44-39 at the half after closing strong. Sevilla is having a tough time getting separation - they have a lot of length. Wilson has kept us in the game, as well as us doing a much better job of protecting the ball

43-39 Colorado at the break. If we can start hitting some 3's and toughen up the defense a little we can win this game. Too many wide open looks for the Buffaloes.

Teams have been focusing on shutting down Sevilla lately and he has had trouble getting open looks.

Given that the Ags spotted the Buffs 10 points in the first four minutes, I'd say that UC Davis has done pretty well sticking with them for the other 16. It helps that they hit 3 of their last 5 trey attempts. This game is still very winnable. Nevada held Sevilla down and UC is doing much the same. I wonder if Coach Les has any plays designed to spring him open, some kind of high screens?

Sevilla is practically in constant motion trying to get open often making a full circle around the half court. Teams with quick, taller defenders are making it really tough for him to get much time for an open look. He's been forced into pretty much a catch and shoot situation without much time to get his feet set.

I've seen that which is why I asked about screens.

Cooper is having a relatively quiet night so far. Rocak and Wilson have over half of the Ags points to pick up for him.

Really good to see Niko and Marcus stepping up.

Ags are not getting back on defense in transition and it's costing them.

Crappy blocking call on Sevilla.

Guys I’m shocked at how negative this thread is. We just took the lead… in the second half… against COLORADO…

I agree! This is amazing. We are amazing

Les used more players in the Nevada game. I think that prevented us from getting worn out. Would love to see a good 3 minute run from the bench.

Up 1 at the 12 minute time out.

Poor stokes seems snake bit. Can’t get his shot to go down and picked up 4 early fouls. Seems like he needs one easy bucket to get the monkey off his back and become a scoring threat.

Ags ain’t backing down. Offensive movement is looking good. Defense has settled. Rocek is a beast

Could say the same for Sevilla who is 1 for 6 and no free throws, but SoCal is right, Ags leading!

Not negative...Ags are hanging tough but things like not getting back on transition defense more than once can be the difference in a game like this...don't want to beat ourselves...

Niko having his best game of the season. Nailing his 3s, FTs, and FGs not to count his blocks.

Yes but Colorado should be more athletic at every position. Thats almost a given.

I think it's the best game I've ever seen him play. Really good to see how his confidence has grown on shooting the 3.

These guys are tough in the paint. I’ve been worried about Niko getting into early foul trouble.

All three of Sevilla's fouls were on blocking calls when he tried to draw a charge. At least one of those was questionable. He's having a really tough game. On the plus side, it's interesting that the rebounds are pretty even despite UCB's height advantage.

67-63 them at the 8:00 break. We haven’t hit a FG in 4 minutes - their length is causing us to rush things on offense. Let’s see what Les draws up out of the break.

I’m only negative about this repeating Big Shack commercial. Thank god got mute

80-71 at the 4:00 break. Seemed like the game changed when their big guy went out with foul trouble - they got more athletic and longer and that really bogged down our offense. Bring the big guy back!

Buffs pulling away 80-71 with 3:53 to go. The Ags look gassed...tough to defend Colorado's size at high altitude as well...

Two altitude problems.

Ags fall 95-79.

Good effort - tough 3-4 minute stretch that let them pull away.

I like this team.

I sure hope we see Daugherty soon

Did not like the Colorado coach keeping his front line players in with a double digit lead in the last 2 minutes.

Ags played their usually effective matchup zone (which the broadcasters called a 2-3 ) but with the length of the Buffs, there was not much they could do. No way to stop the 7 footer, Dak once he had the ball inside and Hargress was ver good at getting the ball to him. Hargress had 9 assists.

Ags didn't beat the spread but I thought they hung in well until, as BlueGold noted, the elevation probably go to them. They earned a lot of respect from Boulder. My main concern is with Sevilla. I hope he isn't losing confidence in his shot.

I listened to Les in the radio post-game or at least most of it since the radio feed was constantly breaking up. On the positive side, Les liked the team's resilience for coming back from getting down 10-0 in the first couple of and playing tough for 30 minutes and the play of Rocak and Wilson. What he didn't like was all the breakdowns on defense. He said, "We didn't make things difficult for them and they shot 60%. We simply had too many defensive breakdowns."

From Bob Dunning's Substack column:

“There were instances early where we were not playing Aggie basketball,” said UC Davis head coach Jim Les.

“We were very cool at the start, but we did show some resolve to get back into the game.”

“We had a lot of breakdowns in the second half, especially on defense down the stretch that really hurt us,” Les added.

“We did not make them uncomfortable very often on the defensive end.”

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