Drew Eubanks helped the Beavers leap out to an early lead with an alley-oop from GPII, but Colorado looked like the better team early. The Buffalo defense was tough to break and it led to long offensive possessions that resulted in contested shots getting fired against the clock.
Tres Tinkle entered the game and immediately scored a nice basket after some nifty moves to get in good position. From there the Beaver offense continued to be stale though, a basket here, a basket there, but the reason the Beavers stayed in the game was the inability of Colorado to make their open shots.