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Buffaloes Hand A&M Third-Straight Loss, 88-58
Jan 13, 2001 | Men's Basketball
January 13, 2001
Freshman Justin Harbert came off the bench to score 19 points and Nick Mohr had 17, leading Colorado to an 88-58 romp over cold-shooting and turnover-prone Texas A&M on Saturday night.
Colorado (11-5, 1-2 Big 12) built a 17-point halftime lead and expanded it to 33 with one minute remaining. The 30-point margin of victory was the Buffaloes' largest in conference play in 32 seasons, since a 99-69 win over Oklahoma here on Feb. 10, 1969.
Jamahl Mosley added 14 points, and D.J. Harrison and Blair Wilson had 11 apiece for the Buffs, who avoided a fourth straight 0-3 start in Big 12 play.
Nick Anderson had 13 points and Bernard King 12 for Texas A&M (6-9, 0-3).
Colorado shot 52 percent, including 61 percent in the second half when it outscored the Aggies 49-36. Texas A&M shot only 31 percent and committed 24 turnovers compared to Colorado's 12.
Capitalizing on A&M's 26 percent shooting and 18 turnovers in the first half, Colorado raced to a 39-22 lead at intermission.
The Buffs jumped out to a 6-0 lead, and Mohr's driving layup gave them a 14-2 lead with 13:37 left in the half. To that point, A&M was 1-for-6 from the floor and had committed six turnovers.
Back-to-back 3-pointers by Mohr and Harbert put the Buffaloes ahead 33-14, and Blair Wilson's 3-pointer three minutes later gave Colorado its biggest lead of the half, 38-16, with 2:47 remaining. Harbert had 11 points in the half.
King had the Aggies' last four points of the half, helping reduce the deficit to 17 points.
Colorado opened the second half by making 16-of-21 shots, including nine in a row during one stretch.
The Buffs had a 7-0 run, and Richard Fox's layup made it 58-33 with 11:47 left.
Harbert capped an 11-0 flurry with back-to-back jumpers, putting Colorado ahead 76-46 with 6:21 to go.
