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Colorado Basketball game 7-- pacific, december 8, 2005 coors events conference center, boulder Contact: Troy Andre -- Phone: 303-492-4672 -- Email: [email protected] Colorado Sports Information -- 357 UCB -- Boulder, CO 80309 -- Fax: 303-492-3811 THE GAME: The University of Colorado (2-4) will host the Univer- 2005-06 SCHEDULE sity of the Pacific on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m. in the Coors DATE OPPONENT (AP/USA) W/L TIME/RES TV Events Conference Center. N 6 COLORADO MINES (Exh.) W 55-28 N 11 REGIS (Exh.) W 73-62 N 18 CAL STATE-FULLERTON W 100-71 BROADCAST: The Colorado-Pacific game will be broadcast live N 21 WYOMING L 50-66 FSNRM on KKZN AM 760, Boulder’s Progressive Talk station. Tim Smile N 25 #NORTHERN IOWA L 65-74 OT will handle play by play duties and is joined by USA Basketball’s N 26 #UTAH STATE W 73-56 Carol Callan with the color commentary. N 30 at Colorado State L 83-86 FSNRM D 3 at Creighton L 72-77 Live video of the game will be streamed on the internet at D 8 PACIFIC 7 p.m. CUBuffs.com through The Stampede Online subscription service. D 19 $vs. Northern Arizona 6 p.m. Audio streaming of the game will be through Yahoo! Sports. D 20 $vs. Puerto Rico-Mayaguez 6 p.m. D 21 $vs. South Florida 6 p.m. D 28 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 7 p.m. THE BUFFALOES: Colorado is 2-4 overall, looking to break a two- D 30 OREGON 7 p.m. game losing streak. Both losses came on the road and both saw J 4 *NEBRASKA 7 p.m. FSNRM the Buffaloes overcome double-digit second-half deficits, only to J 7 *at Oklahoma 2:30 p.m. fall short in the closing seconds. J 10 *KANSAS 7 p.m. FSNRM J 14 *at Kansas State 6 p.m. Colorado is scoring well, but also giving up the points. The Buffa- J 18 *at Missouri 5:30 p.m. loes rank sixth in the Big 12 Conference in scoring at 73.8 points J 21 *IOWA STATE 7 p.m. J 24 *TEXAS A&M 7 p.m. per game, but rank last in scoring defense at 71.7, and CU is giv- J 28 *at Nebraska 6:05 p.m. ing up 75.6 points per game in its four losses. Colorado’s 83 points F 1 *at Kansas 6 p.m. F 4 *TEXAS 12 p.m. FSN F 8 *KANSAS STATE 8 p.m. FSNRM Colorado pacific F 11 *at Texas Tech 6 p.m. Buffaloes F 13 NORTHERN COLORADO 7 p.m. tigers F 18 *MISSOURI 7 p.m. FSNRM (2-4, 0-0 Big 12) (1-5, 0-0 big west) F 22 *at Baylor 6 p.m. F 26 *OKLAHOMA STATE 2 p.m. Team Comparison Averages Team Comparison Averages M 2 *at Iowa State 6 p.m. CU UP CU UP M 7-11 !at Big 12 Championship TBA Points 73.8 55.5 Offensive Rebounds 16.0 13.8 M 18-20 ^NCAA 1st & 2nd Round TBA Points Allowed 71.7 66.7 Defensive Rebounds 27.5 24.5 M 25-28 NCAA Regionals TBA Scoring Margin +2.2 -11.2 Total Rebounds 43.5 38.3 A 2-4 NCAA Women’s Final Four TBA Field Goals 25.7 19.7 Rebounding Margin +5.7 -2.2 Field Goal Att. 62.3 54.5 Fouls 20.0 17.5 Home games in BOLD CAPS Field Goal Pct. .412 .361 Assists 14.7 11.3 *Big 12 Conference game 3-pt Field Goals 4.8 3.7 Turnovers 18.0 23.3 $19th Annual Coors Classic (Boulder, Colo.); $San Juan Shootout (Carolina, P.R.) 3-pt Field Goal Att. 17.8 15.8 Assist/TO Ratio 0.82 0.49 !Reunion Arena (Dallas, Texas); ^Colorado will host one of eight NCAA 1st & 2nd round 3-pt Field Goal Pct. .271 .232 Turnover Margin -2.3 -3.5 sites at the Pepsi Center in Denver Free Throws 17.7 12.5 Blocks 3.5 2.7 AUDIO FOR ALL GAMES AVAILABLE VIA YAHOO! SPORTS. SEE Free Throw Att. 25.2 19.7 Steals 8.3 10.3 CUBUFFS.COM FOR DETAILS Free Throw Pct. .702 .636 Probable Starters Colorado Pos No Name Ht Yr Hometown PPG RPG APG COLORADO SPORTS INFORMATION G 10 Lauren Lubin 5-8 So Winnetka, Ill. 7.2 6.8 3.0 CU Women’s Basketball SID: Troy Andre G 22 Whitney Law 5-11 Sr Littleton, Colo. 8.4 5.2 6.4 Office: 303-492-4672 G/F 21 Jasmina Ilic 6-1 Jr Becej, Serbia 16.8 4.0 0.3 CU Sports Information: 303-492-5626 F 12 Anna Nedovic 6-4 Jr Ballerup, Denmark 5.5 3.5 0.7 CU Sports Information FAX: 303-492-3811 C 45 Jackie McFarland 6-3 So Derby, Kan. 23.3 10.7 1.8 Andre Cell: 303-903-3654 Athletic Ticket Office: 303-492-8337 Pacific CECC Press Row: 303-492-4830/4381/1552 Pos No Name Ht Yr Hometown PPG RPG APG CECC Media Room: 303-492-0713-0717 G 4 Wyvonne Jones 5-8 Jr Wichita, Kan. 4.2 4.5 2.5 CECC Media Fax: 303-492-0712 G 10 Kelsey Lavender 5-7 So Lake Oswege, Ore. 10.7 4.0 2.7 Andre Email: [email protected] G 12 Jerise Freeman 5-9 Jr Wichita, Kan. 9.7 3.5 1.0 Big 12 SID: Joni James F 44 Carolina Ruiz 6-2 Sr Paradise, Calif. 