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Colorado-Southern Utah Notes
March 22, 2014 | Women's Basketball
- Postgame Notes
WNIT THIRD ROUND Colorado advances to the third round and will play the winner of Monday night's St. Mary's (Calif.) at Texas-El Paso game (7 p.m.MDT); the WNIT third round window is March 26-28 at campus sites TBA.
GAME FLOW NOTES
- Colorado scored the first eight points of the game (all by the Wilson sisters: Brittany had six, Ashley two); Southern Utah's first field goal came on its seventh possession, with 16:01 left (a 3-pointer by Marquelle Funk).
- SUU scored the next six to pull to within 8-6; the teams traded points, and SUU pulled to 12-10 at the 10:23 mark when it made its second field goal (2-of-10 at the time, or 5:38 between makes).
- Of the game's first 30 points, 15 were scored from the free throw line (CU 8, SUU 7); and 21 of the first 42 as well. For the game, 51 of the 147 points came from the line.
- Colorado went 11 possessions without a field goal in the first half, a span that covered 8:21; but did go 6-of-6 from the foul line and were outscored 8-6 in the span.
- SUU's Carli Moreland scored her team's last 11 points of the first half (the final seven minutes).
- A 7-0 CU spurt opened up its largest lead of the first half, 28-19, with :37 remaining (halftime score: CU, 28-21).
-First Half: the teams combined to make 12-of-42 field goals (28.6%), but were 21-of-23 (91.3%).
- CU outscored SUU 8-0 to open the second half as well; thus, 16-0 over the starts of both halves before SUU got on the board. The second run combined with a 7-2 stretch to end the first half for a 15-2 spurt that broke the game open.
- SUU missed its first nine shots of the second half before a basket by Desiree Jackson with 13:52 left ended the drought. Within that time, CU built its biggest lead at 45-26.
- SUU used a 15-6 run to claw back to within 51-41 with 9:59 remaining.
- There were just 49 total points in the first half; there were 57 in the final 10 minutes of the game.
QUICKLY Game time was 1:59; the attendance on this snowy night was 854 … Colorado is completing its 40th season of women's basketball, and has now won at least 19 games for the 21st time (the Buffs have 19 20-win seasons) … The Buffaloes are now 35-21 all-time in postseason play (not including conference tournaments); CU is now 4-1 in second round WNIT games (3-1 in Boulder) … This was the second time in the WNIT that CU played an opponent that it also had faced in the regular season; in 2011, CU lost at Southern California 68-54 and hosted the Trojans in the rematch, also falling (87-70) … The 21 first half points by Southern Utah tied for the fourth-fewest allowed in the first half by CU this year (CU led the December game 36-24 at intermission) … Colorado has shot over 47 percent from the field in its last two games, just the second time that has happened this season (three straight games back in November, all of which were over .500); tonight's 47.9 percentage was the seventh best of the season … CU shot 60.7 percent in the second half (17-of-28), its second-best field goal percentage in a half this year; the only better effort came also came in a second half, against Arizona on Jan. 24 in Boulder (15-of-21, 71.4 percent) … Southern Utah made 19 consecutive free throws tonight (its fourth through 22nd attempts) … In 16 WNIT games, Colorado is now 12-4 (10-3 at home), and has outscored the opponent 1,135-1,071; the Buffaloes are 8-1 in WNIT games decided in single digits … Colorado is now 3-1 in games played on March 22; with CU's next game no earlier than March 26, the Buffaloes will play for the seventh time on that date or later in their history.
NOT IN OUR HOUSE Colorado blocked 14 shots tonight, the second most in its history to 16 against Sam Houston State on Dec. 14, 2000; CU blocked seven shots in each half (school record is nine); all this after CU's season high being eight versus Oregon on Feb. 10. It was the most since 13 against Dartmouth on Dec. 21, 2007; that was the last season CU had at least 10 in a game as well (at Iowa State, Jan. 30).
Coach Linda Lappe The seventh head coach in CU history is now 83-51 in her fourth season (11-7 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 133-87 overall in seven seasons as a college head coach.
SERIES Colorado now leads the series 4-0, with all the games in Boulder, including a 75-59 Buffalo win back on Dec. 29. CU has outscored the Thunderbirds 323-201, an average point differential of 30.5 per game).
INDIVIDUAL LINER NOTES
C Rachel Hargis (12 points / 4 steals) passed Erin Scholz ('93-97) for the most games played in CU history with 133. She tied her career high with the 12 points, previously done twice (vs. Illinois on Dec. 7, 2013; vs. UT-Pan American on Dec. 20, 2011); it was her third double figure game of the season and sixth of her career. The four steals were also a career-best, topping three she had in back-to-back games against Oregon and Oregon State in February 2013.
F Arielle Roberson (15 points / 11 rebounds / 5 blocks). She recorded her seventh double-double of the season (and 10th of her career), scoring all 15 of her points in the second half. She had a career-high five blocked shots (also a CU season best), as she topped her previous best of three on two occasions earlier this year. Six of her rebounds were on the offensive end, giving her 105 for the season, fourth most in a single season since they were first charted in the late 1980s (Jackie McFarland had 116 and 112 in back to back years last decade and Erin Scholz had 110 in 1993-94; Lisa Van Goor no doubt had well over 100 in at least two seasons in the early 80s). Her 201 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).
G/F Lauren Huggins (6 points, 2-2 3FGA). She has now made 34-of-94 three-point shots (4-of-12 two-point baskets).
G Brittany Wilson (11 points). This was her 132nd career game, tied for second all-time with Erin Scholz, and breaking a tie with Amy Palmer; she is one behind Hargis.
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 |
|
Linda Lappe (4) |
3-4 |
.429 |
0-1 |
.000 |
8-2 |
.800 |
…. |
…. |
18 |
11 |
7 |
.611 |
|
Ceal Barry (22) |
27-17 |
.614 |
17-12 |
.586 |
1-1 |
.500 |
…. |
…. |
75 |
45 |
30 |
.600 |
|
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 |
12-4 |
.750 |
6-4 |
.600 |
115 |
67 |
48 |
.573 |
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).