Colorado's Evan Battey scored a career-high 22 points Sunday and the Buffaloes recovered from a slow start to collect an 80-76 win over Stanford in their Pac-12 opener at the CU Events Center. Tad Boyle's Buffs improved to 6-1 overall while Stanford dropped to 4-3. Battey, who surpassed the 1,000-point mark for his career, was 4-for-4 from 3-point range as part of his 22-point night. CU's Jabari Walker had his third straight double-double and fourth of the season with 12 points and 13 rebounds, Tristan da Silva added 13 points, K.J. Simpson had 12 and Keeshawn Barthelemy added 10 to give the Buffs five players in double figures.