WASHINGTON STATE (9-12, 4-6) at COLORADO (12-9, 2-8)
6:00 p.m. MST | Friday | Feb. 3, 2017
Boulder, Colo. | Coors Events Center (11,064)
SERIES HISTORY
The Cougs hit the road for a trip to Colorado where they will face a Buffalo team that is just 2-8 in Pac-12 play after entering conference action 10-1 and sitting in second after non-conference play. The Buffaloes boast wins over Arizona and Utah in conference play. All-time the Cougs hold a 6-4 advantage over Colorado having won the last two meetings including a 74-66 win in Boulder last season.
LAST TIME OUT
Thanks to five Cougs scoring in double-figures the Washington State women's basketball team overwhelmed Cal, 84-79, Sunday afternoon at Beasley Coliseum to pick up a tough Pac-12 victory. Leading the way in the backcourt was sophomore Alexys Swedlund with a team-best 18 points off the bench while junior Pinelopi Pavlopoulou added 13 points, all coming in the second half. The Cougars' front court came up big with a combined 48 points as senior Ivana Kmetovska scored a career-best 16 while sophomores Maria Kostourkova and Nike McClure added season-best performances with 12 and 10 respectively. For McClure, the 10 in the paint tied a career best mark as well. In all, the Cougs shook off their shooting woes from the last two games to finish at 45.8% (33-of-72) from the floor while hitting 4-of-21 from deep. WSU's 82.4% from the line marked a season-best for the Cougs. The 48 points by the Cougars' bigs were needed to offset the 32 points scored by Cal's all-american center, Kristine Anigwe.
ABOUT THE BUFFALOES
Colorado is led by their sophomore guard Kennedy Leonard who is averaging 18.3 ppg while dishing out 5.57 apg. As a team, the Buffaloes are scoring 71.5 ppg but just 59.8 ppg in Pac-12 play. Friday's game marks Colorado's annual Play For Kay event with the two teams sporting pink in support of breast cancer awareness.
6:00 p.m. MST | Friday | Feb. 3, 2017
Boulder, Colo. | Coors Events Center (11,064)
SERIES HISTORY
The Cougs hit the road for a trip to Colorado where they will face a Buffalo team that is just 2-8 in Pac-12 play after entering conference action 10-1 and sitting in second after non-conference play. The Buffaloes boast wins over Arizona and Utah in conference play. All-time the Cougs hold a 6-4 advantage over Colorado having won the last two meetings including a 74-66 win in Boulder last season.
LAST TIME OUT
Thanks to five Cougs scoring in double-figures the Washington State women's basketball team overwhelmed Cal, 84-79, Sunday afternoon at Beasley Coliseum to pick up a tough Pac-12 victory. Leading the way in the backcourt was sophomore Alexys Swedlund with a team-best 18 points off the bench while junior Pinelopi Pavlopoulou added 13 points, all coming in the second half. The Cougars' front court came up big with a combined 48 points as senior Ivana Kmetovska scored a career-best 16 while sophomores Maria Kostourkova and Nike McClure added season-best performances with 12 and 10 respectively. For McClure, the 10 in the paint tied a career best mark as well. In all, the Cougs shook off their shooting woes from the last two games to finish at 45.8% (33-of-72) from the floor while hitting 4-of-21 from deep. WSU's 82.4% from the line marked a season-best for the Cougs. The 48 points by the Cougars' bigs were needed to offset the 32 points scored by Cal's all-american center, Kristine Anigwe.
ABOUT THE BUFFALOES
Colorado is led by their sophomore guard Kennedy Leonard who is averaging 18.3 ppg while dishing out 5.57 apg. As a team, the Buffaloes are scoring 71.5 ppg but just 59.8 ppg in Pac-12 play. Friday's game marks Colorado's annual Play For Kay event with the two teams sporting pink in support of breast cancer awareness.