Colorado State holds off Denver 77-66

Published Nov. 18, 2010 11:39 p.m. ET

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Travis Franklin scored 22 points, Andy Ogide had 15 and Colorado State shook off a slow start to beat Denver 77-66 on Thursday night.

The Rams (2-0) trailed by nine early but rallied to take a 38-34 lead at halftime. They opened the second half on a 10-4 run to push the lead to 48-38 with 14:50 left.

Colorado State finished shooting 58.7 percent.

Brian Stafford led the Pioneers (0-4) with 26 points and Chase Hallam had 13.

Denver got within 66-57 on a layup by Stafford but the Rams' Jesse Carr hit a 3-pointer and a layup to get the lead back to 14 with 3:10 left.

Denver missed several layups in the second half and struggled from the field after a hot start and shot just 44.7 percent from the field.