Colorado visits Pascarelli and Colorado State

Colorado Buffaloes (8-0) at Colorado State Rams (6-2)

Fort Collins, Colorado; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Colorado State faces Colorado after Josh Pascarelli scored 28 points in Colorado State's 83-68 win against the South Florida Bulls.

The Rams have gone 3-1 in home games. Colorado State scores 84.0 points and has outscored opponents by 12.6 points per game.

The Buffaloes play their first true road game after going 8-0 to begin the season. Colorado ranks ninth in the Big 12 with 9.6 offensive rebounds per game led by Bangot Dak averaging 2.3.

Colorado State makes 52.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 7.6 percentage points higher than Colorado has allowed to its opponents (44.8%). Colorado averages 7.1 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.0 fewer made shots on average than the 9.1 per game Colorado State gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kyle Jorgensen is scoring 14.9 points per game and averaging 6.1 rebounds for the Rams. Pascarelli is averaging 3.4 made 3-pointers.

Isaiah Johnson is scoring 15.1 points per game and averaging 2.3 rebounds for the Buffaloes. Sebastian Rancik is averaging 13.0 points and 5.4 rebounds.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.