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Colorado-Utah Notes
January 18, 2015 | Women's Basketball
Colorado improves to 14-12 all-time against Utah and has won 7-of-9 since joining the Pac-12 Conference and 14 of the last 20 meetings overall. The Buffaloes have won all three "rematch" games since the CU and Utah have played back-to-back contests during Pac-12 play starting in 2013.
Colorado has outrebounded, or been even, with 14 of its 17 opponents. The Buffaloes "rebounded" from a minus-9 performance against Utah on Jan. 11 (41-32) with a plus-8 edge on the boards Sunday (36-28).
Colorado's 19-point margin of victory is its largest in a conference road game since a 71-50 win at Kansas, exactly 12 years ago, Jan. 18, 2003, head coach Linda Lappe's senior year.
Colorado has made 54 of its last 65 free throws over the past three games (.831). The Buffaloes were 13-of-14 from the line against Utah on Sunday (.929), a season high percentage wise.
Colorado committed a season-low nine turnovers
Colorado was 12-of-21 (.571) from 3-point range in the two games against Utah.
After allowing Utah star forward Taryn Wicijowski 29 points and 14 rebounds on Jan. 11, the All-Pac-12 performer was held to six points and three rebounds.
Colorado held Utah to 54 points, its lowest opponent total in Pac-12 play. The Buffaloes' three best scoring defense games have come on the road this season; 49-at Denver (77-49), 53 at Missouri (50-53) and 54 at Utah (73-54).
Senior guard Lexy Kresl is averaging 19 points over the last three games. During that span she is 16-of-28 from the floor (.571) which includes a 9-of-13 stretch from 3-point range (.692).
Sophomore Haley Smith hit her only free throw attempt of the game to extend her string of consecutive free throws made to 16. She is 17-of-18 from the line during Pac-12 play (.944).
Sophomore Lauren Huggins was 3-of-6 from 3-point range. She had made just 3-of-20 over the previous six games. Huggins moved into 17th in career 3-pointers at Colorado with 66.
Freshman Alina Hartmann scored a career-high eight points hitting a personal best two 3-pointers.