Colorado State rides torrid shooting touch to victory against CU Buffs

FORT COLLINS Tad Boyle called them the three dudes Colorado State had been a prolific -point unit through the first month of the college basketball season yet much of the Rams long-range damage has been compiled by the trio of Josh Pascarelli Brandon Rechsteiner and Kyle Jorgensen Those dudes were talked about at CU s practices throughout the week They were highlighted on the scouting overview And yet that trio still absolutely torched the Buffaloes Behind a torrid showing from -point range Colorado State handed the CU men s basketball crew its first defeat of the season outpacing the Buffs in the final moments in a - decision on Saturday afternoon at sold-out Moby Arena CSU finished -for- from long range with the trio of Pascarelli Rechsteiner and Jorgensen combining to go -for- Pascarelli was -for- from the arc and finished with points Nobody listened to me Nobody listened to our scouting record I can tell you that Boyle explained Nobody executed the meeting plan We knew that Pascarelli and Rechsteiner and Jorgensen who are their dudes behind the arc they ve got other guys that can make threes don t get me wrong but those three dudes are their guys that really really take the bulk and make the bulk of their threes At halftime they had made threes those three guys had eight of the In the event they make threes and those three guys had of them You let a gang make threes it s going to be hard to win no matter who you play where you play Credit goes to CSU They executed their encounter plan offensively infinitely better than the Buffs executed their battle plan defensively CU in fact outshot the Rams by a solid margin in the first half to and didn t surrender an offensive rebound until after halftime yet the Buffs trailed - at the break after the Rams knocked down -pointers in the frame with five from Pascarelli The Buffs were unable to cool the Rams hot shooting touch after the break but CU was able to start forcing enough turnovers to make a charge CSU pushed its lead to points before the Buffs caught fire getting consecutive -pointers from Alon Michaeli Barrington Hargress and Isaiah Johnson as CU scored straight points in what turned into an - run We didn t execute the challenge plan well enough CU s Sebastian Rancik revealed That s on us and our discipline Our run was based on our defense That was when we got our only kill we call it a kill when we get three stops in a row and that was our only kill of the encounter As soon as we got that we cut the lead and then took the lead The Buffs held their biggest lead at - after a jumper by Hargress and a -pointer from Johnson gave the Buffs a two-point lead with minute seconds remaining That however was CU s final field goal And as was the episode throughout the contest the Buffs couldn t get stops when needed Jorgensen recaptured the lead for CSU with a -point play and a short jumper by Pascarelli gave the Rams a three-point lead with seconds remaining The Buffs finished with a season-high shooting percentage of and recorded a season-low six turnovers but it wasn t nearly enough to offset the porous perimeter defense Obviously these guys aren t listening to their coach Boyle explained They re not listening to our coaching staff They re not listening to the scouring record Maybe they just don t believe in us But maybe they will now Colorado State Colorado COLORADO - Dak - - Rancik - - Malone - - Hargress - - Kossaras - - Johnson - - Michaeli - - Holland - - Sanders - - Totals - - COLORADO STATE - Booth - - Jorgensen - - Muniz - - Pascarelli - - Rechsteiner - - Butler - - Kiudulas - - Djapa - - McIver - - Totals - - Halftime Colorado State - -point field goals Colorado - Michaeli - Johnson - Hargress - Holland - Kossaras - Malone - Sanders - Dak - Rancik - Colorado State - Pascarelli - Jorgensen - Rechsteiner - Butler - McIver - Muniz - Booth - Kiudulas - Rebounds Colorado Rancik Colorado State Jorgensen Assists Colorado Hargress Johnson Colorado State Rechsteiner Turnovers Colorado Rancik Colorado State Muniz Total fouls Colorado Colorado State A