KJ Simpson and Colorado struggled with their shot all night but managed to find their touch in the final minutes Wednesday night to beat Boise State 60-53 in a First Four matchup.
grab offensive rebounds. The Broncos, 0-9 in NCAA tournament games, were far from impressive but had built a four-point lead with 5:35 to play. An elusive March win was finally in sight."KJ was really positive, which I thought was great because you need that positivity in the NCAA tournament when you go down four late," Boyle said."And we got five straight stops in a row."Stunning defense and newfound shot-making tilted the game one final time in Colorado's favor.
"It's just all about having short-term memory," Simpson said."You build that with experience. Sometimes the ball's not going to go in the basket, but there's so much more to basketball than just offense." Lampkin, Colorado's energy source in the post, had 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting, none bigger than a putback of an airball to beat the shot clock and put Colorado up 54-49 with 32.8 seconds left.
Boise State dropped to 0-10 in the NCAA tournament, the worst mark among teams in this year's event and the second-worst behind Iona, which is 0-16 . The Broncos lost in the First Four for the third time.
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