Colorado University Athletics
Colorado 86, Detroit Mercy 43
November 23, 2002 | Women's Basketball
-With seven rebounds today, Sabrina Scott has moved into the top 10 in career rebounding at CU with 562, passing LeeAnn Banks, who was 10th at 561.
-Melissa Hobbs and Cecily Jones each saw their first Division I action.
-Maria Billingsley scored her first Division I points with six seconds left in the first half on a layup.
-CU was a perfect 13-13 from the free throw line in the first half.
-CU had 13 first half steals and finished with 20 for the game. Twenty steals is the most for Colorado since the Buffs had 20 vs. Nebraska on Jan. 23, 1999, a 70-53 win in Boulder. The Buffs also had 20 assists in that contest, same as this afternoon's total.
-Cecily Jones scored her first collegiate points with 4:52 left in the second half on a layup. -Di Spencer had a career high 10 points and three assists.
-Colorado has now shot better than 80-percent from the free throw line in six consecutive games, dating back to the NCAA tournament games last season.
-CU's five three point attempts are just the fourth time CU has had five or fewer three point attempts dating back to the 2000-01 season.
