Senior forward
CooXooEii Black scored 17 of his game-high 20 points in the second half as the Colorado College men's basketball team pulled away for a convincing 77-54 victory over California Lutheran University on Saturday night at Reid Arena.
Black connected on seven of 11 field-goal attempts, including his first three-pointer of the season during a pivotal outburst early in the second half.
After the Kingsmen cut CC's 12-point halftime lead to 32-26, Black scored eight consecutive points to stretch the Tigers' advantage back to 14.
Colorado College extended its lead to 46-26 when
DeAnte' Dennis scored with 13:06 to play, and CLU never got closer than 15 points the rest of the way.
Junior guard
JJ Woods connected on four of five shots from behind the arc and finished with a career-high 13 points.
The Kingsmen led by as many as four during the opening minutes and took a 16-15 lead after Logan McCullough drained a three pointer with 8:50 to play before the break.
The Tigers began to seize control of the game on the strength of an 11-0 run that was capped by a three-pointer from Woods.
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Colorado College Standouts
Charlie Rounaghi dished out a career-high eight assists.
Eric Jonas scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds.
Jack McRoskey also produced 11 points and six boards.Â
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Cal Lutheran Standouts
Carlton Brown led the Kingsman with 12 points.
Palmer Chaplin scored 10 points and dished out three assists.
Connor Cole grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.
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Game Notes
Colorado College improved to 1-2.
Cal Lutheran slipped to 1-4.
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Next for the Tigers
Colorado College visits Division II Metropolitan State University on Tuesday at 1 p.m.
The Tigers play host to the 2019 Rocky Mountain Thanksgiving Classic on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 29-30, at Reid Arena. The Tigers face Sul Ross State University at 7:30 p.m. Friday, then close out the tournament against Whitman College on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
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