COLORADO BASKETBALL Northern Colorado Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004 • 7 p.m. MST Coors Events/Conference Center • Boulder, Colo. 2004-05 COLORADO BASKETBALL SCHEDULE QUICKLY...The University of Colorado (5-4, 0-0 Big 12 Conference) returns home to host the University of Northern Colorado (2-8, Independent) on Wednesday, Dec. 29, at 7 p.m. in the Coors Events Conference DATE OPPONENT (AP/USA) TIME/RES Center in Boulder. N 6 FORT LEWIS W, 99-68 N 12 SOUTH DAKOTA W, 81-69 BUFFS ON THE AIR...All Colorado women’s basketball regular and post season games are broadcast live on N 19-20 %-at Nugget Classic (Reno, Nev.) KKZN AM 760, Boulder’s Progressive Talk station. Tim Smile will handle play by play duties and is joined by N 19 %-vs. Loyola Marymount W, 75-58 USA Basketball’s Carol Callan with the color commentary. N 20 %-at Nevada L, 59-69 N 26-27&-18th Annual Coors Classic 900TH GAME...Colorado is in its 31st season of varsity women’s basketball and Wednesday will mark the N 26 &-PENNSYLVANIA W, 69-49 N 28 &-LSU/MARYLAND L, 44-75 900th game in program history. CU heads into the contest with an all-time record of 582-317 (.647). The D 1 at Wyoming L, 67-72 Buffaloes have made 12 NCAA Tournament appearances, all since 1988, including six Sweet 16 appearances D 4 CREIGHTON L, 68-84 and three trips to the Elite Eight (1993, 1995 & 2002). D 8 COLORADO STATE W, 83-77 D 18 at Pacific W, 45-42 BUFFS LOOKING UP...Colorado has answered an early December three-game losing streak with a current D 21 at Washington W, 76-74 OT three-game win streak, including the Buffaloes first two road wins of the 2004-05 season. Sophomore forward D 29 NORTHERN COLORADO 7 p.m. Anna Nedovic leads a balanced CU scoring attack at 11.4 points per contest. Nedovic, who also posts a J 2 MANHATTAN 12 p.m. team-high 6.8 rebounds per game, is one of six Buffs averaging at least seven points per game. Freshman J 5 *at Nebraska 6:05 p.m. (FSRM) forward Jackie McFarland is at 10.4 points an outing, leads the team in free-throw percentage (21x26, J 8 *IOWA STATE 7 p.m. .808) and is third in rebounds (5.1 rpg). Classmate Kara Richards rounds out CU’s front court averaging 8.3 J 15 *TEXAS TECH 7 p.m. (FSRM) points, 5.4 rebounds and a team-best 1.3 blocks per game. Junior shooting guard Whitney Law is fourth on J 18 *at Missouri 6 p.m. the squad in the scoring column (9.0 ppg) and leads the team and Big 12, in 3-point field-goal percentage J 22 *at Oklahoma State 5 p.m. as she has hit 10 of her first 16 shots (.625). Senior point guard Veronica Johns-Richardson is averaging J 25 *KANSAS 7 p.m. (FSRM) 9.0 points per contest and paces the Buffaloes in steals (21) and assists (27). J 29 *KANSAS STATE 12 p.m. (FSN) F 2 *at Iowa State 6 p.m. F 5 *at Texas A&M 11 a.m. (FSN) WILD WIN IN WASHINGTON...Jackie McFarland scored with less than two seconds remaining in overtime F 9 *MISSOURI 7 p.m. (FSRM) as Colorado won its third straight game and defeated Washington 76-74 on Dec. 21. F 13 *at Kansas 12 p.m. F 16 *OKLAHOMA 7 p.m. (FSRM) McFarland took a pass just under the basket from Veronica Johns-Richardson and tossed in an easy lay- F 19 *at Kansas State 5 p.m. up for the lead. F 23 *at Texas 6 p.m. F 26 *BAYLOR 7 p.m. The Huskies (4-6) were left short when Dominique Banks’ long three-point attempt as time expired hit the M 2 *NEBRASKA 7 p.m. rim and fell away. The Buffaloes (5-4) won despite missing eight of their final 10 free throws in regulation and M 8-12 #-Big 12 Tournament (Kansas City, Mo.) hit just 45 percent for the game (9-of-20). Washington’s Jill Bell forced overtime after getting wide open in M 19-22 NCAA First/Second Rounds the paint on an in-bound pass and tying the game at 67. M 26-29 NCAA Regionals Philadelphia Pa. (Temple) The Huskies led at the half, 33-26, behind 11 points from Banks, who finished with a game high 19 points. Kansas City, Mo. (UMKC) Colorado trailed the entire game, until a 10-2 run midway through the second half. CU held its largest lead at Chattanooga, Tenn. (UT-Chattanooga) 66-59 with just 2:14 remaining, but managed just one Johns-Richardson free-throw until Bell sent the game Tempe, Ariz. (Arizona State) to the extra session. April 3-5 Final Four (Indianapolis, Ind.) All Dates and Times Subject To Change; All Home Games In BOLD CAPS; Exhibitions in Italics McFarland finished with 