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Three Players Who Boosted Their Stock In Colorado Basketball's Win Over UTSA

Barrington Hargress and fellow guards Josiah Sanders and Andrew Crawford all turned heads in Colorado men's basketball's Saturday afternoon win over the UTSA Roadrunners. The Buffs improved to 9-1 overall and 7-0 at home this season.
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Dec 6, 2025; Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; Colorado Buffaloes guard Barrington Hargress (24) controls the ball as Colorado State Rams guard Jase Butler (4) guards in the second half at Moby Arena. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images
Dec 6, 2025; Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; Colorado Buffaloes guard Barrington Hargress (24) controls the ball as Colorado State Rams guard Jase Butler (4) guards in the second half at Moby Arena. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images | Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images

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Fueled by an impressive second half offensively, the Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team improved to 9-1 on Saturday with an 88-64 win over the UTSA Roadrunners.

Twelve different Buffs saw action at the CU Events Center, including double-digit scorers Barrington Hargress (23), Bangot Dak (10) and Sebastian Rancik (15). In the second half, Colorado shot 62.2 percent from the field and outscored the Roadrunners, 53-32.

Players Boosted Stock Colorado Basketball Win UTSA Buffaloes Roadrunners Barrington Hargress Josiah Sanders Andrew Crawford
Mar 12, 2025; Kansas City, MO, USA; Colorado Buffaloes coach Tad Boyle watches game play during the second half against the West Virginia Mountaineers at T-Mobile Center. Mandatory Credit: William Purnell-Imagn Images | William Purnell-Imagn Images

“Obviously pleased with the second half. Not so much the first half," Colorado coach Tad Boyle said, per CU. "I thought in the first half, we really played for ourselves, played a little bit selfishly, felt like we had to make a play every time we touched the ball.

"We over-dribbled, bad shots, turnovers. I thought we were really soft offensively in that first half. The second half was a Colorado team that I think we'd all come to grow and to appreciate and love and enjoy watching play."

Players Boosted Stock Colorado Basketball Win UTSA Buffaloes Roadrunners Barrington Hargress Josiah Sanders Andrew Crawford
Colorado Buffalo teammates Alon Michaeli, 3, and Bangot Dak, 8, fight for a rebound against the Washington Huskies in the Acrisure Series Championship at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, Calif., Nov. 28, 2025. | Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Defensively, the Buffs held UTSA to under 40 percent shooting on the afternoon and helped create 16 turnovers. Dak and Felix Kossaras each had two blocks and freshman Jalin Holland totaled two steals.

Below are three Buffs who boosted their stock in Saturday's win over UTSA:

Barrington Hargress

Players Boosted Stock Colorado Basketball Win UTSA Buffaloes Roadrunners Barrington Hargress Josiah Sanders Andrew Crawford
Barrington Hargress, 24, of Colorado dunks against Washington in the Acrisure Series Championship at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, Calif., Nov. 28, 2025. | Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Barrington Hargress stood out as Colorado's most productive offensive player and was particularly strong from deep, hitting 5-of-7 shots from 3-point land. The 23 points also marked a career-high for the UC Riverside transfer.

“I’m just reading the game, seeing what my guys are doing, what my reads are doing," Hargress said. "I feel I'm unselfish enough to realize when my guys are clicking more than I am, and I feel like that's better, and I feel like I can use that.

"And then there's times where it's a little bit slow and I just gotta use my offensive ability to create for myself. So it's really just the flow of the game and what the defense is presenting."

Equally as important, Hargress committed only one turnover.

Josiah Sanders

Players Boosted Stock Colorado Basketball Win UTSA Buffaloes Roadrunners Barrington Hargress Josiah Sanders Andrew Crawford
Dec 7, 2024; Boulder, Colorado, USA; General view of Colorado Buffaloes branded Nike basketballs before the game against the Colorado State Rams at CU Events Center. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images | Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images

Guard Josiah Sanders was perhaps most impressive on the glass. The true freshman's six rebounds marked a career high and ranked second to Rancik's seven.

“Big-time energy. Josiah is playing aggressively again," Boyle said. "His energy and his rebounding were instrumental off the bench for us."

Along with bringing enery off the bench, Sanders is now averaging 4.8 points and 2.6 rebounds through the first 10 games of his college career.

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Andrew Crawford

Players Boosted Stock Colorado Basketball Win UTSA Buffaloes Roadrunners Barrington Hargress Josiah Sanders Andrew Crawford
Mar 13, 2025; Kansas City, MO, USA; Colorado Buffaloes coach Tad Boyle during a timeout in the second half against the Houston Cougars at T-Mobile Center. Mandatory Credit: William Purnell-Imagn Images | William Purnell-Imagn Images

Although he played in only four minutes off the bench with Colorado up big, redshirt freshman guard Andrew Crawford showed some good in his fourth career game. Within about two minutes, he totaled a steal, dunk, 3-pointer and rebound.

Crawford's strong but short showing could result in increased minutes moving forward.

Colorado will next host Portland State on Wednesday (7 p.m. MT, ESPN+).

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Jack Carlough
JACK CARLOUGH

Jack Carlough is lead reporter for Colorado Buffaloes on SI. Jack graduated from the University of Colorado with a bachelor's degree in journalism and minors in business and sports media. Born and raised in the Boulder area, Jack began covering Colorado athletics in 2018 and was the head sports editor of the CU Independent during his college career. More recently, he spent over three years as the managing editor of the USA Today Sports Network's Colorado Buffaloes Wire, where he covered Colorado's hiring of head football coach Deion Sanders. Other publications Jack has written for include the Boulder Daily Camera, Left Hand Valley Courier and SB Nation’s Ralphie Report. In 2022, the Colorado Press Association awarded Jack second place in its annual Class 5 Best Sports Column Writing category.

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