The Colorado Buffaloes outscored the Washington State Cougars by 18 points in the second half, turning a 7-point deficit into an 11-point victory as the Cougs dropped their fifth straight game, 70-59.
The Cougars slipped to 9-6 overall and 2-6 in the Pac-12, while Colorado improved to 12-4 and 6-3, remaining in third place behind league leaders UCLA and USC.
Unlike the past few games, the Cougs didn’t stumble out of the gate; Kyle Smith emphasized after the Utah game that WSU needed to get back to its defense-first identity, and they did just that early in this one, racing out to an improbable 23-5 lead in just over 8 minutes of game time.