances to face No. 2 seed California in Friday’s semifinals at Los Angeles. Roberson finished with 12 points and 10 boards.
The third-seeded Ducks (22-9) were led by Tony Woods’ career-high 14 points. Joseph, who averaged 21 points in two regular-season games against Colorado, had 12 points on 6-of-19 shooting.
Trailing 56-49 with 7:55 left, Oregon tied the game at 58-all on Woods’ jumper with 3:58 to go. Carlos Emory followed with a basket to give the Ducks their first lead since 29-27 with 5:06 left in the first half.
Joseph gave Oregon a 62-59 lead with two minutes left, but Brown and Roberson answered with consecutive scores to give Colorado the win.
GAME NOTEBOOK: After shooting 34.9 percent from the field in its first-round win over Utah, Colorado was 25 of 55 (45.5 percent) against the Ducks…Colorado has recorded back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in the program’s 111-year history…Oregon lost despite outrebounding Colorado 38-25…Oregon was just 4 of 22 (18.2 percent) from 3-point range.
Top Game Performances
Colorado |
|
Oregon |
Carlon Brown 18 |
Scoring |
Tony Woods 14 |
Nate Tomlinson 4 |
Assists |
Devoe Joseph 4 |
Andre Roberson 10 |
Rebounds |
Devoe Joseph 8 |
Jeremy Adams 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Olu Ashaolu 2 |
Nate Tomlinson 2 |
Steals |
Devoe Joseph 2 |
Andre Roberson 2 |
Blocks |
Tony Woods 4 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Colorado
|
63 |
45.5 |
5-15 |
8-14 |
10 |
25 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
Oregon
|
62 |
39.7 |
4-22 |
4-8 |
10 |
38 |
7 |
4 |
10 |