The Maine Black Bears and the Colorado Buffaloes meet in college basketball action from the Coors Events Center on Monday night.
The Maine Black Bears will be looking to build on a 71-52 win over subdivision Maine-Farmington last time out. Stephane Ingo leads the Black Bears with 8.5 PPG and 8.5 RPG while Vukasin Masic has a team-high 2.5 RPG. LeChaun DuHart has 8 PPG and Byron Ireland has 7.5 PPG this season. As a team, Maine is averaging 59 PPG on 34.6% shooting from the field, 19% from three and 78.3% from the foul line while allowing 67 PPG on 44.1% shooting from the field and 34.2% from three.
The Colorado Buffaloes will look to build on their 2-0 start to the year after an 87-76 win over New Mexico in their last game. Keeshawn Barthelemy leads the Buffaloes in scoring and assists with 19.5 PPG and 4 APG while Evan Battey has 16 PPG and 5.5 RPG and Jabari Walker has 15.5 PPG with a team-high 9 RPG this season. Elijah Parquet has 13.5 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Colorado this season while Nique Clifford has 9.5 PPG and 8 RPG. As a team, Colorado is averaging 90.5 PPG on 50% from the field, 44.4% from three and 72.9% from the foul line while allowing 83 PPG on 45% shooting from the field and 34% from three this season.
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It’s at a point where you have to wonder if the Buffaloes are just getting too much love from oddsmakers as they have gone 0-2 ATS to start the year despite laying big numbers in both games. However, the Maine Black Bears have been a whipping boy for the bigger programs in recent years and Maine hasn’t really been up to the task, including their 35-point loss to Virginia Tech to start the year. I’m not high on Colorado long-term, but I like them here. Give me the Buffs laying the points.