Barrington Hargress is ready to play simply his second sport with the Colorado Buffaloes. But he already is crossing paths with a really acquainted face.
Coming off a season-opening win towards Montana State, the CU males’s basketball group will host Japanese Washington in sport No. 2 on Saturday afternoon on the CU Occasions Middle. Anticipated to start out towards CU is Eagles guard Isaiah Moses, who was Hargress’ backcourt mate for 2 seasons at UC Riverside.
The switch portal broke up what had been a dynamic duo at Riverside. Whereas Hargress landed at CU to take over the purpose guard spot, Moses joined Japanese Washington and has been the Eagles’ main scorer by means of video games.
“It’s superb. I lived with him my redshirt freshman yr (2023-24) once we lastly received to see the ground,” Hargress stated. “It was actually cool to see him out right here, see him doing properly. I’ve all the time wished properly for him, and we’ve all the time performed good collectively. That’s my man. I do know him rather well. I’m excited for him, and I’m excited for the blokes to see him.”
Hargress’ working mate the previous two years, Moses averaged 12.0 factors final yr whereas Hargress led the Massive West Convention at 20.2 factors per sport. Moses has shot simply .367 (11-for-30) by means of the primary two video games, however he visits CU with an Eagles group whose 0-2 file is considerably misleading.
Japanese Washington hasn’t performed at dwelling but and can achieve this solely as soon as by means of the season’s first eight video games. The Eagles opened the season at No. 12 UCLA and battled the Bruins toe-to-toe, outscoring UCLA within the second half earlier than the upset bid fell quick in a six-point loss. Japanese Washington shot .537 at UCLA, however the Eagles additionally suffered an eight-point loss at Loyola Marymount on Wednesday.
“We’ve the mantra, ‘You respect all people. You worry no person.’ We’ve received to respect Japanese Washington,” CU head coach Tad Boyle stated. “They’ve received an excellent coach (Dan Monson) who’s received a number of video games in his profession. They’ve received hungry gamers who’re going to return in right here and let all of it hang around. They’ve received nothing to lose and every little thing to achieve. So we’d higher be on-point. I need to see progress on either side of the ball.”
Boyle stated the Buffs predict reinforcements from their opening evening rotation, as freshman ahead Alon Michaeli is ready to make his CU debut. Signed over the summer time out of Israel, Michaeli was unavailable towards Montana State as a result of an ankle harm. At 6-foot-9, 229 kilos, Michaeli is anticipated so as to add a mixture of dimension and ability to the Buffs’ frontcourt.
“Alon will play. He’s practiced this week,” Boyle stated. “He’s not favoring that ankle, so Alon will play. Which I feel will assist us on the entrance line. Seby (Rancik) performed 32 minutes (towards Montana State), which might be too many simply because his ankle isn’t 100% but both.
“Massive physique, toughness, rebounding, inside presence. He’s an excellent connector offensively by way of transferring the ball and having an IQ of what we need to get completed offensively. I feel he will help us with our put up protection, which we struggled with.”
Japanese Washington Eagles at CU Buffs males’s basketball
TIPOFF: Saturday, 2 p.m., CU Occasions Middle.
TV/RADIO: ESPN+/KHOW 630 AM.
RECORDS: Japanese Washington 0-2; Colorado 1-0.
COACHES: Japanese Washington — Dan Monson, 2nd season (10-24, 455-420 total). Colorado — Tad Boyle, sixteenth season (313-204, 369-270 total).
KEY PLAYERS: Japanese Washington — G Isaiah Moses, 6-0, R-Sr. (15.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 3.0 apg, .367 FG%); F Kiree Huie, 6-9, Gr. (11.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, .600 FG%); G Johnny Radford, 6-1, Gr. (10.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3.5 apg); F Alton Hamilton IV, 6-9, Jr. (10.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg, .615 FG%); G Straton Rogers, 6-5, Gr. (8.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg, .800 FG%). Colorado (stats from opening win vs. Montana State) — G Isaiah Johnson, 6-1, Fr. (24 pts, 6-for-9 FGs, 10-for-12 FTs); C Elijah Malone, 6-10, Gr. (10 pts, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals); F Bangot Dak, 7-0, Jr. (12 pts, 9 rebounds, 5-for-8 FGs); F Sebastian Rancik, 6-11, So. (13 pts, two assists, 3-for-9 FGs, 6-for-7 FTs); G Barrington Hargress, 6-1, R-Jr. (11 factors, three assists, 5-for-11 FGs).
NOTES: Isaiah Johnson’s 24 factors within the opener towards Montana State marked probably the most by a CU participant off the bench since Jabari Walker scored 24 factors within the Buffs’ rout of Georgetown within the first spherical of the 2021 NCAA Match. … The Buffs had 5 gamers rating in double-figures towards Montana State, one thing CU didn’t obtain all of final season. The final time 5 Buffs scored at the least 10 factors was throughout a win towards Florida within the 2024 NCAA Match. … Japanese Washington’s Monson has led three completely different groups (Gonzaga, Minnesota and Lengthy Seaside State) to NCAA Match appearances. … Buffs assistant coach Invoice Grier labored as an assistant below Monson at Gonzaga. Boyle is also an in depth, longtime buddy of Monson. … Colorado is 4-0 all-time towards Japanese Washington. All of these video games had been performed in Boulder. … CU’s season-opening five-game homestand continues subsequent Friday, Nov. 14, towards Windfall and Friars head coach Kim English, a former CU assistant. … Jerry Schemmel as soon as once more will deal with the radio broadcast. Common radio analyst and former CU participant Scott Wilke once more will deal with analyst duties on the ESPN+ telecast alongside Thad Anderson, as common CU play-by-play man Mark Johnson might be dealing with the CU soccer sport.
