Box Score BOULDER, Colo. -- The Omaha men's basketball team pulled within three in the final 30 seconds of the game but came up just short at Colorado Sunday afternoon, falling 87-82 at Coors Events Center. With the loss, the Mavericks drop to 2-2 on the season, while the Buffaloes improve to 3-1.

Senior guard Devin Patterson was one of five Mavericks to score in double figures and led the game with 19 points, adding three steals, two rebounds and an assist. Junior guard Tra-Deon Hollins also had outstanding performance, posting season highs of 14 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and five steals while shooting 6-of-11 from the field.

Senior forward Jake White added 16 points with four boards, and sophomore forward Tre'Shawn Thurman registered 13 points and five rebounds with a steal. Senior guard Tim Smallwood rounded it out with 10 points off the bench, shooting 3-of-6 from the floor with a pair of threes.

As a team, Omaha shot 47 percent (34-of-72) from the floor to Colorado's 39 percent (24-of-62). The Buffaloes held the edge on the glass, outrebounding UNO 52-35, and had the advantage with a 7-0 blocking effort. The Mavericks finished with the upper hand in steals, 11-5.

Colorado was led by a double-double from Josh Scott, who had 14 points and 12 rebounds with three blocked shots. George King added a team-leading 16 points and nine boards, and Dominique Collier collected 13 points, four rebounds and three steals. Wesley Gordon added 12 points, seven caroms and three blocks.

Colorado led early in the first half, but Omaha tied it at 17-17 on a layup by sophomore forward Daniel Meyer and went ahead by two when Hollins swiped the ball from CU and tossed in a layup. Though the Buffs again stalled the game at 19-all with free throws from Xavier Talton, a Patterson jumper put UNO ahead again, and the Mavericks held on to the lead for the remainder of the half. Omaha surged ahead by as much as eight in the first 20 minutes, with layups from Hollins and freshman guard JT Gibson, making it 33-25 with 2:41 to go. The Mavs again took an eight-point advantage on back-to-back baskets from White at 37-29. After a Talton three for CU, Patterson hit one more free throw before the break, and Omaha led 38-32 at the half.

The Mavericks used a 7-0 run to take a double-digit lead to open the second half. White tallied five points and Hollins added two more in the first minute and 17 seconds, pushing Omaha ahead to 45-32, its widest margin of the game. The lead held until the Buffs tied it at 53-53 with 11:46 to go, helped by 10 points from Scott and another six from King, who ended up 5-of-7 from the field and 4-of-4 from the line in the second half.

CU built a 10-point lead by 67-57, spurred by two Tre'Shaun Fletcher triples and a King jumper. The Buffs held UNO to at least a six-point margin until the final minute of the game, when a pair of Smallwood free throws made it 79-74. Colorado then surged ahead by nine again with free throws from Talton and Collier, but the Mavericks made it an 83-80 game when Patterson nailed a 3-pointer with 34 seconds left, then another trey off a steal and a pass from Hollins at 29 seconds. Two pairs of free throws from Gordon and Collier, however, staved off Omaha, and CU took the 87-82 win.

Omaha returns to action on Wednesday, Nov. 25, traveling to Northern Colorado. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. (CT) in Greeley, Colo., and Gary Sharp will have the call of the game on 1180 Zone 2.