{"id":423749,"date":"2024-11-28T06:19:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T06:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=423749"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Colorado-eyes-another-Maui-upset-in-clash-vs-No-5-Iowa-State","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Colorado-eyes-another-Maui-upset-in-clash-vs-No-5-Iowa-State\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado eyes another Maui upset in clash vs. No. 5 Iowa State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps anxious to get life in the Big 12 Conference started ahead of schedule this season, Colorado pulled off a major upset and will face No. 5 Iowa State on Wednesday in the fifth-place game of the Maui Invitational at Lahaina, Hawaii. Colorado&#8217;s official debut Big 12 game still is scheduled to take place Dec. 30 at home against Iowa State. But the teams will face off for a preview from paradise in what will be the first of three games between the programs in the regular season. The Buffaloes earned the honor with a signature victory Tuesday when they held off two-time defending champion UConn 73-72 in the second round in the Maui event. Julian Hammond III scored 16 points for the Buffaloes (5-1), while Andrej Jakimovski added 12 points and 10 rebounds. No. 2 UConn led by as many as 11 points in the first half and was up 46-37 with 17:36 remaining before Colorado went on an 11-0 run to take a two-point lead with 14:02 left. The Huskies appeared to wrest control by taking a 70-65 edge with 3:28 to go before the Buffaloes scored eight of the final 10 points. UConn played the final 4:40 after 6-foot-10 center Samson Johnson fouled and the final 2:04 after 6-10 center Tarris Reed Jr. also departed. One of the best victories for Colorado&#8217;s Tad Boyle in 19 seasons as a Division I coach came after he lost five double-digit scorers from last season&#8217;s 26-11 team. &#8220;I mentioned that we are going to learn a lot about (our) team in this tournament, and we learned from (Monday) night,&#8221; Boyle said, referencing a loss to Michigan State in the first round. &#8220;The biggest thing I was disappointed in (against the Spartans) was our fight and our shot selection. We challenged (the team). I&#8217;m really proud of them.&#8221; Iowa State (4-1) fought to the end to secure its spot in the fifth-place game by holding off pesky Dayton 89-84. Iowa State trailed 78-77 with 3:33 remaining before the game was tied 81-81 with 1:20 to go. The Cyclones scored six of the next seven points. Iowa State went 10-for-10 on free throws over the final 3:23 as it rallied from a nine-point, first-half deficit. Keshon Gilbert scored a season-high 24 points for the Cyclones by going 6 of 8 from the floor and 12 of 14 from the free-throw line. Curtis Jones added 19 points, while Dishon Jackson scored 12 points and grabbed a team-high six rebounds. &#8220;This is such a great tournament,&#8221; Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger said after his team shot a season-best 51.7 percent from the floor.. &#8220;I&#8217;m not sure there&#8217;s ever been a stronger field here. And you know every game is gonna be a war &#8212; and we&#8217;ve already had two.&#8221; The victory came after Iowa State blew an 18-point lead and lost in the first round to No. 4 Auburn on Monday. &#8220;Our bench, I thought, was the best it&#8217;s been so far this year,&#8221; Otzelberger said after the reserve unit outscored Dayton&#8217;s 30-12. &#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/79a9fe32d8d103ce8968abb35fa3f4c6.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Nov 26, 2024; Lahaina, Hawaii, USA; The Colorado Buffaloes rush the court after defeating the Connecticut Huskies in a NCAA college basketball game at Lahaina Civic Center. Mandatory Credit: Marco Garcia-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>-Marco Garcia-Imagn Images<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps anxious to get life in the Big 12 Conference started ahead of schedule this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-423749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}