National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Colorado 68, Oregon 41
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 5, 2023
Where: CU Events Center, Boulder, Colorado
Officials: # Mike Littlewood, # Mike Reed, # Mike O'Neill
Attendance: 6325
By Field Level Media

Tristan da Silva scored a career-high 30 points and added seven rebounds and three steals to fuel Colorado to a 68-41 victory over Oregon on Thursday in a Pac-12 game at Boulder, Colo.

da Silva made 11 of 17 shots from the floor -- and 3 of 4 from 3-point range -- after being limited to single-digit scoring performances in each of his previous two games. The junior's point total on Thursday eclipsed his previous career high of 26, set during the Buffaloes' 88-77 victory over Northern Colorado on Dec. 18.

Sophomore Julian Hammond III scored 13 of his career-high 16 points in the first half for Colorado (10-6, 2-3 Pac-12), which has won six of its past seven games overall and five straight at home.

Nique Clifford scored 13 points and junior Luke O'Brien recorded six points and a career-high 11 rebounds off the bench.

The Buffaloes also won without reigning Pac-12 Player of the Week KJ Simpson (stomach bug). Simpson scored 31 points in Colorado's 73-70 victory at Stanford on Dec. 29 and 25 in an 80-76 loss at Cal on Saturday.

Quincy Guerrier scored 10 points and Brennan Rigsby added eight for the Ducks (8-7, 2-2), who shot just 26.9 percent from the floor (14 of 52) and 7.1 percent from 3-point range (1 of 14).

Colorado, which enjoyed a wire-to-wire victory, got off to a fast start as da Silva and Hammond each drained a pair of 3-pointers to stake their team to a 21-8 lead. Hammond added four consecutive free throws to push the Buffaloes' advantage to 37-17 before Rigsby's layup capped the scoring in the first half.

da Silva made a jumper and a dunk early in the second half and added a layup and a 3-pointer to push Colorado's lead to 52-27 with 12:23 to play.

The game was never in doubt the rest of the way.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Oregon   Colorado
Quincy Guerrier 10 Scoring Tristan Da Silva 30
N'Faly Dante 1 Assists Nique Clifford 3
N'Faly Dante 5 Rebounds Luke O'Brien 11
Jermaine Couisnard 5 Free Throws Made Tristan Da Silva 5
N'Faly Dante 2 Steals Tristan Da Silva 3
N'Faly Dante 2 Blocks Quincy Allen 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Oregon 41 26.9 1-14 12-21 3 28 6 7 12
Colorado 68 45.5 7-20 11-14 14 41 4 6 16