BOULDER — Colorado took No. 4 UCLA down to the wire Sunday but the Buffaloes came up just short in the end, dropping a 60-56 decision at the CU Events Center.
Tad Boyle‘s Buffs fell to 15-15 overall and 7-12 in Pac-12 play while the Bruins won their eighth in a row to improve to 25-4, 16-2.
HOW IT HAPPENED: Colorado led by as much as 10 in the first half and still had a two-point edge at the break, 30-28. But the Bruins opened the second half with a 7-0 run and built their lead to six, 38-32, less than six minutes in.
But the Buffs answered. CU slowly chipped away at the lead and finally knotted the score at 42-42 after a KJ Simpson drive to the basket and a Luke O’Brien 3-pointer with 9:29 to play.
Following a timeout, Colorado then regained the lead on a long Tristan da Silva 3-pointer to give CU a 45-44 edge.
The two teams then traded the lead five times over the next four minutes, and the Buffs’ hopes took a big hit when da Silva limped to the locker room with a leg injury with 5:15 to play.
The Buffs, though, responded with 3-pointers from O’Brien and Nique Clifford, with Clifford’s trey giving Colorado a 52-50 edge with 4:11 to play.
But the Bruins regained the lead with 2:17 to play on a Jaime Jaquez free throw, then pushed the margin to three, 56-53, on a Tyger Campbell floater with 1:23 on the clock.
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