Colorado women’s basketball hands Stanford loss in top-10 matchup
The Colorado women’s basketball team kept on rolling in front of a packed CU Events Center on Sunday.
Faced with its first of three straight games against top-10 opponents, the No. 5 Buffaloes controlled the pace against No. 8 Stanford en route to a 71-59 win.
Colorado’s defense came to life against Stanford, holding the Cardinal to only 20 makes on 59 field goal attempts (33.9%), well below its season average of 46.9%. Stanford got a majority of its scoring from three players as Kiki Ifriafen, Cameron Brink and Brooke Demetre combined for 43 points.
On offense, Colorado’s balanced attack was too much for the Cardinal to handle. Five Buffaloes, including four starters, scored at least 10 points. Quay Miller and Jaylyn Sherrod each scored 13, Maddie Nolan had 12 and Frida Formann finished with 10. Miller also secured her third consecutive double-double with 10 boards.
The 9,111 in attendance marked the ninth-largest home crowd in CU women’s basketball history.
In what will likely be a matchup of top-five teams, current No. 2 UCLA comes to the CU Events Center on Friday.
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