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The Colorado Buffaloes came into Beasley Coliseum yesterday as the hottest team in the Pac-12, winners of four straight by an average margin of 16.5 points — including a 17-point victory at Washington on Wednesday.

The Cougs snatched that mantle by sending them back to Boulder with a 78-69 loss in which the Buffs never held a lead after the first two minutes of the game.

WSU improves to 15-6 overall and 6-4 in the Pac-12 — just one half game behind league leaders Arizona and Oregon with the conference season at the midway point.

In A Minute

• CougCenter recap

• Stats

• Line o’ the night: Jaylen Wells with 17 points and 10 rebounds in 37 minutes.

• One stat to tell the tale: Just 6 turnovers for the Cougars.

Tourney Check

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Those gray boxes are the “last four in.”

Highlights

Three Thoughts

1. Wells over Williams

You might remember that Colorado was missing Tristan da Silva and Cody Williams in the first matchup between these teams. Both of those guys have returned, and it’s the performance of Williams that has largely spurred the Buffs’ surge over the last couple of weeks, as his versatile skill set has been a great complement to slasher extraordinaire, KJ Simpson. Jaylen Wells drew the assignment on Williams, a 5-star true freshman who sits atop many NBA mock draft boards as the projected No. 1 pick.

Wells — an uptransfer from Division II — owned him.

Wells outscored Williams 17 to 6 while playing 37 minutes to Williams’ 27. He also grabbed 10 rebounds (including 4 offensive) to Williams’ 6 (2 offensive). When Wells was on the floor, the Cougs were plus-10; when Williams was on the floor, Colorado was minus-11.

Wells also rocked this fit:

2. Five against Eight