Reserves Sebastian Rancik scored 13 points and Trevor Baskin scored 12 points and Colorado took control after halftime and beat Eastern Washington 76-56 on Monday night in a season opener for both teams.

Sebastian Rancik scored 13 points, Javon Ruffin and Trevor Baskin had 12 points each, and the Colorado Buffaloes overcame a slow start to beat the Eastern Washington Eagles 76-56 in Boulder, Colo., on Monday night.

Point Goals_North Dakota 5-16 (Eaglestaff 2-3, King 1-2, Mayar 1-2, Kuljuhovic 1-3, Panoam 0-1, Thomas 0-1, Mara 0-2, Woodson 0-2), Colorado St. 4-17 (Clifford 2-3, Crocker-Johnson 1-2, Lake 1-3, Evans 0-1,

Colorado State finished 25-11 overall last season while going 15-2 at home. The Rams averaged 75.2 points per game last season, 32.5 in the paint, 12.7 off of turnovers and 11.8 o