Colorado Basketball Game 18 -- Kansas, TUESday, january 22, 2008, 7 p.m. Coors Events/Conference Center, Boulder, Colo. Contact: Troy Andre -- Phone: 303-492-4672 -- Email: [email protected] Colorado Sports Information -- 357 UCB -- Boulder, CO 80309 -- Fax: 303-492-3811 2007-08 SCHEDULE THE GAME: The University of Colorado will host the University of DATE (AP/WBCA) OPPONENT (AP/WBCA) W/L TIME/RES TV Kansas on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m. at the Coors Events/Confer- N 8 COLORADO MINES (Exh.) W 58-31 ence Center. N 16 at San Francisco W 66-48 N 18 at USC L 57-70 BROADCAST: Tuesday’s game will be televised on Fox Sports N 23 #-SIENA L 73-84 N 24 #-RICE W 72-55 Net Rocky Mountain with Tim Ring providing the play-by-play and N 28 NORTHERN COLORADO W 69-60 former Buffaloes’ coach Ceal Barry with the color commentary. D 1 at Colorado State W 82-47 The Mtn. Radio coverage will come from KKZN AM 760. Mike Rice, in his D 5 WYOMING (21/22) W 69-55 FSN RM second season, will have the play-by-play and he is joined by D 9 at Vanderbilt (20/17) W 62-51 Carol Callan of USA Basketball with the color commentary. Live D 14 RV/RV TEXAS SOUTHERN W 64-29 D 21 RV/RV DARTMOUTH W 57-43 D 28 25/RV SOUTHERN UTAH W 81-38 FSN RM D 30 25/RV JACKSONVILLE STATE W 91-64 Colorado Kansas J 4 23/RV PEPPERDINE W 65-53 J 9 23/RV *at Missouri W 70-58 Buffaloes Jayhawks J 13 23/RV *IOWA STATE (--/RV) L 77-84 (2OT) FSN (12-5, 1-3 Big 12) (12-5, 1-3 Big 12) J 16 25/RV *TEXAS A&M (19/16) L 68-72 J 19 25/RV *at Kansas State (RV/RV) L 60-67 FSN RM J 22 RV/RV *KANSAS 7 p.m. FSN RM Overall Team Comparison Averages Overall Team Comparison Averages J 26 RVRV *at Texas Tech 3 p.m. FSN CU KU CU KU J 30 *at Iowa State 6 p.m. Points 69.6 63.6 Offensive Rebounds 12.9 12.8 F 2 *OKLAHOMA STATE 6 p.m. FSN RM Points Allowed 57.5 60.6 Defensive Rebounds 27.8 25.5 F 6 *NEBRASKA 8 p.m. FSN RM Scoring Margin +12.2 +3.0 Total Rebounds 40.7 38.2 F 9 *at Oklahoma 6 p.m. Field Goals 24.3 23.8 Rebounding Margin +7.1 +4.2 F 13 *at Kansas 6 p.m. Field Goal Att. 54.5 54.2 Fouls 14.9 17.9 F 16 *TEXAS 7 p.m. Field Goal Pct. .446 .440 Assists 15.6 14.5 F 23 *KANSAS STATE 7 p.m. 3-pt Field Goals 7.6 3.9 Turnovers 18.4 19.1 F 27 *at Baylor 6 p.m. 3-pt Field Goal Att. 22.9 11.6 Assist/TO Ratio 0.85 0.76 M 2 *at Nebraska 1:05 p.m. 3-pt Field Goal Pct. .331 .338 Turnover Margin -2.4 -1.9 M 5 *MISSOURI 7 p.m. FSN RM Free Throws 13.5 12.0 Blocks 5.5 3.5 M 11-15 !Big 12 Championship TBA FSN Free Throw Att. 18.5 17.8 M 22-25 NCAA 1st & 2nd Round TBA Free Throw Pct. .727 .673 Steals 7.8 8.1 M 29-A 1 NCAA Regionals TBA A 6-8 NCAA Women’s Final Four TBA Big 12 Team Comparison Averages Big 12 Team Comparison Averages Home games in BOLD CAPS CU KU CU KU *Big 12 Conference game Points 68.8 51.5 Offensive Rebounds 11.3 13.0 #21st Annual Coors Classic (Boulder, Colo.); Points Allowed 70.2 62.2 Defensive Rebounds 28.8 21.0 !Big 12 Championship (Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo.) Scoring Margin -1.5 -10.7 Total Rebounds 40.0 34.0 AUDIO FOR ALL GAMES AVAILABLE VIA YAHOO! SPORTS. SEE Field Goals 24.3 20.8 Rebounding Margin +4.0 +0.5 CUBUFFS.COM FOR DETAILS Field Goal Att. 53.0 53.0 Fouls 15.5 18.0 Field Goal Pct. .458 .392 Assists 12.0 9.5 3-pt Field Goals 5.0 3.0 2007-08 ROSTER Turnovers 18.0 19.0 3-pt Field Goal Att. 16.8 8.5 Assist/TO Ratio 0.67 0.50 3-pt Field Goal Pct. .229 .353 Turnover Margin -5.5 -3.0 No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp Hometown (HS/Previous College) Free Throws 15.3 7.0 Blocks 6.0 2.5 2 Bianca Smith G 5-9 So. 1L Missouri City, Texas (Bellaire) Free Throw Att. 22.0 10.3 3 Whitney Houston G 5-5 So. 1L Memphis, Tenn. (Hillcrest) Free Throw Pct. .693 .683 Steals 5.5 7.3 4 Britney Blythe G 5-9 Fr. HS San Mateo, Calif. (St. Ignatius Prep) 11 Hannah Skildum G/F 6-0 Jr. 2L North Oaks, Minn. (Mounds View) Probable Starters 12 Susie Powers G 5-10 Sr. 1L Centennial, Colo. (Highlands Ranch/Notre Dame) Colorado 15 RyAnne Ridge G/F 5-11 Jr. RS Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Xavier/Tulsa) Pos No Name Ht Yr Hometown PPG RPG MISC 21 Chelsea Dale G/F 6-1 Fr. HS Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. (Palos Verdes) G 12 Susie Powers 5-10 Sr Centennial, Colo. 3.7 4.8 4.6 apg 22 Brittany Spears F 6-1 Fr. HS Pasadena, Calif. (Pasadena/Notre Dame Prep {Mass.