COLORADO (15-13, 5-12) vs. WASHINGTON STATE (10-18, 5-12)
1:00 p.m. | Saturday | Feb. 25, 2017
Pullman, Wash. | Beasley Coliseum (11,671)
SERIES HISTORY
The Cougs close out the 2016-17 regular season with a rematch against Colorado on Saturday afternoon with a pregame ceremony to honor Ivana Kmetovska, the lone senior. Last time out, the Cougs saw the Buffs rally from down double-digits in the fourth quarter to take a stunning victory over WSU in Boulder early in the month. Since joining the Pac-12, Colorado is 4-5 against the Cougs with WSU sporting a 4-1 record at Beasely against the Buffs since 2012.
LAST TIME OUT
Opening the final weekend of Pac-12 play at home against Utah, the Washington State women's basketball team suffered a 74-57 loss to the Utes Thursday night at Beasley Coliseum. Falling behind 9-0 to start the game, the Cougs never recovered from their cold start as the Utes led wire-to-wire to earn the split with the Cougs for the season. With every run the Cougs managed to come up with the Utes had an answer. Overall, the Cougs struggled from the floor shooting 27.3% (18-of-66) despite a 7-for-14 effort out of sophomore Alexys Swedlund who finished with a game-best 19 points. Swedlund came up with three of the Cougs' six three-pointers in the game while also hitting 2-of-4 from the line. Senior Ivana Kmetovska ended her night with 11 points to hit double-digits for the first time since scoring a career-best 16 against Colorado back on Feb. 3. Redshirt-sophomore Nike McClure was held in check on the scoreboard for the first time in four contests but was able to make her presence felt with a team-best 10 rebounds to go with three steals and one block. The 10 rebounds marked the second-straight double-digit rebound effort for McClure after posting 12 against #18/16 UCLA the Sunday prior.
ABOUT THE BUFFALOES
The Buffs enter the final game of the regular season coming off of a 79-46 loss at #10 Washington Thursday night. The loss kept Colorado squarely in the traffic jam of the teams between 7-12 in the Pac-12 standings. Colorado has won two of their last four including a win at Cal and at home over Oregon. Sophomore Kennedy Leonard leads the Buff attack at 17.1 ppg while Alexis Robinson (11.2 ppg) and Haley Smith (10.1 ppg) chip in double-digits to Colorado's 69.0 ppg average.
1:00 p.m. | Saturday | Feb. 25, 2017
Pullman, Wash. | Beasley Coliseum (11,671)
SERIES HISTORY
The Cougs close out the 2016-17 regular season with a rematch against Colorado on Saturday afternoon with a pregame ceremony to honor Ivana Kmetovska, the lone senior. Last time out, the Cougs saw the Buffs rally from down double-digits in the fourth quarter to take a stunning victory over WSU in Boulder early in the month. Since joining the Pac-12, Colorado is 4-5 against the Cougs with WSU sporting a 4-1 record at Beasely against the Buffs since 2012.
LAST TIME OUT
Opening the final weekend of Pac-12 play at home against Utah, the Washington State women's basketball team suffered a 74-57 loss to the Utes Thursday night at Beasley Coliseum. Falling behind 9-0 to start the game, the Cougs never recovered from their cold start as the Utes led wire-to-wire to earn the split with the Cougs for the season. With every run the Cougs managed to come up with the Utes had an answer. Overall, the Cougs struggled from the floor shooting 27.3% (18-of-66) despite a 7-for-14 effort out of sophomore Alexys Swedlund who finished with a game-best 19 points. Swedlund came up with three of the Cougs' six three-pointers in the game while also hitting 2-of-4 from the line. Senior Ivana Kmetovska ended her night with 11 points to hit double-digits for the first time since scoring a career-best 16 against Colorado back on Feb. 3. Redshirt-sophomore Nike McClure was held in check on the scoreboard for the first time in four contests but was able to make her presence felt with a team-best 10 rebounds to go with three steals and one block. The 10 rebounds marked the second-straight double-digit rebound effort for McClure after posting 12 against #18/16 UCLA the Sunday prior.
ABOUT THE BUFFALOES
The Buffs enter the final game of the regular season coming off of a 79-46 loss at #10 Washington Thursday night. The loss kept Colorado squarely in the traffic jam of the teams between 7-12 in the Pac-12 standings. Colorado has won two of their last four including a win at Cal and at home over Oregon. Sophomore Kennedy Leonard leads the Buff attack at 17.1 ppg while Alexis Robinson (11.2 ppg) and Haley Smith (10.1 ppg) chip in double-digits to Colorado's 69.0 ppg average.