National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Colorado 91, Pepperdine 66
When: 5:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 3, 2023
Where: CU Events Center, Boulder, Colorado
Officials: # Marques Pettigrew, # DG Nelson, # Verne Harris
Attendance: 7231

Tristan da Silva scored 22 points and made all 10 of his foul shots, Cody Williams had 21 points and Colorado bounced back from a loss at Colorado State to defeat Pepperdine 91-66 on Sunday at Boulder, Colo.

KJ Simpson had 15 points, Julian Hammond III added 10 points and Eddie Lampkin pulled down 10 rebounds for Colorado (6-2), which has won all five of its home games.

Houston Mallette scored 15 points, Michael Ajayi contributed 13 and Nils Cooper had 10 for Pepperdine (4-6).

The Waves were close in the first six minutes of the game, trailing by just five before Colorado began to build a big lead.

Hammond hit a 3-pointer and a layup off a turnover to quickly put the Buffaloes ahead 22-12 and prompt a Pepperdine timeout, but it didn't stop the surge.

Another turnover led to a layup by Williams, Hammond fed Williams for an alley-oop and Hammond made another layup before Cooper's jumper broke the 11-0 Colorado run as the Buffaloes led 28-14.

Malik Moore hit two free throws to make it 30-16 midway through the first half, but Williams had another layup, J'Vonne Hadley converted a three-point play and da Silva sank a pair of foul shots to give the Buffaloes a 40-18 lead.

Moore stopped the run with a jumper, but da Silva scored four straight points and Luke O'Brien made a layup before a 3-pointer from da Silva increased the lead to 49-20 with 2:14 left in the first half.

The Waves cut into the lead with an 8-3 run to get within 52-28 at intermission.

Colorado put it away early in the second half. Williams hit a 3-pointer just six seconds out of halftime, Simpson hit another shot from deep, Williams made another layup and da Silva drained a pair of free throws. That gave the Buffaloes a 64-30 advantage, their biggest lead of the game.

The Waves outscored Colorado 13-5 to cut the deficit to 26 but never threatened to make it close the rest of the way.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Pepperdine   Colorado
Houston Mallette 15 Scoring Tristan Da Silva 22
Houston Mallette 3 Assists Julian Hammond III 4
Michael Ajayi 6 Rebounds Eddie Lampkin Jr. 10
Michael Ajayi 4 Free Throws Made Tristan Da Silva 10
Michael Ajayi 2 Steals J'Vonne Hadley 2
Nils Cooper 3 Blocks Bangot Dak 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Pepperdine 66 37.5 7-19 11-17 9 27 5 6 13
Colorado 91 57.4 7-13 22-28 22 35 3 7 13