(CU Independent graphic/Adam Milner)
After managing to hang around all game, the Buffs’ shooting went cold late in the second half, costing them the game.
Colorado women’s basketball (10-7, 1-3 Big 12) shot just 32
percent from the field en route to a 58-49 loss to Oklahoma
State (13-4, 1-3 Big 12) at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater,
Okla. Senior forward Brittany Spears scored a game-high 18
points and pulled down nine rebounds. Freshman guard Brittany
Wilson was the only other Buff in double digits with 11
points.
Freshman center Vicky McIntyre led OSU with 14 points, eight rebounds and four blocks. The win was the first in the conference for the Cowgirls, and they snapped a three-game losing streak.
This was Colorado’s second straight game without starting sophomore point guard Chucky Jeffery, who is out with a concussion. She is listed as day-to-day.
CU came out sloppy in the first half committing 11 first-half turnovers, eight coming in the first 12 minutes. Sophomore guard Meagan Malcolm-Peck came off the bench and scored seven of her nine points during a 10-2 CU run that cut the OSU lead to 21-20. They trailed 29-22 at the half.
Colorado junior forward Julie Seabrook was able to tie the game at 34 in the second half on a layup, but the Cowgirls responded with a 12-2 run that stretched the lead to 46-36, the largest of the night.
The Buffs managed to come back to within one point with 7:22 remaining in the game. From there, the Cowgirl’s defense, which is ranked second in the Big 12, took over. The Buffs were held without a field goal for the remainder of the game, going 0-13 from the field to finish with their season low in points for a game.
CU will return to the Coors Events Center Jan. 22, where they will meet up with Missouri at 4 p.m.
Contact CU Independent Staff Writer Mitchell Byars at Mitchell.byars@colorado.edu
