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Why the Buffs misplaced: UCLA managed the paint, outscoring the Buffs 36-22 and outrebounding them 44-27. The Bruins additionally took benefit of late CU foul bother.
Three stars:
1. UCLA’s Lauren Betts: Regardless of some uncommon capturing struggles early, the 6-foot-7 middle had 20 factors and 13 rebounds.
2. CU’s Jaylyn Sherrod: Posted 17 factors and two assists to guide a balanced assault by the Buffs.
3. UCLA’s Charisma Osborne: Scored a game-high 22 factors and had 4 steals.
Up subsequent: The Buffs conclude their four-game homestand in opposition to No. 6 USC on Sunday at 1 p.m. on the CU Occasions Middle.
Colorado bought the kind of crowd it has dreamed of drawing on Friday night time.
A program document for attendance wasn’t sufficient to gasoline the Buffaloes to a victory, nonetheless.
Foul bother hit the third-ranked Buffs within the fourth quarter and so they had been dominated on the boards as No. 5 UCLA used a late run to tug off a 76-68 victory in entrance of 11,338 followers on the CU Occasions Middle.
“How about 11,000 individuals displaying up for these guys?” CU head coach JR Payne mentioned. “Clearly actually pleased with plenty of issues we did, however very, very disillusioned and pissed off with our rebounding as a result of I do assume that decided the result of the sport.
“Two heavyweights. Two of one of the best groups within the nation. First top-five matchup. I assumed we competed on each single possession, however I feel our offense bought stagnant, which we haven’t seen actually in any respect this 12 months. After which the defensive rebounding simply completely crushed us. However (the Bruins) are an amazing crew, very properly coached.”
Within the first top-five battle in CU basketball historical past, males or girls, the Buffs had their first sold-out crowd since March 17, 1995. It was the fifth sellout in CU girls’s historical past however the first in a daily season sport. The earlier 4 had been in NCAA Event video games.
“To have 11,000 individuals right here is exceptional,” Payne mentioned.
Jaylyn Sherrod had 17 factors to guide CU (15-2, 5-1 Pac-12) and Frida Formann added 16, whereas Charisma Osborne had 22 to guide the Bruins (15-1, 4-1). Lauren Betts, from Grandview Excessive Faculty in Aurora, added 20 factors and 13 rebounds for UCLA in her homecoming.
There have been 20 lead adjustments all through the night time and CU pulled inside 63-62 on a pair of Quay Miller free throws with 4 minutes, 18 seconds to play. The Bruins, nonetheless, answered with a 13-3 run, with Betts scoring 5 straight factors in that run.
The Buffs handled foul bother within the fourth, enjoying the ultimate 7 minutes with three gamers, together with Sherrod, having 4 fouls and three others with three. UCLA took benefit and buried the Buffs late.
“Yeah, it’s behind your thoughts,” mentioned Sherrod, who bought her fourth foul with 9:17 to go, “however on the finish of the day, it simply goes again to enjoying sensible. I feel me and Kindyll (Wetta) had been in foul bother, however we type of simply tried to play as sensible as potential, figuring out that our crew wanted us to be on the ground. However on the finish of the day, to teach J’s level, we simply bought to be higher in different areas and I feel it’ll be high-quality.”
UCLA by no means led by greater than three factors till its late run and led by as many as 11.
Among the finest rebounding groups within the nation, UCLA outrebounded the Buffs 44-27, together with 18 offensive rebounds. The Bruins additionally went 8-for-10 from the ground within the fourth and scored on a put-back after a type of misses.
CU was simply 6-of-14 within the fourth quarter and managed solely six offensive boards on the night time.
Regardless of having their nine-game successful streak snapped, the Buffs stay atop the Pac-12 standings and gave the sold-out crowd a present with one other elite crew, No. 6 USC, coming to city Sunday.
“Within the huddle with the guards earlier than the sport, I mentioned, ‘Let’s give all these individuals a motive to maintain coming again,’” Sherrod mentioned. “Though we didn’t give you the win, I feel on the finish of the day, we’re gonna be higher from this. I feel there’s plenty of issues to study from this, and I do know this left a nasty style in all people’s mouth. We actually play higher when there’s a nasty style in our mouth.”
No. 5 UCLA 76, No. 3 Colorado 68
UCLA (15-1, 4-1 Pac-12)
Rice 4-11 3-3 12, Jones 1-7 0-0 3, Osborne 6-12 9-12 22, Dugalic 3-12 4-4 11, Betts 8-16 4-7 20, Sontag 1-1 0-0 2, Iwuala 0-0 0-0 0, Jaquez 1-2 4-4 6, Brown 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-61 24-30 76.
COLORADO (15-2, 5-1 Pac-12)
Sherrod 5-16 6-9 17, Formann 4-9 5-5 16, Miller 3-6 4-4 10, Vonleh 5-7 0-0 10, Nolan 0-2 0-0 0, Sadler 2-7 2-4 7, Wetta 2-4 0-0 4, McLeod 0-0 1-2 1, Whittaker 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 22-52 18-24 68.
UCLA 15 17 17 27 – 76
Colorado 19 16 13 20 – 68
3-point objectives – UCLA 4-16 (Jones 1-6, Dugalic 1-4, Rice 1-3, Osborne 1-3), Colorado 6-20 (Formann 3-7, Sherrod 1-6, Sadler 1-2, Whittaker 1-1, Miller 0-2, Nolan 0-1, Wetta 0-1). Rebounds – UCLA 44 (Dugalic, Betts 13), Colorado 27 (Vonleh 7). Assists – UCLA 5 (Rice, Osborne 2), Colorado 14 (Wetta 5). Steals – UCLA 5 (Osborne 4), Colorado 4 (Wetta 2). Turnovers – UCLA 14, Colorado 16. Whole fouls – UCLA 19, Colorado 27. Fouled out – Sontag, Miller. Attendance – 11,338.
