Rams Start Season With 89-77 Win Over CSU Pueblo

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Team	1	2	F
CSU Pueblo	42	35	77
Colorado State	40	49	89

CSU Pueblo

Colorado State

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – In the latest opener for the program since World War II, Colorado State put it together in the second half and came away with an 89-77 win over a pesky CSU Pueblo squad on Saturday afternoon in Moby Arena. The Rams made their latest start since 1942-43 due to the worldwide pandemic that delayed the start of the season nationally and then kept the team off the floor for almost three weeks due to positive cases.

The two teams went back and forth in the opening 20 minutes, as CSU Pueblo led by two at the break, 42-40. Junior guard Kendle Moore came out and canned a triple on the opening possession of the second half and the Rams never trailed the remainder of the game. The CSU lead grew to as many as 15 in the closing minutes.

Colorado State finished at 51.7 percent (30-of-58) from the field but just 37.5 percent (6-of-16) from the arc. CSU Pueblo was 42.2 percent (27-of-64) from the floor and37.9 percent (11-of-29) on threes. CSU was a solid 23-of-29 (79.3 percent) from the free throw line, while the ThunderWolves were 12-of-17 (70.6 percent). CSU had a slight edge in rebounds, 35-34, and oustcored the visitors 19-13 off turnovers.

The Rams had four players in double figures, led by sophomore guard/forward David Roddy with 25 points and 12 rebounds. Sophomore Isaiah Stevens added 18 points, six assists and three steals, while juniors Adam Thistlewood and Moore chipped in 16 and 13, respectively. CSU Pueblo was paced by Tre Brown's 28 points.

STAT OF THE GAME
• The Rams were aggressive in the paint, outscoring the ThunderWolves 42-28 in the interior.

NOTES
• CSU has now won all seven meetings between the two schools, all of them occurring in Fort Collins.
• The Rams are now 89-28 in season openers (66-17 in the modern era), including 64-15 at home.
• On home openers, CSU is now 92-25 (70-12 since 1937-38 in the NCAA modern era).
• CSU has won 13 straight season openers and 39 consecutive home openers.
• Roddy's double-double was the third of his career.
• This was Stevens' 15^th career game with five or more assists (CSU is 12-3) and the 23^rd time in just 33 games that he has led the team in assists.
• Moore extended his career-long mark for consecutive games with a three to 18.
• Head coach Niko Medved is now 6-2 in season openers.

NEXT UP
• The Rams will return to the court quickly, hosting Northern Arizona on Monday, Dec. 14 at 6 p.m.
• The game will be streamed on the Mountain West Network and CSURams.com.
• The audio will be on the Colorado State Sports Radio Network (along with online at CSURams.com), with Brian Roth and Adam Nigon on the call.
• CSU Sports Network broadcasts can be also accessed on mobile devices through the TuneIn app (free on all Apple, Android, Windows, Blackberry and Amazon Kindle devices) – once downloaded, search "Colorado St. Rams Sports Network" in the app for the games and coaches' show broadcasts.

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