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Bangot Dak scores 16 points, Colorado jumps out early and rolls past Colorado State 72-55

AP
Dec 07, 2024

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) Bangot Dak scored 16 points and Colorado Buffaloes cruised to a 72-55 victory over Colorado State Rams on Saturday night.

Dak made 7 of 8 shots with a 3-pointer. Julian Hammond III added 13 points and Elijah Malone added 10 for Colorado (7-2). Three others finished with nine points apiece, including Trevor Baskin who grabbed 11 rebounds with two blocks and two steals.

Colorado shot 50% (28 of 56) from the floor and outrebounded Colorado State 44-33.

Jalen Lake made three 3-pointers and scored 18 points to lead Colorado State (5-4). Kyan Evans added 11 points and Nique Clifford had 10.

Malone scored 10 first-half points and Hammond added eight to help the Buffaloes build a 43-21 halftime advantage.

Dak's tip-in jumper stretched the Buffaloes' lead to 56-30 with 12:10 remaining. Lake converted a four-point play and added a pair of free throws between a pair of Clifford 3-pointers to pull the Rams to 58-42 with 6:39 remaining, but they still trailed by double digits the rest of the way.

The Buffaloes have won their last nine and 22 of 23 home games dating to last season.

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1st Half
COST
Rams
21
COLO
Buffaloes
43

