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Cougs Attempt to Corral Colorado on Friday

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PULLMAN, Wash. – The Washington State University women's basketball team continues its season-long four-game homestand this Friday, Feb. 7, when the Cougars play host to Colorado. Tip-off for this Pac-12 Conference tilt is set for 7 p.m. at Beasley Coliseum and will air live on the Pac-12 Network Mountain channel.

WASHINGTON STATE (10-12, 3-7)
vs. Colorado (14-7, 3-7) | Friday, Feb. 7 | 7 p.m. | Beasley Coliseum
  Tickets | WSUCougars.com
  Live Stats | WSUCougars.com
  Watch | Pac-12 Network Mountain (Guy Haberman and Maylana Martin-Douglas)
  Listen | WSU IMG Radio Network (Steve Grubbs)

STARTING FIVE
-> The Cougars and Buffaloes both enter this week in a four-way tie for seventh in the Pac-12 standings with Utah and Southern Cal, as each hold a 3-7 conference record through 10 league games. Washington State comes into Friday's contest with a 10-12 overall record, while Colorado boasts a 14-7 mark so far in the 2019-20 season.

-> This week marks the first time in over a month that Washington State will play two consecutive games against teams that are unranked. The last time the Cougars played two-straight games against unranked teams came on Jan. 5 at California, followed by a matchup against Washington on Jan. 11. WSU won both of those matchups, while the Cougs are 10-3 this season against teams that are not ranked in either the Associate Press or the USA Today/WBCA Coaches Polls.

-> Washington State holds a 10-7 over Colorado in the all-time series between the two schools. WSU has taken three of the last five meetings against the Buffaloes, while the Cougs are 7-1 all-time in Beasley against Colorado.

-> No pair of teammates have scored more points or played more minutes in the Pac-12 this season than WSU seniors Borislava Hristova and Chanelle Molina. The Cougars dynamic duo have scored 747 combined points this season, while logging a combined 1,506 minutes.

-> Senior Chanelle Molina needs only one more assist to become the first player in Washington State women's basketball history to collect over 1,000 points, 400 rebounds and 400 assists in their career. Meanwhile, the point guard currently sits in third on the WSU all-time assist list with 399, and she needs only five more assists to pass Katie Nyseth (1997-01) for second.

LAST TIME OUT
Washington State dropped a 71-49 decision to No. 6 Stanford last Sunday, Feb. 2., at Beasley Coliseum. Redshirt senior Borislava Hristova tallied 15 points against the Cardinal to lead a trio of double-digit scorers.

TAKING ON THE BEST
Through 14 weeks of the regular season, no team in NCAA Division I has played more ranked opponents than Washington State. The Cougars have played nine teams ranked in the Top-25 of either the Associated Press or USA Today/WBCA Coaches Polls. Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Ohio State and South Carolina have played the second-most ranked teams this season at eight games, while California, Michigan State, Notre Dame and Syracuse have challenged seven ranked opponents in 2019-20.

PRODUCING IN HER FIRST START
Redshirt junior Jovana Subasic made the most of her first career start last Sunday against No. 6 Stanford. After playing all of her previous 62 career games with the Cougars off the bench, the forward responded with a 12-point, seven-rebound performance in the starting nod.

GAME 100
Friday's contest will mark the 100th career game with the Washington State Cougars for senior Chanelle Molina.

BOBI'S ROLLING
Redshirt senior Borislava Hristova comes into Friday's game having scored double-digits in 16-consecutive games. That is the fourth-longest stretch of double-figure scoring performances by a senior in Washington State history.

BOBI BUCKETS CONTINUES TO CLIMB
Borislava Hristova enters Friday just 13 points away from surpassing Jayne Appel's (Stanford; 2007-10) career point total of 2,125 for 17th all-time in Pac-12 history. The player known as Bobi Buckets recently became the first player in Washington State basketball history on the men's or women's side to score over 2,100 points, as she enters this week with a career point total of 2,113.

CHANELLE MOVING ON UP
Senior Chanelle Molina needs just one more 3-point field goal to break a tie for second place on WSU's all-time 3-point field goals made list. She is currently tied with Katie Appleton (2005-09) for second place with 161 career made 3-point field goals. Alexys Swedlund (2015-19) is the current all-time leader in 3-point field goals made with 227.

SCOUTING COLORADO
The Buffaloes come to Pullman on a two-game losing streak, but still hold a 14-7 overall record on the year. CU enters the week in a four-way tie for seventh in the Pac-12 standings with Southern Cal, Utah and Washington State, as all four hold a 3-7 mark through 10 league games. Colorado is 6-3 on the road in 2019-20, which has helped them to an RPI of 49.

Mya Hollingshed leads the Buffaloes in scoring at 13.4 points per game. The junior leads a trio of double-digit scorers for a Colorado team that averages 67.3 points per game. As a team, CU is shooting 40.5% from the field and 31.3% from behind the arc. The Buffaloes have been hitting the glass hard this season, as they average 40.9 rebounds per game, which tied for fifth-best in the Pac-12.

Defensively, Colorado is giving up 65.9 points per game through 21 contests, while teams are shooting 40.2% from the field against them.

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