16 points, including eight in a row in the second half. Johns-Richardson had a career- %- Nugget Classic; &-Coors Classic; *-Big 12 high 17 points, Jasmina Ilic had a personal-best 13 points and Whitney Law posted her first career Conference Game double-double with 11 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. FSN-Fox Sports Net FSRM - Fox Sports Rocky Mountain The Buffaloes’ leading scorer, Anna Nedovic, who came into the game averaging just over 12 points a game, was held scoreless in the first half and finished with five points. FOR YOUR INFORMATION.... CU Women’s Basketball SID: Troy Andre Colorado won its first game of the season (1-4) when losing the battle of the boards. Washington outrebounded Office: 303-492-4672 the Buffaloes 49-46 including 22 offensive rebounds which the Huskies turned into 23 second chance points. CU Athletic Media Relations: 303-492-5626 Bell added 14 points for Washington, which has now dropped five of its last six games. CU Athletic Media Relations FAX: 303-492-3811 Andre Cell: 303-903-3654 Athletic Ticket Office: 303-492-8337 CECC Press Row: 303-492-4830/4381/1552 PROBABLE STARTERS CECC Media Room: 303-492-0713-0717 CECC Media Fax: 303-492-0712 Colorado Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (HS/Previous College) Ppg. Rpg. Andre Email: [email protected] 5 V. Johns-Richardson G 5-9 Sr. Fullerton, Calif. (Troy) 9.6 3.8 Big 12 SID: Joni James 22 Whitney Law G 5-11 Jr. Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield/Georgia) 9.0 3.4 James Email: [email protected] 21 Jasmina Ilic F 6-1 So. Becej, Serbia (Laza Vostic) 7.8 2.7 Big 12 on the Web: www.big12sports.com 12 Anna Nedovic F 6-4 So. Ballerup, Denmark (Falkonergaarden) 11.4 6.8 Colorado Online: www.cubuffs.com 44 Kara Richards C 6-4 Fr. Graham, Texas (Graham) 8.3 5.4 AUDIO FOR ALL GAMES AVAILABLE VIA Northern Colorado Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (HS/Previous College) Ppg. Rpg. YAHOO! SPORTS. SEE CUBUFFS.COM FOR 12 Molly McGrath G 5-5 Jr. Basalt, Colo. (Western Nebraska CC) 3.3 2.8 DETAILS 22 Jena Fosdick G 5-10 So. Lincoln, Neb. (East) 7.5 3.8 50 Gail Gagne F 5-10 Jr. Bloomington, Minn. (Cretin-Derham Hall) 0.6 0.8 54 Kirsten Van Orden F 6-0 Fr. Aurora, Colo. (Grandview) 3.9 3.9 33 Danielle Hagen C 6-1 So. Sidney, Mont. (Sidney) 6.8 6.1 No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (HS/Previous College) Ppg. Rpg. Pronounciation Guide 5 Veronica Johns-Richardson G 5-9 Sr. Fullerton, Calif. (Troy) 9.6 3.8 Anna Nedovic -- 10 Lauren Lubin G 5-8 Fr. Winnetka, Ill. (New Trier) 0.5 0.4 Ann-uh Ned-o-vitch 12 Anna Nedovic F 6-4 So. Ballerup, Denmark (Falkonergaarden) 11.4 6.8 Jasmina Ilic -- 13 Courtney Wallace F 5-10 Jr. Colorado Springs, Colo. (Air Academy/CU Colo. Spgs.) -- -- Jazz-meen-uh E-litch 21 Jasmina Ilic G 6-1 So. Becej, Serbia (Laza Vostic) 7.8 2.7 22 Whitney Law G 5-11 Jr. Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield/Georgia) 9.0 3.4 Yari Escalera -- 23 Yari Escalera G 5-6 Fr. Humacao, Puerto Rico (Colegio San Antonio Abad) 1.2 1.4 Yah-dee Ess-kuh-lare-uh 34 Sarah Lini F 6-0 Sr. Aarhus, Denmark (Statsgymnasium) 2.7 1.6 44 Kara Richards C 6-4 Fr. Graham, Texas (Graham) 8.3 5.4 Sarah Lini -- 45 Jackie McFarland F 6-3 Fr. Derby, Kan. (Derby) 10.4 5.1 Sarah Lee-nee 52 Tami Garnett C 6-3 Jr. Arlington, Texas (Sam Houston/Central Arizona) 4.0 2.3 Tanya Haave -- Head Coach: Ceal Barry, 22nd season (Kentucky, 1977) Tanya Hah-vay Assistant Coach: LaTonya Watson, ninth season (Eastern Michigan, 1992) Assistant Coach: Tanya Haave, fourth season (Tennessee, 1985) Assistant Coach: Matt Daniel, first season (Harding, 1998) BUFF BITS 2004-05 Record: ......................................... 5-4 Conference: ............................................ 0-0 BUMPY RIDE FOR THE BEARS...Enduring its first full season of Division I basketball, Northern Colorado Home: .................................................... 2-2 sports a 2-8 record. The Bears two wins have come at UTEP (59-52) on Dec. 17 and at home against Away: .................................................... 2-2 Utah State (68-62) on Dec. 2. UNC averages just 52.8 points per game as a team and no Bear is Neutral: .................................................. 1-0 averaging double digits. Sophomore forward Heather Barbour tops the Bears at 8.3 points per game All-Time Record: .