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Rashaan Mbemba vs. Elijah Malone (Julian Hammond III gains possession)
19:45		Elijah Malone turnover (bad pass) (Nique Clifford steals)
19:31		Jalen Lake misses two point jump shot
19:29		Andrej Jakimovski defensive rebound
19:20	+2	Elijah Malone makes two point layup (Assane Diop assists)	0-2
18:49		Kyan Evans misses three point jump shot
18:47		Assane Diop defensive rebound
18:37		Jump ball. RJ Smith vs. Jaylen Crocker-Johnson (Rams gains possession)
18:37		RJ Smith turnover (lost ball) (Jaylen Crocker-Johnson steals)
18:20	+2	Nique Clifford makes two point jump shot	2-2
17:55	+3	Julian Hammond III makes three point jump shot (Andrej Jakimovski assists)	2-5
17:34	+2	Rashaan Mbemba makes two point layup	4-5
17:34		Elijah Malone shooting foul (Rashaan Mbemba draws the foul)
17:34	+1	Rashaan Mbemba makes regular free throw 1 of 1	5-5
17:20	+3	Assane Diop makes three point jump shot (Andrej Jakimovski assists)	5-8
17:20		Nique Clifford misses three point jump shot
17:18		Elijah Malone defensive rebound
16:48		Julian Hammond III misses three point jump shot
16:46		Jalen Lake defensive rebound
16:40		Jaylen Crocker-Johnson misses three point jump shot
16:38		RJ Smith defensive rebound
16:33		Kyan Evans personal foul (RJ Smith draws the foul)
16:28	+2	RJ Smith makes two point layup	5-10
16:07		Nique Clifford misses two point jump shot
15:56		Julian Hammond III defensive rebound
15:56	+2	Elijah Malone makes two point layup (Assane Diop assists)	5-12
15:55		Rams 30 second timeout
15:55		TV timeout
15:36		Rashaan Mbemba offensive foul
15:36		Rashaan Mbemba turnover (offensive foul)
15:18		Bangot Dak misses three point jump shot
15:16		Bowen Born defensive rebound
14:47		Bowen Born misses three point jump shot
14:45		Trevor Baskin defensive rebound
14:44		Nique Clifford personal foul
14:31		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
14:29		Nique Clifford defensive rebound
14:19		Bowen Born misses three point jump shot
14:17		Bangot Dak defensive rebound
14:08		Andrej Jakimovski misses two point layup
14:06		Trevor Baskin offensive rebound
13:58		Trevor Baskin turnover (lost ball) (Ethan Morton steals)
13:54		Nique Clifford misses two point layup
13:52		Julian Hammond III defensive rebound
13:44		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
13:42		Bowen Born defensive rebound
13:37	+2	Kyle Jorgensen makes two point layup	7-12
13:18		Julian Hammond III misses two point layup
13:16		Ethan Morton defensive rebound
13:07	+2	Bowen Born makes two point layup	9-12
12:37		Julian Hammond III misses two point layup
12:35		Trevor Baskin offensive rebound
12:32	+2	Trevor Baskin makes two point layup	9-14
12:16	+2	Jalen Lake makes two point layup	11-14
12:01	+2	Trevor Baskin makes two point dunk	11-16
11:42		Jalen Lake misses two point jump shot
11:40		Ethan Morton offensive rebound
11:26		Trevor Baskin blocks Nique Clifford's two point layup
11:24		Javon Ruffin defensive rebound
11:08	+2	Bangot Dak makes two point layup (Javon Ruffin assists)	11-18
10:44		Nique Clifford misses two point layup
10:42		Trevor Baskin defensive rebound
10:28		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
10:26		Bangot Dak offensive rebound
10:18	+2	Bangot Dak makes two point jump shot	11-20
10:05		Kyle Jorgensen misses two point layup
10:03		Javon Ruffin defensive rebound
10:00		Trevor Baskin offensive foul
10:00		Trevor Baskin turnover (offensive foul)
10:00		TV timeout
9:44		Rashaan Mbemba misses two point layup
9:42		Assane Diop defensive rebound
9:38		Rashaan Mbemba personal foul
9:35	+2	Elijah Malone makes two point dunk (Assane Diop assists)	11-22
9:16		Bowen Born misses two point layup
9:14		Elijah Malone defensive rebound
9:03	+3	Elijah Malone makes three point jump shot (RJ Smith assists)	11-25
8:42		Jaylen Crocker-Johnson misses three point jump shot
8:40		Assane Diop defensive rebound
8:31	+2	Harrison Carrington makes two point layup (Elijah Malone assists)	11-27
8:31		Ethan Morton shooting foul (Harrison Carrington draws the foul)
8:31	+1	Harrison Carrington makes regular free throw 1 of 1	11-28
8:13		Jaylen Crocker-Johnson misses two point layup
8:11		Jaylen Crocker-Johnson offensive rebound
8:08		Assane Diop blocks Jaylen Crocker-Johnson's two point layup
8:06		Jaylen Crocker-Johnson offensive rebound
7:59		Assane Diop blocks Keshawn Williams's two point layup
7:59		Rashaan Mbemba offensive rebound
7:59		Rashaan Mbemba turnover
7:59		TV timeout
7:41	+2	Bangot Dak makes two point jump shot	11-30
7:19		Bangot Dak personal foul (Nique Clifford draws the foul)
7:13	+3	Keshawn Williams makes three point jump shot (Nique Clifford assists)	14-30
6:43		Trevor Baskin misses two point layup
6:41		Kyan Evans defensive rebound
6:35		Nique Clifford misses three point jump shot
6:33		Buffaloes defensive rebound
6:10	+3	Julian Hammond III makes three point jump shot (Bangot Dak assists)	14-33
5:58		Kyan Evans misses two point jump shot
5:56		Andrej Jakimovski defensive rebound
5:46		Trevor Baskin misses three point jump shot
5:44		Andrej Jakimovski offensive rebound
5:40	+2	Andrej Jakimovski makes two point layup	14-35
5:34		Kyan Evans turnover (bad pass) (Bangot Dak steals)
5:27		Jump ball. (Buffaloes gains possession)
5:16		RJ Smith turnover (bad pass) (Jalen Lake steals)
5:08		Nique Clifford misses three point jump shot
5:06		RJ Smith defensive rebound
4:50		Bangot Dak turnover (bad pass)
4:37		Jalen Lake misses three point jump shot
4:35		Elijah Malone defensive rebound
4:26		Trevor Baskin turnover (lost ball) (Jalen Lake steals)
4:18	+3	Jalen Lake makes three point jump shot	17-35
3:54		Julian Hammond III misses three point jump shot
3:52		Nique Clifford defensive rebound
3:41	+2	Jalen Lake makes two point layup	19-35
3:30		Kyan Evans personal foul
3:30		TV timeout
3:13	+2	Julian Hammond III makes two point layup (Andrej Jakimovski assists)	19-37
2:57		Nique Clifford turnover (lost ball) (Trevor Baskin steals)
2:36	+2	Andrej Jakimovski makes two point jump shot	19-39
2:20		Jalen Lake misses two point jump shot
2:18		Trevor Baskin defensive rebound
1:56		Kyle Jorgensen shooting foul (Elijah Malone draws the foul)
1:56	+1	Elijah Malone makes regular free throw 1 of 2	19-40
1:56		Elijah Malone misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:56		Jalen Lake defensive rebound
1:34		Rashaan Mbemba turnover (bad pass)
1:20		RJ Smith misses two point jump shot
1:18		Nique Clifford defensive rebound
1:09		Bowen Born misses three point jump shot
1:07		Assane Diop defensive rebound
0:56		Ethan Morton blocks Sebastian Rancik's two point jump shot
0:54		Ethan Morton defensive rebound
0:49		Nique Clifford misses two point layup
0:47		Sebastian Rancik defensive rebound
0:38		Assane Diop misses three point jump shot
0:36		Bowen Born defensive rebound
0:32	+2	Bowen Born makes two point layup	21-40
0:29		Buffaloes 30 second timeout
0:08		Julian Hammond III misses two point jump shot
0:06		Sebastian Rancik offensive rebound
0:02	+3	RJ Smith makes three point jump shot (Sebastian Rancik assists)	21-43
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
COST
Rams
34
COLO
Buffaloes
29

