Buffs Visit Marquette in Non-Conference Finale

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Colorado women's basketball hit the road again this week to wrap up the non-conference schedule. The Buffaloes will take on Marquette on Wednesday, before breaking for the holidays.

Colorado (9-3, 0-1 Pac-12) is coming off a 35-point win against Alcorn State on Sunday. CU has put together eight wins over 20 points or more this season, with five of those being at least 30-point margins. Even with the number of large leads this season, head coach JR Payne still sees plenty of room for improvement.

"We've played great quarters and halves, but I don't know that we've played a great game," Payne explained. "There are always areas to be improving and areas that we need to grow and be better in order to compete against teams like Marquette or Oregon or anybody in the Pac-12. Our consistency is where we need to continue to grow."

Wednesday will be the Buffs' sixth away game and seventh game away from Boulder (neutral vs Louisiana) in the non-conference season. The amount of travel in the non-conference season has been the most since playing six games away from the CU Events Center 2001-02 season (two neutral). Despite the constant coming and going the Buffs haven't shown any signs of fatigue.

"We just had our two best practices of the year in the last two days," Payne noted. "I expect us to be 100% locked in on what the job at hand is."

Marquette (9-2, 2-1 Big East) offers up a Pac-12 quality test for CU as the team stares down the upcoming conference season. The Golden Eagles have marquee wins this season over then-No. 3 Texas and Gonzaga and are a perfect 6-0 on their home floor.

"These guys are good," Payne added. "They return a lot of great players. They have a lot of players that have vastly improved from last year to this year. They are definitely a Pac-12-type team. They've got great size, athleticism, skill and they have depth. They have everything you need to be a top-25 team."

The Buffs and Golden Eagles met last year in Boulder with the Buffs earning a 69-53 win. Jaylyn Sherrod totaled 17 points and had six steals in the win.

Cory Lopez and Carol Callan will have pregame coverage starting at 10:30 a.m. MT on the Colorado Radio Network, the Varsity App and CUBuffs.com/Listen. The game will be streamed online through FloHoops.com.

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Jaylyn Sherrod