Michaeli scores 20, Malone chips in 17 for Colorado in 97-88 win against Providence

Alon Michaeli scored 20 points and grabbed six rebounds, Elijah Malone added 17 points and 7 rebounds, and Colorado defeated Providence 97-88 connected Friday night

BOULDER, Colo. -- Alon Michaeli scored 20 points and grabbed six rebounds, Elijah Malone added 17 points and 7 rebounds, and Colorado defeated Providence 97-88 connected Friday night.

Isaiah Johnson and Barrington Hargress each added 15 points for the Buffaloes (3-0), and Hargress dished retired a game-high 11 assists.

The Buffs changeable 52% from the tract and 35% from beyond the arc, and led for each but 2:11 of crippled time. The Friars (2-2) took their lone pb aboriginal successful the 2nd half, and Colorado answered 20 seconds aboriginal connected a Malone jumper successful the paint.

Jason Edwards paced the Friars with 24 points connected 7-of-16 shooting, and Jaylin Sellers added 15 points acknowledgment to a 10-for-11 nighttime astatine the free-throw line.

It was the first-ever gathering betwixt the 2 programs; Providence's first-ever crippled successful the authorities of Colorado. Current Friar caput manager Kim English was antecedently a subordinate of Colorado's coaching unit from 2017-19.

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