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BOULDER, Colo. -- Colorado coach Tad Boyle made an innocent comment after a sluggish performance at the start the season: Play like that again and Xavier would beat the Buffaloes by 20.His players received the message. They made sure it didnt go down like that.Derrick White scored 23 points and had a crucial block with 13 seconds remaining to help Colorado hold off No. 13 Xavier 68-66 on Wednesday night.Its not like I said they were going to, I said they could, Boyle said when reminded of his comment. If were not ready to play, this team will come in and take your heart.I have a lot of respect for Xavier. Thats why this is a big win for our program, for our league. We talked a lot in film sessions, in practice, in meetings about players having to make plays.White certainly did that. This was just the sort of game Boyle envisioned when White transferred in from Colorado-Colorado Springs (he sat out last season). He made big jumper after big jumper down the stretch and had the key block.Thats the Derrick White Ive been talking about, our fans have been expecting to see, Boyle said. You can have all the plays in the world, all the defensive concepts in the world, but if you dont have the players who can make plays down the stretch, youre not going to win games like this.Xavier Johnson added for 18 points for the Buffaloes (7-2), who posted consecutive wins over ranked teams for the first time since 2013. They knocked off a ranked Texas team at the Legends Classic in New York last month.Colorado was 1-5 against ranked teams last season.Trevon Bluiett scored a career-high 27 points for Xavier (7-2), which has lost two straight.Were not going to pack our tent and quit playing, but weve gotten a reality check the last couple of times, Xavier coach Chris Mack said. Were willing to go on the road and play in games like this. You get penalized too, so our team has got to grow up from these types of experiences because theyre not fun.Spurred on by the shooting of White and Johnson, the Buffaloes went on a 15-0 run midway through the second half. They kept Xavier scoreless for more than 6 minutes during the pivotal stretch.It was a frenzied ending, though, with Xavier getting several good looks. White swatted one of those away -- his only block of the game.It was all about stops, White said. Thats the most important part.BIG PICTUREXavier: The Musketeers had a nine-point lead early in the second half, but struggled from the field. They shot 37.7 percent for the game. ... Xavier outrebounded Colorado 41-36.Colorado: The Buffaloes have won three of their last four over ranked teams. ... Johnsons 3-pointer with 9:19 remaining was the 100th of his career. ... George King finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds.POLL IMPLICATIONSXavier fell out of the Top 10 this week after a loss to No. 4 Baylor and figures to take another dip.LINEUP SWITCHMack juggled around his starting lineup, going with RaShid Gaston, who finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds.I just tried to deliver, Gaston said.NO PLACE LIKE HOMEThe Buffaloes are 93-16 at Coors Events Center under Boyle. They lost last week at home to Colorado State.We wanted to get this one back from the Colorado State loss. So, yeah, this made it up, Wesley Gordon said.SALAAM TRIBUTEThe basketball team held a moment of silence for 1994 Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam, who was found dead Monday night in a park in Boulder. The park is less than 2 miles from Folsom Field, where the tailback etched his name into the schools record book from 1992-94. 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Lucky Liberty has returned from 18 months off the scene to win two of his four races this campaign with the chance to add another on Pakenham Cup day.But while getting the injury-plagued gelding back in winnng form is satisfying, trainer Henry Dwyer admits theres also a feeling of what might have been with a horse he believes has the natural talent of a Group One performer.It is satisfying to get him back winning but its a bit of a bittersweet feeling knowing hes probably not going to measure up to the level he should, Dwyer said.But we just try to get him there as sound as we can on race day and hell win races based on that, regardless of how fit he is.Lucky Liberty won his first three starts as a three-year-old before he was unplaced in the C S Hayes Stakes at Flemington.He finished second last in the 2015 Australian Guineas after which he was found to have a bone chip in a knee which required surgery.When he was close to making a return he suffered a stress fracture to a shoulder and needed another long lay-off.ddddddddddddAfter a fourth placing on his return at Sale in September, Lucky Liberty won back-to-back benchmark races at Caulfield and Sale in October before a third in a 1400m open handicap at Flemington.Saturdays $100,000 VOBIS Gold Bullion (1400m) at Pakenham is planned as the final run of his campaign.Since his Flemington run on November 5, Lucky Liberty has been kept up to the mark with time on a water walker at the Rockmount pre-training facility, north east of Melbourne.He had a fortnight up there and arrived back at Caulfield early this week in really good order and he should be able to run up to what hes been doing on Saturday, Dwyer said.Dwyer doesnt want to race Lucky Liberty over summer and is looking to a late autumn, early winter campaign in Brisbane aimed at the Stradbroke Handicap if he shows he is in form. 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