Aaronette Vonleh hit a go-ahead layup with under a minute remaining as No. 3 Colorado took advantage of Trojans standout JuJu Watkins fouling out to escape with a 63-59 over No. 6 Southern California on Sunday. The Buffaloes finished 2-1 over a difficult stretch of playing three straight against top-10 opponents. They beat No. 8 Stanford last Sunday before losing to fifth-ranked UCLA on Friday night in front of a record crowd. This crowd was just as raucous, especially after Vonleh gave the Buffaloes a 58-56 lead. Quay Miller scored 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Watkins scored 20 points before fouling out for the Trojans.
Going into Friday, the Colorado women’s basketball team knew rebounding would be crucial. This season, fifth-ranked UCLA has been the best team in the country in terms of rebounding margin, at plus-18.3 per game. The No. 3 Buffaloes held the Bruins below that mark, but not by much in a 76-68 loss at the CU Events Center. UCLA out-rebounded the Buffs 44-27, the worst margin for CU since Jan. 28, 2022, against Utah (minus-23). “Nothing different than what we’d seen on film,” CU head coach JR Payne said of UCLA. “Nothing different than what we talked about, what we had […]