}) G 11 Hannah Skildum 6-0 Jr North Oaks, Minn. 4.2 2.0 1.2 apg 23 Dina Piterniece G/F 6-2 Jr. JC Riga, Latvia (Odessa College) F 22 Brittany Spears 6-1 Fr Pasadena, Calif. 14.5 7.2 2.2 spg 32 *Kelly Jo Mullaney G 5-8 So. T R Minneapolis, Minn. (The Breck School/Colorado State) F 45 Jackie McFarland 6-3 Sr Derby, Kan. 18.5 8.1 2.7 apg 33 Aija Putnina F 6-3 So. 1L Riga, Latvia (Regis HS, Colo.) 34 Courtney Dunn C 6-4 Fr. RS Berkeley, Calif. (St. Mary’s) F 33 Aija Putnina 6-3 So Riga, Latvia 8.6 8.1 1.5 bpg 40 Caley Dow F 6-2 Jr 2L Littleton, Colo. (Arapahoe) 44 Kara Richards C 6-4 Jr. 2L Graham, Texas (Graham) Kansas 45 Jackie McFarland F 6-3 Sr. 3L Derby, Kan. (Derby) Pos No Name Ht Yr Hometown PPG RPG MISC *Will sit out 2007-08 season as a transfer; G 3 Ivana Catic 5-8 Jr Zrenjanin, Serbia 4.7 2.7 4.0 apg G 20 Sade Morris 5-11 So Norman, Okla. 11.9 4.4 2.6 apg Head Coach: Kathy McConnell-Miller (3rd Year at CU, 34-43/9th Year Overall, 125-131) G/F 4 Danielle McCray 5-11 So Olathe, Kan. 15.1 7.2 2.1 apg Assistant Coaches: Patrick Harrington, Tom McConnell, Aisha Veasley F 13 Taylor McIntosh 5-11 Sr Wichia, Kan. 8.0 7.4 .524 fg% Director of Operations: Ann Strother C 14 Krysten Boogaard 6-5 Fr Regina, Saskatchewan 8.5 4.5 .524 fg% internet audio can be accessed through Yahoo! Sports. 1.2 assists on the season, but she’s a key reason the Buffaloes can be found in the NCAA’s Top 40 in several defensive categories THE BUFFALOES: Colorado is 12-5 overall and 1-3 in the Big 12 including blocked shots, field-goal percentage defense, rebound Conference. Despite their current three-game slide, the Buffaloes margin and scoring defense. continue to enjoy the program’s best mark since a 15-2 start in 2003-04. The Buffs will be looking to match their win total from the Colorado is 10-3 with its current starting line up of Powers-Skildum- 2006-07 season (13-17). Spears-McFarland-Putnina. Colorado fell from the Associated Press Top 25 poll released on Jan. 21, but still is listed among teams receiving votes. The Buffa- Colorado’s Record When loes were ranked for four straight weeks, peaking at No. 23 in the CU leads at the half ....................... 12-1 2007-08 Record: ........................... 12-5 polls of Jan. 1 and Jan. 8. CU has received votes in each AP and Game is tied at the half ................... 0-0 Conference: ................................. 1-3 ESPN/USA Today/WBCA poll since Dec. 10. Opponent leads at half ..................... 0-4 Home: ........................................... 8-3 CU scores under 50 ......................... 0-0 Away: ............................................ 4-2 Senior All-America candidate Jackie McFarland leads the Buffa- CU scores 50-59 .............................. 1-1 Neutral: ......................................... 0-0 loes at 18.5 points per game and is averaging 22.3 points through CU scores 60-69 .............................. 6-2 All-Time Record ........ 620-375 (.623) CU scores 70-79 .............................. 2-2 at home: ................... 348-116 (.750) the first four Big 12 games. She tops the Buffs with a stellar 60.1 CU scores 80-89 .............................. 2-0 at CECC: ................... 315-95 (.768) percentage from the field (107-of-178) and 8.1 rebounding aver- CU scores 90+ .................................. 1-0 on the road: .............. 175-199 (.468) age. McFarland is second in blocked shots (1.4 bpg) and assists Opponent scores under 50 .............. 5-0 neutral sites: ................ 97-60 (.618) (2.7 apg). McFarland became the fifth player in CU history to reach Opponent scores 50-59.................... 5-0 Conference: ............. 264-203 (.565) 1,600 points during the Texas A&M game and also became the Opponent scores 60-69...................