Noah Feddersen spent most of two games against San Diego-area opponents without taking a shot. On Tuesday night, he made sure his impact showed up when Colorado needed it most.
Feddersen helped spark a late surge as the Buffaloes pulled away from San Diego for an 83-75 win at the CU Events Center. The fifth-year post player, who transferred to CU from North Dakota State, had not attempted a shot in Saturday’s loss at San Diego State and still hadn’t launched one by halftime against San Diego. By the end, he had turned into one of the difference-makers in the closing stretch.
He finished with 10 points and six rebounds, going 3-for-4 from the field and 3-for-4 at the free throw line. His first 3-pointer as a Buffalo came during the decisive 15-4 run that pushed Colorado in front for good.
Feddersen also handed out three assists after going without one through the first two games, and he did it without a turnover. He added two blocked shots, making him the first CU player this season to post multiple blocks in a game.
“One of the things that coach (Tad) Boyle said is that Noah is one of the guys we can really rely on defensively, offensively,” CU guard Barrington Hargress said. “Just somebody that’s always in the right spot, always helping, always playing hard.
That’s just something that we need. He’s a leader for that.”
While Feddersen delivered in the lane and from deep, first-year Australian guard Alex Dickeson kept making his presence felt on the glass. Boyle had already described him as an above-par rebounder for a guard, but Dickeson has gone beyond that early expectation. He entered the night with a team-high 11 rebounds through two games, then added 10 more against San Diego to go with six points, four assists and two steals.
“We know he’s a good rebounding guard. I identified that out pretty early, even this summer when we had our workouts.
He just always seemed to come up with the ball,” Boyle said. “He’s leading us in rebounding.
Good for him, but I want other guys to take a little, ‘How can I let that happen?’ I want our guys to be selfish on the glass.
If we all do that on the defensive glass, we’ll be a good defensive rebounding team.”
The crowd was light again Tuesday, with 4,324 fans in the building. That was down from the 4,420 who showed up for the season opener against Abilene Christian.
Outside of the 2020-21 COVID season and other unusual circumstances such as last year’s Portland State game, when fans were asked to stay home because of weather, it was only the 10th time in Boyle’s 17 seasons that Colorado drew fewer than 5,000 fans. It also marked the first time since the opening two months of Boyle’s tenure in the 2010-11 season that the Buffs have had back-to-back games under 5,000.
Colorado has been efficient from outside through three games, shooting .427 from 3-point range, with 32 makes in 75 attempts. And Ian Inman joined a rare club by hitting eight 3-pointers in a game, becoming only the second Buffs player to do it and the first to do so at the Events Center.
The arena record still belongs to Missouri’s Clarence Gilbert, who buried 12 threes against Colorado there on Feb. 23, 2002.
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