DU loses again; Scott vows not to #PANIC

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The Denver Pioneers came up empty on their trip to Oregon for the BTI Invitational, falling to 0-3 on the season as they blew a 26-16 first-half lead and lost 65-54 to North Dakota State.

The Bison, 2 1/2-point underdogs to DU, went from 10 points behind to 6 points ahead on the strength of a 20-4 run at the end of the first half and beginning of the second half, and Denver failed to get closer than 4 points the rest of the way. Once again, missed open shots and squandered scoring opportunities were the story of the day, especially in the second half. DU’s defense kept North Dakota State from running away with the game, but the offense simply could not capitalize.

After the game, Coach Joe Scott said, “We are disappointed in the results this weekend, but we’re not going to panic. We need to get back to Denver and refocus to get back to where we need to be.”

“It’s a 33-game season. It didn’t start the way we sort of expected,” Scott added. “[W]e learned this weekend, boy oh boy, we’ve got our work cut out for us. We’ve got to get better. But I feel good, I’m confident we’ve got the right pieces in the locker room, we’ve just got to mold them together.”

Scott and his staff will have three days of “molding” before the next big test. Denver hosts Colorado State at Magness Arena on Thursday, putting its 15-game home winning streak, tied for sixth-best in the nation, to the test against a team that’s expected to finish fifth in the MWC.

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