Before Adams State and Colorado State Pueblo posted men’s upset wins on Thursday over the top two schools in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, Denver scored the biggest surprise for Centennial State collegiate teams with a win at league-leading North Dakota State.

The Pioneers (11-14, 4-6) posted a 78-71 win in Fargo as Carson Johnson scored 20 points in the win to give the Bison (19-6, 9-1) their first Summit League setback.  READ MORE

Jarmell Johnson’s layup with seven seconds left in regulation was the game-winner as Adams State (15-7, 9-5) scored a 95-93 win over RMAC leaders Fort Lewis (14-6, 12-1) in Alamosa.  ASU WEB ARTICLE / FORT LEWIS ARTICLE

Colorado State Pueblo (14-7, 8-5) posted its first win over a nationally-ranked school since 2015 as the ThunderWolves’ second-half surge led the school to a 71-53 win over 13th-ranked Black Hill State (17-4, 10-3) in the Steel City.  READ MORE

Dylan Sanders tied a career-high with 20 points to lead the Pack as the Denver-area resident was 8-for-11 shooting from the field and a 3-for-5 effort from downtown.

Tuesday, February 3

• at Grand Canyon 81, Air Force 57
• at Adams State 92, N. M. Highlands 79

Wednesday, February 4

• at Baylor 86, Colorado 67

Thursday February 5

• Denver 78, at North Dakota State 71
• Northern Colorado 88, at Weber State 74
• Westminster 92, at Regis 70
• at UCCS 89, South Dakota Mines 70
• at Adams State 95, Fort Lewis 93
• Colorado Mesa 74, at MSU Denver 70
• at Colorado Mines 84, Colorado 67
• at CSU Pueblo 71, Black Hills State 53
• at Colorado Christian 86, Chadron State 80

Friday, February 6

• Colorado College 72, at McMurry 69

Saturday, February 7

• Denver at North Dakota, 12 p.m.
• D. Mines at Colorado Christian, 3 p.m.
• Colorado Mesa at Regis, 3 p.m.
• Westminster at Colorado Mines, 3 p.m.
• Chadron State at CSU Pueblo, 3 p.m.
• Fort Lewis at New Mexico Highlands, 3 p.m.
• Western Colorado at MSU Denver, 3 p.m.
• Black Hills State at UCCS, 3 p.m.
• Northern Colorado at Idaho State, 4 p.m.
• San Diego State at Air Force, 6 p.m.
• San Jose State at Colorado State, 7 p.m.
• Arizona State at Colorado, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, February 8

• Colorado College at Schreiner, 1 p.m.

Men’s 2-Year Schedule

Wednesday, February 4

• at McCook 101, Lamar 90
• Trinidad State 74, at Western Nebraska 72
• at Northeastern 76, Otero 65

Thursday, February 5

• US Eastern 85, at Northwestern 62
• at Western Nebraska 87, Otero 78
• at Northeastern 89, Trinidad State 78

Saturday, February 7

• Lamar at North Platte, 2 p.m.
• Snow at Colorado Northwestern, 3 p.m.

Standings – Big Sky / Big XII / Mountain West / Summit / Rocky Mountain Athletic / Southern Collegiate Athletic / JC Region IX / Region XVIII

Centennial State Men’s Basketball Records through February 5 games

 Men’s 4-year, Overall, League

• Adams State, 15-7, 9-5
• Air Force, 3-19, 0-11
• Colorado, 13-10, 3-7
• Colorado Christian, 10-11, 5-8
• Colorado College, 9-11, 7-4
• Colorado Mesa, 14-7,10-3
• Colorado Mines, 12-12, 8-5
• Colorado State, 12-10, 3-8
• CSU Pueblo, 14-7, 8-5
• Denver, 11-14, 4-6
• Fort Lewis, 14-6, 12-1
• MSU Denver, 7-14, 5-8
• Northern Colorado, 14-10, 4-7
• Regis, 1-18, 0-13
• UC Colo. Springs, 12-9, 7-6
• Western Colorado, 6-15, 4-9

Men’s 2-year, Overall, League

• Colorado Northwestern, 4-20, 0-9
• Lamar, 10-13, 4-4
• Northeastern, 15-8, 2-2
• Otero, 3-19, 2-5
• Trinidad State, 10-13, 3-5