BOULDER, Colo. -- Xavier Johnson and Josh Fortune scored 14 points apiece and Colorado beat Louisiana-Monroe 89-70 Thursday night in a regional game of the Legends Classic.Derrick White and George King added 12 points each for Colorado (3-0), which is off to its best start since opening the 2012-13 season with six consecutive wins.It was Colorados 11th consecutive win at the Coors Events Center.Were not where we want to be, White said. We have to improve individually and collectively. Right now, we are 3-0, which was what our goal was to start. We just have to continue to improve.Jordon Harris had 15 points -- all on 3 pointers -- to lead Louisiana-Monroe (1-2). Travis Munnings and Marvin Jean-Pierre each added 12 points for the Warhawks, who have never beaten Colorado in three meetings.Up by 25 points at the half, Colorado maintained its double-digit lead the rest of the way, going in front by 27 points on Johnsons layup with 8:10 left. Louisiana-Monroe closed the gap somewhat in the late going after Colorado began substituting freely.King hit two 3-pointers in the opening minutes and helped Colorado break out to a 48-23 halftime lead. The Buffaloes led for all but 46 seconds of the period, when the game was briefly tied.BIG PICTURELouisiana-Monroe: Last time out, in an 80-59 loss to Texas, the Warhawks struggled offensively, particularly in the second half and finished by making just 30 percent of their shots from the field. It was more of the same against Colorado, only the Warhawks shooting woes surfaced from the outset. They converted 25 percent of their shots in the first half before starting to find the range in the second half, winding up converting 41.3 percent of their shots.Colorado: Balanced scoring and depth has been a strength of Colorado in its 3-0 start. Ten of 12 players scored in the win over the Warhawks, including all five starters. And the Buffaloes did not let up despite their big lead. They kept the offensive pressure on Louisiana-Monroe throughout the game.IN TOUGHLouisiana-Monroe met its match and then some in consecutive losses to Texas and Colorado, and coach Keith Richard anticipated the Warhawks would be in tough against the teams, both members of Power 5 conferences. We lost five seniors, five very good players from last years team, he said. Im not surprised by the final score in both games. These are two good teams. Colorado is really good and theyre extra special here in Boulder.MEMORABLE STARTColorado freshman Bryce Peters, who was suspended for the first two games because of a team rule violation, made his first career basket a memorable one. Midway through the first half, he came up with a steal and then raced down the court for a breakaway dunk. He finished with nine points, including a 3-pointer off a feed from White, who rebounded a missed free throw just before the first-half buzzer.INJURY REPORTColorado junior guard Dominique Collier, who was limited to a few minutes of play Monday night against Seattle, could miss four to six weeks with a broken bone in his foot.UP NEXTLouisiana-Monroe: Travels to Cheney, Washington for a game Monday against Seattle.Colorado: Continues play in the 2016 Legends Classic on Monday when it will play Notre Dame at the Barclays Center in New York. Taven Bryan Womens Jersey .J. -- Josh Cribbs was in the Pro Bowl in February and out of a job six months later. Jawaan Taylor Youth Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. http://www.officialjacksonvillejaguarspro.com/Ryquell-armstead-jaguars-jersey/ . SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. Josh Oliver Jaguars Jersey .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. Jacksonville Jaguars Jerseys . In what the team had called a retirement, Ryan said Thursday that he is resigning as chief executive of the Rangers in a move effective at the end of this month. PARIS -- UEFA has followed FIFA by pledging to publish details of what the president and other top officials are paid for the first time.The UEFA executive committee decided Saturday to create a three-member compensation panel to oversee matters linked to remuneration of senior management, including the president and general secretary.The move toward financial openness follows world football body FIFA, which revealed in March that former president Sepp Blatter was paid a basic salary of $3 million in 2015. In previous years, Blatter more than doubled his salary with bonuses from World Cup profits.UEFA said in a statement that detailed information will be disclosed in the annual accounts published in March.Both top UEFA posts are formally vacant after outgoing president Michel Platini was banned by FIFA and former general secretary Gianni Infantino was elected FIFA president in February. Infantino is currently working without a contract after rejecting a $2 million salary offer from FIFAs compensation panel.UEFA never revealed Platinis salary, or stipends and expenses thaat the 17 members of its executive panel receive.dddddddddddd. FIFA executive committee members are paid a $300,000 annual stipend, plus expenses.UEFA includes salary costs in a broader governing expenses amount of 72.6 million euros ($80.2 million) in the 2014-15 financial accounts.The 55 national member federations of UEFA will elect a new president to replace Platini on Sept. 14 in Athens.The front-runner ahead of a July 20 deadline to enter the contest appears to be Aleksander Ceferin, a lawyer who has been president of the Slovenia football federation since 2011.UEFAs interim general secretary is Theodore Theodoridis, the long-time deputy to Infantino, who joined the Switzerland-based governing body from the Greece football federation.UEFA said its pay oversight panel will include its finance committee chairman, currently Marios Lefkaritis of Cyprus, a member of its governance and compliance committee, and an independent financial expert. ' ' '
