Ex-Sierra star Gordon adapting to less scoring

boulder » Wesley Gordon’s goes beyond his statistics.

During his high school career at Sierra in Colorado Springs, Gordon became accustomed to scoring points in bunches.

Now37 games into his college career, the 6-foot-9 forward is still adjusting to a different type of role with Colorado. So far this season he has proven he has the ability to score (a career-high 16 points against Auburn), butmore often than not, he isn’t a top option at the offensive end.

“It’s frustrating not getting the ball all the time, but it’s better for the team,” said Gordon, who averaged 19.7 points per game as a senior at Sierra. With the Buffaloes, he has averaged 6.1 points per game.

“I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s going to be games where it’s like Auburn, and there’s going to be gameswhere I have to just go get offensive rebounds to getmy points,” he said.

Whenthey go inside, the Buffs often look to 6-10 forward Josh Scott. They routinely run set plays for Scott, who is averaging 16.3 points. Gordon, meanwhile, has to get his shots wherever he can. He’s averaging 7.2 points this season.

CUcoachTad Boyle’s main concern with Gordon is making sure he’s engaged men-

impact tally game to game.

“(Sunday) against Lipscomb, I thought hewas just kind of out there,” Boyle said. “I didn’t see any enthusiasm. His facial expressions were very blank, and I was wonderingwhere his mindwas. That’s the kind of stuff IwantWesley to understand that is important and that he has control over.”

Gordon agreed with Boyle, admitting his intensity was lacking against Lipscomb.

“That’s something I need to work on,” he said.

Gordon has blocked nine shots and averaged 5.8 rebounds.

“Nobody has really got off (offensively) on me yet, so I feel pretty good (defensively),” Gordon said.

When he is intense and aggressive, as he was against Auburn, he is difficult to stop.

“He’s an important part ofwhatwe’re doing,” Boyle said.