With a new-look roster that includes seven freshmen surrounding him, it’s sometimes easy to forget Sebastian Rancik still is a young player as well.

Yet just two games into his second collegiate season, Rancik has been tasked with expanding not only his production for the Colorado Buffaloes, but his leadership role as well.

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Rancik put together one of the finest outings of his still-young career and provided a few huge plays at crunch time, helping the Buffs to overcome a poor game defensively to earn a 102-97 overtime victory against Eastern Washington on Saturday at the CU Events Center.

Rancik shot only 5-for-13, but he went 11-for-12 at the free throw line — including a perfect 6-for-6 in overtime — before finishing with a career-high 24 points. Rancik also recorded

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