Colorado University Athletics
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Colorado-California Notes
February 21, 2016 | Women's Basketball
Colorado Buffaloes
• Game attendance: 3,919
• Colorado earned its first win against California since joining the Pac-12 Conference, moving to 1-9 as league opponents and 6-9 all-time
• Colorado ended the first half on a 9-0 run and its 42 points in the first half was the most of any first half in Pac-12 play this season; the only Pac-12 half with more points was the league opener vs. Washington (Jan. 2) when the Buffs scored 46 points in the second half
• The 21-point win is tied for the Buffs' third biggest win in Pac-12 play in program history
• Colorado's 78 points is a season-high in Pac-12 play
• Buffs finished with 21 assists on 32 made field goals
• California's 57 total points is the fewest Colorado has allowed since the second game of the season (vs. Northern Colorado, (41))
• The Buffs' held Cal to 33 percent shooting, the lowest by any Colorado opponent in league play
• Marked the first game this season with two Buffaloes recording a double-double (Kennedy Leonard and Jamee Swan)
• The Buffs led 42-31 at halftime and improved to 6-3 this season when leading after the first two quarters
Players
Makenzie Ellis, Fr., F
• Finished with 8 points and 4 rebounds
• Recorded a career-high four made field goals and tied a season-high with seven field goal attempts
Alexis Robinson, Fr., G
• Finished with three points and two assists
• Tied a career-high with one block for the 12th time this season
Kennedy Leonard, Fr., G
• Finished with 23 points (career-high), 13 assists (career-high) and 4 rebounds
• Registered her second points-assists double-double of her career; becoming just the third player in Colorado history to record multiple points-assists double-doubles, joining Bridget Turner (1985-89) and Shelley Sheetz (1991-95)
• Became only the second player in program history to earn a points-assists double-double while scoring 20+ points (Bridget Turner (1985-89))
• Her 13 assists was more than the entire Cal team total (11) and is the fourth-most all-time in a single game
• She made a career-high nine field-goals on a career-high 18 attempts, shooting 50 percent from the field
• Outscored Cal by herself 11-7 in the second quarter
Haley Smith, Jr., G/F
• Tied a career-high with 24 points, shooting 11-of-18 from the floor and recorded 5 rebounds
• Seventh time this season she has led the team in scoring
• Shot 11-of-18 from the floor, recording career-highs in both made field goals and attempts
Jamee Swan, Sr., F
• Finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds to record her team-leading fourth double-double of the season and 14th of her career, tying Tera Bjorklund (2000-04 ) for 11th on the all-time double-doubles list
• Recorded four blocks for a second-straight game to tie a season-high and matched a career-high with six steals