Time		Play	Score
19:48		Kyan Evans misses three point jump shot
19:46		Nique Clifford offensive rebound
19:43		Nique Clifford misses two point layup
19:41		Nique Clifford offensive rebound
19:37		Rashaan Mbemba misses three point jump shot
19:35		Buffaloes defensive rebound
19:22		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
19:20		Jalen Lake defensive rebound
19:03		Jaylen Crocker-Johnson misses two point layup
19:01		Assane Diop defensive rebound
18:38		Assane Diop misses three point jump shot
18:36		Rashaan Mbemba defensive rebound
18:24		Kyan Evans misses three point jump shot
18:22		Buffaloes defensive rebound
18:22		Jaylen Crocker-Johnson personal foul
17:56		Elijah Malone misses two point jump shot
17:54		Jaylen Crocker-Johnson defensive rebound
17:34	+2	Kyan Evans makes two point layup (Rashaan Mbemba assists)	23-43
17:18		RJ Smith turnover (bad pass) (Jaylen Crocker-Johnson steals)
17:00		Rashaan Mbemba misses two point jump shot
16:58		Assane Diop defensive rebound
16:49	+3	Andrej Jakimovski makes three point jump shot (Elijah Malone assists)	23-46
16:31	+3	Kyan Evans makes three point jump shot (Jalen Lake assists)	26-46
16:01		Jump ball. Elijah Malone vs. Kyan Evans (Buffaloes gains possession)
15:55		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
15:53		Bangot Dak offensive rebound
15:47		Jalen Lake personal foul
15:47		TV timeout
15:37		Javon Ruffin misses two point layup
15:35		Nique Clifford defensive rebound
15:11		Trevor Baskin blocks Ethan Morton's two point layup
15:09		Trevor Baskin defensive rebound
15:02	+2	Trevor Baskin makes two point layup (Julian Hammond III assists)	26-48
14:47		Kyle Jorgensen misses three point jump shot
14:45		Trevor Baskin defensive rebound
14:38		Kyan Evans personal foul (Trevor Baskin draws the foul)
14:33		Trevor Baskin turnover (Bowen Born steals)
14:31		Javon Ruffin personal foul (Bowen Born draws the foul)
14:13		Bowen Born misses three point jump shot
14:11		Keshawn Williams offensive rebound
14:04	+2	Keshawn Williams makes two point layup	28-48
13:45	+3	Bangot Dak makes three point jump shot (Trevor Baskin assists)	28-51
13:34		RJ Smith personal foul (Bowen Born draws the foul)
13:20	+2	Nique Clifford makes two point jump shot	30-51
13:05		Ethan Morton personal foul (Trevor Baskin draws the foul)
12:56	+2	Bangot Dak makes two point layup (Javon Ruffin assists)	30-53
12:42		Jaylen Crocker-Johnson misses two point jump shot
12:40		RJ Smith defensive rebound
12:34		Nique Clifford shooting foul (Bangot Dak draws the foul)
12:34	+1	Bangot Dak makes regular free throw 1 of 2	30-54
12:34		Bangot Dak misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:34		Keshawn Williams defensive rebound
12:21		Javon Ruffin personal foul (Keshawn Williams draws the foul)
12:19		Jalen Lake turnover (Javon Ruffin steals)
12:12		Javon Ruffin misses two point layup
12:10		Bangot Dak offensive rebound
12:04	+2	Bangot Dak makes two point dunk	30-56
11:51		Bowen Born turnover (lost ball) (Trevor Baskin steals)
11:46		TV timeout
11:21		Julian Hammond III misses two point jump shot
11:19		Rashaan Mbemba defensive rebound
10:55		Rashaan Mbemba misses two point layup
10:53		Assane Diop defensive rebound
10:42		Assane Diop misses two point layup
10:40		Nique Clifford defensive rebound
10:32	+3	Nique Clifford makes three point jump shot	33-56
10:24		Julian Hammond III turnover (traveling)
10:06	+3	Jalen Lake makes three point jump shot (Ethan Morton assists)	36-56
10:06		Javon Ruffin shooting foul (Jalen Lake draws the foul)
10:06	+1	Jalen Lake makes regular free throw 1 of 1	37-56
9:50		RJ Smith turnover (bad pass)
9:42		Jalen Lake misses three point jump shot
9:40		Nikola Djapa offensive rebound
9:26		Kyan Evans turnover (bad pass)
8:59		Julian Hammond III misses three point jump shot
