Colorado defeats No.9 Missouri

by Sara Morrey January 8, 2011

Sophomore guard Alec Burks goes up against two Missouri defenders during the first half of the Buffaloes' 89-76 victory over the 9th-ranked Tigers on Saturday. Burks finished with a game-high 36 points. (CU Independent/Patrick Ghidossi)

The Buffs are off to an impressive start to their final Big 12 conference campaign.

Behind sophomore guard Alec Burks’s 36 points, the Buffs (12-4, 1-0 Big 12) took down the No.9 Missouri Tigers (14-2, 0-1 Big 12) 89-76 on a sunny Saturday afternoon at the Coors Events Center.

Three other players recorded double-digit points. Senior guard Cory Higgins recorded his first double-double of the season with 18 points and 11 rebounds.

The win ends a Big 12 opening game losing streak that stretched back to 1998 for the Buffs. The victory is CU’s first win over a top-10 ranked team since the Buffs took down No. 3 Texas on Feb 4, 2003.

Contact CU Independent Sports Editor Esteban L. Hernandez at Esteban.hernandez@colorado.edu.

Sara Morrey

This is Sara’s sixth semester with the CU Independent. She has previously worked as a news reporter, deadline news editor and managing editor, and spent the summer of 2010 as an intern at the Denver Business Journal. She has a general aversion to fish, contact lenses and camping, and is almost positive she has kept Orbit gum and Rush in business for the past year. The CUI has greatly impacted her college experience and she is looking forward to what this semester has to bring.