Following a busy week in Hawaii, the Colorado girls’s basketball crew is returning house for some time.
The Buffaloes will host Montana State on Sunday (1 p.m., ESPN+) to kick off a five-game house stand on the CU Occasions Middle.
Up to now, CU (5-2) has performed extra video games away from house however will hit the street simply as soon as within the subsequent six weeks, for a recreation at Arizona State within the Large 12 opener Dec. 21. Total, seven of the Buffs’ subsequent eight video games will probably be in Boulder.
After going 2-1 through the Hawaii North Shore Showcase, CU will tackle a Montana State crew that’s the preseason favourite to win the Large Sky Convention. The Bobcats went 30-4 a 12 months in the past.
CU wrapped up the North Shore Showcase with a 59-46 loss to Texas A&M on Tuesday. The Buffs had a season-high 24 turnovers within the loss and continued to wrestle from the 3-point line. The Buffs are hitting simply 25.0% of their 3-pointers, together with 6-for-39 (15.4%) through the three-game journey to Hawaii.
CU Buffs girls’s basketball vs. Montana State
TIPOFF: Sunday, 1 p.m., CU Occasions Middle in Boulder
TV/RADIO: ESPN+/KHOW 630 AM
RECORDS: Colorado 5-2, 0-0 Large 12; Montana State 4-1, 0-0 Large Sky
COACHES: Colorado — JR Payne, tenth season (169-118; 270-231 profession). Montana State — Tricia Binford, twenty first season (363-254).
KEY PLAYERS: Colorado — F Anaelle Dutat, 6-0, Sr. (9.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 2.3 spg, .511 fg%); F Logyn Greer, 6-4, Fr. (12.1 ppg, 4.6 rpg, .485 fg%); F Jade Masogayo, 6-3, Sr. (7.1 ppg, 4.6 rpg); G Kennedy Sanders, 5-8, So. (9.7 ppg, 1.8 apg); G Zyanna Walker, 5-11, Jr. (10.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 3.9 apg, 2.6 spg); G Desiree Wooten, 5-8, Jr. (9.9 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.4 spg). Montana State — G Brianne Bailey, 5-10, Fr. (9.0 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 3.2 apg, 2.2 spg); G Taylee Chirrick, 5-11, So. (19.6 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 3.8 apg, 4.6 spg); F Teagan Erickson, 6-2, So. (6.7 ppg, 6.0 rpg); G Brooke Fatupaito, 6-0, Jr. (8.2 ppg, 4.6 rpg, .533 fg%); F Addison Harris, 6-1, So. (18.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg, .576 fg%); G Jamison Philip, 5-7, Fr. (5.0 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 4.4 apg, 3.6 spg).
NOTES: CU returns house after going 2-1 on the Hawaii North Shore Showcase. … The Buffs are 3-0 at house this season. … CU is 5-0 all-time towards Montana State, however the groups haven’t met since a 68-55 CU win on Dec. 22, 1995, in Bozeman, Montana. … Greer has scored in double figures in 5 of seven video games. … Montana State was projected to win the Large Sky Convention in preseason polls by coaches and media. The Bobcats received the Large Sky match final 12 months to achieve the NCAA Match. … After a 4-0 begin, Montana State misplaced at Troy on Monday, 74-60. … The Bobcats are second nationally in steals per recreation (18.6) and turnovers compelled (30.0 per recreation). … Binford was the 1991 Colorado participant of the 12 months at Roaring Fork Excessive College and was inducted into the CHSAA Corridor of Fame in 2017.