8:57		Nikola Djapa defensive rebound
8:43		Elijah Malone shooting foul (Jalen Lake draws the foul)
8:43	+1	Jalen Lake makes regular free throw 1 of 2	38-56
8:43		Rams 30 second timeout
8:43		TV timeout
8:43	+1	Jalen Lake makes regular free throw 2 of 2	39-56
8:30		Kyan Evans personal foul
8:18		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
8:16		Nikola Djapa defensive rebound
8:11		Nikola Djapa turnover (Julian Hammond III steals)
7:55		Nikola Djapa personal foul (Elijah Malone draws the foul)
7:55		TV timeout
7:55		Elijah Malone misses regular free throw 1 of 1
7:55		Nique Clifford defensive rebound
7:35		Nique Clifford misses three point jump shot
7:33		Assane Diop defensive rebound
7:08	+2	Julian Hammond III makes two point layup	39-58
6:53		Bowen Born turnover (bad pass) (Elijah Malone steals)
6:49		Elijah Malone turnover (lost ball)
6:37	+3	Nique Clifford makes three point jump shot (Jalen Lake assists)	42-58
6:13	+2	Andrej Jakimovski makes two point layup	42-60
6:04		Rashaan Mbemba misses two point layup
6:02		Trevor Baskin defensive rebound
5:57		Rashaan Mbemba shooting foul (RJ Smith draws the foul)
5:57	+1	RJ Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 1	42-61
5:57		Bangot Dak turnover (lane violation)
5:44		Jalen Lake misses two point jump shot
5:42		Javon Ruffin defensive rebound
5:34		Andrej Jakimovski misses three point jump shot
5:32		Kyan Evans defensive rebound
5:29		Javon Ruffin shooting foul (Kyan Evans draws the foul)
5:29	+1	Kyan Evans makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-61
5:29	+1	Kyan Evans makes regular free throw 2 of 2	44-61
5:21	+2	Bangot Dak makes two point dunk (Javon Ruffin assists)	44-63
5:08	+2	Kyan Evans makes two point jump shot	46-63
4:50		Jalen Lake blocks Trevor Baskin's two point layup
4:48		Trevor Baskin offensive rebound
4:46		Ethan Morton personal foul (Trevor Baskin draws the foul)
4:46		Trevor Baskin misses regular free throw 1 of 1
4:46		Jalen Lake defensive rebound
4:36		Trevor Baskin shooting foul (Jalen Lake draws the foul)
4:36	+1	Jalen Lake makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-63
4:36	+1	Jalen Lake makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-63
4:36		Rams 60 second timeout
4:36		TV timeout
4:10	+3	Julian Hammond III makes three point jump shot (Trevor Baskin assists)	48-66
3:48	+3	Jalen Lake makes three point jump shot (Ethan Morton assists)	51-66
3:37		Ethan Morton personal foul (Trevor Baskin draws the foul)
3:37		TV timeout
3:37	+1	Trevor Baskin makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-67
3:37		Trevor Baskin misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:37		Jalen Lake defensive rebound
3:26		Nique Clifford turnover (lost ball) (Julian Hammond III steals)
2:56		Bangot Dak turnover (bad pass)
2:44		Bowen Born misses three point jump shot
2:42		Trevor Baskin defensive rebound
2:15		RJ Smith turnover (traveling)
2:08		Kyan Evans misses three point jump shot
2:06		Trevor Baskin defensive rebound
2:02		Ethan Morton personal foul (Trevor Baskin draws the foul)
2:02	+1	Trevor Baskin makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-68
2:02	+1	Trevor Baskin makes regular free throw 2 of 2	51-69
1:53		Nique Clifford misses two point layup
1:51		RJ Smith defensive rebound
1:41		Trevor Baskin turnover (traveling)
1:34	+2	Kyan Evans makes two point jump shot	53-69
1:14		Sebastian Rancik misses three point jump shot
1:12		Nikola Djapa defensive rebound
1:05	+2	Nikola Djapa makes two point layup (Bowen Born assists)	55-69
0:45	+3	RJ Smith makes three point jump shot (Felix Kossaras assists)	55-72
0:32		Kyan Evans misses three point jump shot
0:30		Harrison Carrington defensive rebound
0:04		Buffaloes turnover (shot clock violation)
0:00		End of period

Buffaloes turnover (shot clock violation)