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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. Custom Milwaukee Brewers Jerseys . "It was nerve-wracking, but we pulled through," said Collaros, who threw four touchdown passes to lead the Toronto Argonauts (8-4) to a 33-27 win over the Calgary Stampeders (9-3) in front of 28,781 fans at McMahon Stadium. Milwaukee Brewers Store . 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Indias Shiv Chowrasia, who has finished runner-up in this tournament twice, was in second place after a 66. NEW YORK -- How does the mom of Usain Bolt help the worlds fastest man keep his cool?We say things that will make him laugh, said Jennifer Bolt as her sprinter star offspring faces down what just may be his last Olympics.At nearly 30, Bolt has six Olympic gold medals from the Beijing and London Olympics. Though he withdrew July 1 from Jamaicas national meet with a slight tear in his left hamstring, the world record holder in the 100- and 200-meter dash proved his fitness July 22 in the 200 at the London Anniversary Games and deemed himself good to go for Rio.A few days before the London event, his mom visited New York and said in an interview that she wasnt worried, having long ago learned that calming her own nerves was the best way to soothe Usain.I know hes going to get well and everything will be OK for the games, said the soft-spoken Jennifer, who has been cheering him on since his speed first surfaced around 12 or 13.I tell him just stay focused, remember God, remember to pray and read your Bible, she said.Usain has come back from injuries before, including left hamstring problems. When it happened in 2004 at what was supposed to be his first Olympics, in Athens, he didnt make it past the first round. He was just 17.It was a bit scary because we didnt really understand and know what it was, Jennifer said. He had wanted so much to be at the Olympics and he just couldnt make it.Jennifer and Usains dad, Wellesley, live in the same village along Jamaicas northern coast where they ran a general store during his youth. Theyve been helping him, Jennifer said, not get nervous since 2002, when at age 15 he debuted at the World Junior Championships in Kingston.He won the 200-meter -- and that was the beginning for the 6-foot-5 sprinter, who had never been away from his parents or his modest village of Sherwood Content in Trelawny Parish before he left for Kingston to train professionally.At 12, when he earned a scholarship to attend a high school known for turning out strong athletes, it all clicked for Jennifer. Bolt loved cricket and football growing up but he has said he settled on track because he was good at it.As a child, she said, he could not keep still. Even in the bed, you could see him tossing. When he started high sschool, thats when we see that hes really competitive.ddddddddddddOver the years, Jennifer said, she has realized her best approach is to remain strong when her son falters.I learn to cope with it. I cannot feel down when I have to support him. I just pray and hope that everything will be good, she said. I know that he still depends on his mother.Its just as he did as a teen.I can remember in 2002 for the world championships. At the time he was 15 and before the games he didnt want to go. And he cries, and I had to try to comfort him, encourage him to go out and do his best because he didnt feel that he could have done it, she said. I was really, really, really nervous and, you know, my legs shake. My heart beat.Then she listened to the crowd.The crowd was behind him. From then I dont feel that nervous, she said.The scene plays out a bit in The Boy Who Learned to Fly , a new short animated film produced by Gatorade and based on Usains life. The advice her animated self gives to her jittery teen before the 2002 junior worlds: You can always go fast when you keep it light.Norman Peart, who handles finances for Usain, has been a mentor since he was 15. Peart accompanied him to Kingston when Usain first left home to train. Usain lived with him, and later his wife and kids, for three years.Theres a saying in Jamaica that fits Usain perfectly, said Peart, 13 years his senior.We say, you have to have crocodile skin to handle the pressure, and he does, he said.So how do the two think the ebullient Usains retirement, maybe in the next year or so, will play out? Jennifer thinks hed make a great TV analyst.Hed put a little vibes to the sports, she laughed of her sons reputation for his trademark lightning bolt, his love of flashing huge smiles and his party spirit.Peart thinks the same of Usains future.I can see him as an analyst. And hell do stuff with Puma for years to come for sure, said Peart of one of Usains biggest endorsement deals.But before that: The first thing hell do is take a little break. Hed love some time for himself.---The Boy Who Learned to Fly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b03jWW70kc ' ' '