5.7 9.0 1.8 James Email: [email protected] F 55 Tina Sanerivi 6-5 Sr Waipahu, Hawaii 9.7 4.2 0.7 Big 12 on the Web: www.big12sports.com Colorado Online: www.cubuffs.com Ilic, who was held to just seven points against CSU, hit 9-of-18 2005-06 Colorado Roster overall from the field, but as a team Colorado went cold in the second half. The Buffaloes shot just 32 percent in the second No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp Hometown (HS/Previous College) 2 Bianca Smith G 5-9 Fr. HS Missouri City, Texas (Bellaire) stanza (11-of-34) and 38.7 percent for the game (24-of-62). 3 Susie Powers G 5-10 Jr. TR Centennial, Colo. (Highlands Ranch/Notre Dame) 10 Lauren Lubin G 5-8 So. 1L Winnetka, Ill. (New Trier) Creighton was hot for the first 30 minutes of the game. The Bluejays 11 Hannah Skildum G/F 6-0 Fr. HS North Oaks, Minn. (Mounds View) shot 54.8 percent in the first half (17-of-31) and then cashed in on 12 Anna Nedovic F 6-4 Jr. 2L Ballerup, Denmark (Falkonergaarden) eight of their first 15 shots in the second half (53.3 percent) which 13 Courtney Wallace F 5-10 Jr. TR Colorado Springs, Colo. (Air Academy/UCCS) helped them stretch their two-point halftime lead to 13. Creighton 21 Jasmina Ilic G/F 6-1 Jr. 2L Becej, Serbia (Laza Kostic) cooled off just enough towards the end of the game for CU to come 22 Whitney Law G 5-11 Sr. 2L Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield/Georgia) back, but still hit 47.5 percent for the contest (28-of-59) 23 Yari Escalera G 5-6 So. 1L Humacao, Puerto Rico (Colegio San Antonio Abad) 40 Caley Dow F 6-2 Fr. HS Littleton, Colo. (Arapahoe) 44 Kara Richards C 6-4 So. 1L Graham, Texas (Graham) Junior Anna Nedovic had eight points for Colorado while freshman 45 Jackie McFarland F 6-3 So. 1L Derby, Kan. (Derby) Hannah Skildum had four points and a career-high seven 52 Tami Garnett C 6-3 Sr. 1L Arlington, Texas (Sam Houston/Central Arizona) rebounds. Head Coach: Kathy McConnell-Miller McFARLAND 20-10: Jackie McFarland is the first player in CU Assistant Coaches: Mike Neighbors, Bethann Shapiro Ord, Aisha Veasley women’s basketball history to average at least 20 points and 10 Director of Operations: Carla Morrow rebounds over the first six games of a season. McFarland cur- against Colorado State were the most the Buffs’ had scored in a rently leads the Big 12 Conference in scoring at 23.3 points per loss since the semifinals of the 2001 Big 12 Tournament when No. game and is third on the league charts in rebounding at 10.7 per 7 Oklahoma knocked off No. 20 CU 102-93. contest. Sophomore post Jackie McFarland is averaging a double-double McFarland’s 23.3 points per game average over the first six games over the first six contests, sporting a Big 12 Conference best 23.3 is second all-time in school history trailing only Jamillah Lang who points per game and 10.7 rebounds per contest which is third on averaged 24.8 points over the first six games of the 1993-94 cam- the league charts. Junior Jasmina Ilic is 10th in the Big 12 in scoring at 16.8 points per game. She was held to just one point Colorado’s Record When against Wyoming, but already has outputs of 34 (Cal State-Fuller- 2005-06 Record: ................................ 2-4 ton) 26 (Creighton) and 24 (Utah State) this season. Colorado’s CU leads at the half .......................... 2-1 Conference: ................................... 0-0 Game is tied at the half ..................... 0-0 Home: ............................................ 2-2 back-court trio of senior Whitney Law and sophomores Lauren Opponent leads at half .....................