FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Colton Iverson added his fourth consecutive double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds and Colorado State held off Evansville 79-72 on Saturday afternoon.
Greg Smith had 19 points and eight rebounds for Colorado State (6-0). Wes Eikmeier and Dorian Green also had 16 points for the Rams, which is off to their best start since 2005-06. Colorado State extended its home winning streak to 17.
D.J. Balentine led Evansville (4-3) with a career-high 26 points. Colt Ryan added a season-high 20 and the Purple Aces had their four-game winning streak snapped.
Evansville made four 3-pointers in the last five minutes when the Purple Aces nearly erased an 18-point second half deficit.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Evansville (4-3) | 32 | 40 | 72 |
| Colorado State (6-0) « | 44 | 35 | 79 |
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| Evansville Aces | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Sawvell, F | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| E. Mockevicius, C | 28 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| C. Ryan, G | 32 | 9-19 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| N. Cox, G | 30 | 3-9 | 2-2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| T. Taylor, G | 27 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Balentine | 32 | 10-15 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
| L. Jones | 16 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| J. Jahr | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Moore | 11 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Totals | 28-55 | 6-12 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 72 | |
| 50.9% | 50% | ||||||
| Colorado State Rams | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Smith, F | 34 | 8-13 | 2-3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| C. Iverson, C | 36 | 6-11 | 4-5 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| D. Green, G | 38 | 5-8 | 3-4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| W. Eikmeier, G | 37 | 5-12 | 3-4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| D. Bejarano, G | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Octeus | 34 | 2-6 | 5-6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| G. Santo | 9 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| J. De Ciman | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-54 | 20-26 | 41 | 12 | 13 | 79 | |
| 48.1% | 76.9% | ||||||
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