West Virginia Mountaineers (11-3, 3-1 Big 12) at Colorado Buffaloes (9-5, 0-4 Big 12)
Boulder, Colorado; Sunday, 3 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Buffaloes -1.5; over/under is 135
BOTTOM LINE: Colorado hosts No. 21 West Virginia after Julian Hammond III scored 26 points in Colorado's 75-74 loss to the UCF Knights.
The Buffaloes have gone 8-1 in home games. Colorado is ninth in the Big 12 in rebounding averaging 33.9 rebounds. Trevor Baskin leads the Buffaloes with 6.2 boards.
The Mountaineers are 3-1 in Big 12 play. West Virginia is 11-1 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 10.6 turnovers per game.
Colorado makes 46.5% of its shots from the field this season, which is 8.3 percentage points higher than West Virginia has allowed to its opponents (38.2%). West Virginia has shot at a 43.5% rate from the field this season, 1.5 percentage points higher than the 42.0% shooting opponents of Colorado have averaged.
The matchup Sunday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Hammond is shooting 46.4% and averaging 13.6 points for the Buffaloes.
Javon Small is shooting 43.6% and averaging 19.4 points for the Mountaineers.
LAST 10 GAMES: Buffaloes: 5-5, averaging 71.1 points, 31.2 rebounds, 16.9 assists, 7.5 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 45.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.4 points per game.
Mountaineers: 8-2, averaging 72.9 points, 32.6 rebounds, 15.1 assists, 6.9 steals and 5.0 blocks per game while shooting 42.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.1 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
