Cold-shooting Buffs Fall To San Diego

BOULDER — As the old saying goes, the Colorado Buffaloes could not buy a basket Tuesday night.

As a result, the ice-cold Buffs dropped a 69-59 loss to visiting San Diego, their third loss in their last four games.

Now 7-3, CU hit just 14 of its 54 field goal tries (26 percent), threatening for much of the night to break the CU record for fewest field goals in a game (12). The Buffs at one point missed 12 straight field goal attempts in the second half, but still managed to cut a 16-point deficit to five at one point before the Toreros pulled away down the stretch.

CU's George King had a 14-point, 11-rebound double-double, but shot just 4-for-16 from the field. McKinley Wright IV had 12 points…