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March 19, 2014 | Women's Basketball
Quickly…Colorado is completing its 40th season of women's basketball, and has now won at least 18 games for the 25th time (the Buffs have 19 20-win seasons) … The Buffaloes are now 34-21 all-time in postseason play (not including conference tournaments) … TCU came in allowing just 58.1 points per game, with the 78 the Buffs scored the second-most by a TCU foe this year (the Horned Frogs lost to Baylor, 80-46, on Jan. 11) … Each team had three possessions before the first points were scored, which came on two Klara Bradshaw free throws for TCU with 18:32 left in the first half; then the points started mounting … There were just eight total fouls in the first half (TCU 5, CU 3) … Fifth-Bests: The Buffaloes shot 49.1 percent for the game (27-of-55), their fifth-best effort this season and the highest since canning 24-of-48 (50.0) against Arizona on Jan. 24 (TCU opponents were clicking at just 35.9 percent before tonight) … Colorado's 43 first half points were its fifth-most in a first half this season, but the most since owning a 47-36 edge over Denver back on Dec. 12; the Buffs were held under 30 in each of their six previous outings … 3-Point Fun: TCU made 11-of-24 three-pointers, or 45.8 percent; it was just 11-of-30 on two-point shots (36.7) … TCU's press helped force 14 CU turnovers in the first 14+ minutes of the second half, but the Buffs regrouped and went without on in the final 5:31 … The CU bench outscored TCU's by a 36-3 margin … TCU guards accounted for 56 of its 71 points … In 15 WNIT games, Colorado is now 11-4 (9-3 at home), and has outscored the opponent 1,056-1,002; the Buffaloes are 7-1 in WNIT games decided in single digits … Colorado is now 3-2 in games played on March 19.
WNIT Second Round. Colorado advances to the second round and will play the winner of Thursday night's Southern Utah at Colorado State game (7 p.m.); that game will be played in the WNIT second round window of March 22-25 at a site TBA. Colorado is now 5-0 in WNIT first round games, all in Boulder, thus has advanced in all five WNIT appearances.
Flip Flop. TCU built a 19-11 lead with 14:01 remaining in the first half, converting 6-of-10 from the floor (including three 3-points and 4-of-4 FT); but the Colorado defense clamped down, allowing the Horned Frogs just 11 points over the last 14 minutes of the first half, limiting TCU to 4-of-22 shooting (18.2 percent). CU outscored TCU 32-11 in the span.
—In addition, CU led by 31-27 with 5:15 left in the half; over the next 8½ minutes, until TCU made its first second half basket with 16:44 left, the Horned Frogs made just one field goal in nine attempts with six turnovers, including four straight turnovers to open the second half. In this window, CU posted a 16-3 run to build a 47-30 lead with 16:59 remaining.
—Flip Flop II. After CU built its big lead at 47-30, it was TCU's turn to get back into the game: the Horned Frogs caught CU at 59-59, the only tie of the second half, with a 29-12 run over an 11:34 stretch; CU then went on a 19-12 spree over the final 4:43 to win, 78-71.
Colorado Coach Linda Lappe. The seventh head coach in CU history is now 82-51 in her fourth season (10-7 postseason), easily owning the best record of the three of those coaches who have coached into a fourth season; she is ahead of her college coach, Ceal Barry (51-63, 2-4 postseason) and Kathy McConnell-Miller (52-71, 4-5). Lappe is 132-87 overall in seven seasons as a college head coach.
PLAYER LINER NOTES
- F Zoe Beard-Fails (6 points / 6 rebounds). She had a career high six rebounds, with 13 of her 37 on the season in the last four games.
- C Rachel Hargis tied Erin Scholz ('93-97) for the most games played in CU history with 132.
- G/F Lauren Huggins (5 points, 1-3 3FGA). Her first half layup was the just her fourth two-point basket of the year (4-of-11; she has made 32-of-92 three-point shots).
