Colorado Faces Northern Colorado in Remaining Nonconference Showdown

GAME #12 • Tuesday, December 16 • 7 p.m. MT
CU Occasions Heart, Boulder, Colo.
Colorado (8-3, 0-0 Huge 12) vs. Northern Colorado (8-2, 0-0 Huge Sky)
TIP: 7:02 p.m. MT
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SERIES RECORD: CU Leads, 15-6 (.714)
LAST MEETING: W, 81-66 (November 7, 2024 • Boulder, Colo.)
STREAK: Gained 12 • LAST 10 MEETINGS: 10-0
 
 
BOULDER – The Colorado ladies’s basketball staff (8-3, 0-0 Huge 12) hosts Northern Colorado (8-2, 0-0 Huge Sky) for its final nonconference sport on Dec. 16 at CU Occasions Heart at 7 p.m. MT. 

The Buffs will face the Bears for the twenty second time in program historical past, having confronted them final season and defeated them, 81-66 (Nov. 7, 2024). CU has gained the final 12-straight towards UNCo, boasting an 11-3 document when enjoying the Bears within the CU Occasions Heart.
 
On Sunday (Dec. 14), the Buffs defeated the Miami (OH) RedHawks, 75-55, main by means of all 4 quarters. The Buffs had 4 gamers in double-figure factors, held the RedHawks to 19.2% from the three-point line, had over double their rebounds (43-21) and totaled 42 factors within the paint.
 
 
TIP-OFF (TL;DR)

• CU is led by Tenth-year head coach JR Payne, who has led the Buffs to a 172-119 (.591) document as CU’s eighth head ladies’s basketball coach. Coach Payne has been prolonged by means of the 2028 season and has led the Buffs to 3 NCAA appearances, two WNIT appearances and one WBIT look.
• In its second 12 months again within the Huge 12, Colorado was picked to complete ninth within the Huge 12 Preseason Ballot.
• With the re-addition of So. F Tabitha Betson to the 2025-26 roster, the Buffs return 4 from final 12 months’s staff, additionally together with Sr. F Jade Masogayo, So. G Kennedy Sanders and fifth C JoJo Nworie. Betson returns from a semester at house together with her household after a while to recharge.
• Colorado welcomes 10 newcomers for the 2025-26 season, 5 transfers and 5 freshmen. The 5 transfers embody Jr. G Zyanna Walker (Kansas State), Jr. G Desiree Wooten (North Texas), Jr. G Claire O’Connor (Gonzaga), Jr. G Maeve McErlane (DePaul) and Sr. F Anaëlle Dutat (Rhode Island). The 5 freshmen embody G Erianna Gooden (Fork Smith, Ark./Northside H.S.), C Jade Criminal (Albury, Australia/Basketball Australia Heart of Excellence/Lake Ginninderra Faculty), G Isa Hämäläinen (Lorentzweiler, Luxembourg/European College of Luxembourg 1), F Logyn Greer (Lansdowne, Pa./Pals’ Central College) and F Sophie Zadel (San Antonio, Texas/Alamo Heights H.S).
• Sr. F Jade Masogayo is twenty fifth in convention for blocks per sport (0.9). In opposition to Miami (OH), she reached a season-high 19 factors, in addition to six rebounds and an help (Dec. 14).
• Fr. F Logyn Greer is twenty second in convention for blocks per sport with 0.9. Versus Miami (OH), she had her first profession double-double with 12 factors and 12 rebounds. She additionally had three steals, three assists and a block.
• Jr. G Zyanna Walker is fifth in convention for steals per sport (2.3). She can be nineteenth within the Huge 12 for assist-to-turnover ratio (1.5) and twenty first for assists per sport (3.2). In opposition to the RedHawks, she had 9 factors, 4 assists, two steals and two rebounds.
• Sr. F Anaëlle Dutat is third in convention for rebounds per sport with 8.5 and seventeenth for steals per sport with 1.9. AD had a quiet 13 factors and eight rebounds towards Miami Ohio, and he or she picked up two assists.
• So. G Kennedy Sanders is 18th within the Huge 12 for steals per sport with 1.9. Sanders had three factors and three assists.
• Jr. G Desiree Wooten additionally had double-digit factors with 10, and he or she had three steals and two assists.
• As a staff, the Buffs are second within the Huge 12 for steals per sport (11.73), third at no cost throw share (74.7%), fourth for rebounding margin (9.0), seventh for offensive rebounds per sport (13.5) and seventh for scoring protection (57.0).

 
 
ROAM WITH THE BUFFS: The Buffs’ sport towards Northern Colorado can be streamed on ESPN+. The Buffs are on the radio by way of the CUBuffs.com web site and Varsity app for each sport. The pregame present, Buffs Heat-up, begins a half-hour earlier than tip and features a pregame interview with Coach Payne. At halftime, keep tuned for a get-to-know interview with gamers and coaches. Colorado broadcasts on the iHeart Radio station, ‘Denver’s Speak Station’ AM 630 KHOW. Out there on the Varsity app. Followers may also comply with Colorado video games by means of dwell stats with hyperlinks accessible at CUBuffs.com.
 
BEARS: The Buffs will meet the Bears for the twenty second time in program historical past subsequent Tuesday. Colorado final matched up with Northern Colorado within the 2024-25 season the place the Buffs defeated the Bears, 81-66. CU is 15-6 towards UNCo all-time, and has gained the final 12 straight.
 
#15 DUTAT: Sr. F Anäelle Dutat was born and raised in France till coming to America to play basketball on the College of Rhode Island. Dutat transferred to CU this fall and is pursuing a level in Biomedical Engineering. In highschool, one in all her greatest accomplishments was being a member of the U18 France championship staff twice.
 
#17 BETSON: So. F Tabitha Betson returned to the Buffs in the direction of the top of nonconference video games. After spending some much-needed time at house, Betson was on the CU bench towards Miami (OH) in her first sport again — coming in for seven minutes versus the RedHawks. In 2024-25, Betson was the Huge 12 Preseason Freshman of the Yr, and previous to her time at CU, she represented Australia within the U17 World Cup (2022). In highschool, she was ranked No. 48 in ESPN’s Prime 100 for the category of 2024 and he or she was a McDonald’s All-America nominee.
 
For extra info on the Colorado ladies’s basketball staff, an entire schedule and outcomes, please go to CUBuffs.com. Followers of the Buffs can comply with the staff on Instagram and on Twitter @CUBuffsWBB.