- F Arielle Roberson (18 points / 5 rebounds). She scored her most points since also netting 18 against Utah in Boulder on Feb. 2; it was the eighth time she led the team outright in scoring this season (shared one other time). With five rebounds tonight, she now had recorded the fourth most rebounds – 446 – by a Buff in their freshman and sophomore seasons combined (see chart). Roberson had 198 as a freshman in 2012-13 (96 offensive) and has 248 this year (99 offensive). She is officially the third Buff to grab 90 offensive rebounds in back-to-back seasons since they were first charted in the late 1980s (joining Jackie McFarland, who did it twice, and Erin Scholz; though without a doubt Lisa VanGoor accomplished the feat earlier that decade). Her 195 total offensive rebounds over two seasons are the third-most in a two-year span in school annals, again not counting VanGoor who would likely had over 200 at least once (McFarland had 228 between the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons, and then had 210 between '06-07 and '07-08).
Colorado Rebound Leaders (Fr./So. Seasons)
728 Lisa Van Goor (1980-81, 1981-82)
544 Erin Scholz (1993-94, 1994-95)
486 Brittany Spears (2006-07, 2007-08)
446 Arielle Roberson (2012-13, 2013-14)
445 Jackie McFarland (2003-04, 2004-05)
433 Sandy Bean (1978-79, 1979-80)
- F Jamee Swann (16 points/6 rebounds). This was her 11th game in double figures this season, but her best shooting performance in those games (7-of-9, 77.8 percent) though she has shot 50 percent or better in nine of those games (69-of-118, 58.5 when in double figures). For the year, she is closing in on 50 percent (98-of-198, 49.5).
- G Ashley Wilson (13 points / 6 rebounds). Nine of her 11 career double figure scoring games have come this season, with six of those in the last five weeks (nine games). She also has made 7-of-13 three-pointers in her last 11 games; in her previous 108 games, she made just six.
- G Brittany Wilson (5 points). This was her 131st career game, tied for third all-time with Amy Palmer, as she is one behind Hargis and Scholz.
CU COACHES / POSTSEASON TOURNAMENTS
(postseason conference tournaments began in the 1982-83 season)
|
BY PERCENTAGE |
CONFERENCE |
NCAA |
WNIT |
AIAW |
Overall |
|||||||
|
Coach (Seasons) |
W-L |
Pct. |
W-L |
Pct. |
W-L |
Pct. |
W-L |
Pct. |
G |
W |
L |
Pct. |
|
Sox Walseth (3) |
1-1 |
.500 |
0-0 |
.000 |
0-0 |
.000 |
4-2 |
.667 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
.625 |
|
Ceal Barry (22) |
27-17 |
.614 |
17-12 |
.586 |
1-1 |
.500 |
…. |
…. |
75 |
45 |
30 |
.600 |
|
Linda Lappe (4) |
3-4 |
.429 |
0-1 |
.000 |
7-2 |
.778 |
…. |
…. |
17 |
10 |
7 |
.588 |
|
Rene Portland (2) |
0-0 |
.000 |
0-0 |
.000 |
0-0 |
.000 |
2-2 |
.500 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
.500 |
|
1-5 |
.167 |
0-0 |
.000 |
3-1 |
.750 |
…. |
…. |
10 |
4 |
6 |
.400 |
|
|
Totals |
32-27 |
.542 |
17-13 |
.567 |
11-4 |
.733 |
6-4 |
.600 |
114 |
66 |
48 |
.579 |
Conference Affiliations/Tournaments: Big 8 (1983-96), Big 12 (1997-2011); Pac-12 (2012-present). Barry was 20-9 in Big 8 tournament games (7-8 in Big 12);
Lappe is 3-3 in Pac-12 tournament games (0-1 Big 12).
WNIT First Round Games (March 19)
(Home team in BOLD CAPS)
MINNESOTA 62, Wisconsin-Green Bay 60
GEORGE WASHINTON 86, East Carolina 68
VILLANOVA 74, Quinnipiac 66
MONTANA 90, Washington State 78
COLORADO 78, Texas Christian 71