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In her press conference after the Utah win, Tara would not comment on Jones's absence, so we don't have any idea whether she will be available to play against Colorado. She did comment on Colorado's rebounding--apparently rebounding will be a point of emphasis for this game, since Colorado is very good at it.
Colorado is 5-6, but is 5-2 at home where we will play them. They beat Utah by 30 points, so I expect a tougher game than Friday. Last year Colorado really had our number. The first game ended in overtime, which we won, and the game at Colorado ended on Kiana's amazing 40' heave for the win. We could quite easily have lost either or both of those two games.
Colorado is led by Mya Hollingshed, who we have seen before--but she has had a Belibi-like transformation, and apparently is a far better player than in previous seasons. This 6'3" senior forward is averaging 15 pts, 9 rebounds, and a boat load of blocks. Last year she scored 19 against us in the second game.
An unfamiliar player is their second leading scorer. Frida Formann, a 5'11" freshman guard from Denmark, takes more than half of her shots from three point range and makes 37% of them. This complements the inside game of Hollingshed quite well. She averages 11 ppg.
Jaylyn Sherrod is a 5'7" sophomore guard, also scoring in double digits but is more of a slasher, taking few three pointers.
Peanut Tuitele and Aubrey Knight are more familiar names--juniors--a forward and a guard who have a lot of experience playing against us.
Sherrod, Tuitele, and Hollingshed all had good games against us a year ago. Colorado out rebounded us in the first game and our teams were tied in rebounds in the second.
In her press conference after the Utah win, Tara would not comment on Jones's absence, so we don't have any idea whether she will be available to play against Colorado. She did comment on Colorado's rebounding--apparently rebounding will be a point of emphasis for this game, since Colorado is very good at it.
Colorado is 5-6, but is 5-2 at home where we will play them. They beat Utah by 30 points, so I expect a tougher game than Friday. Last year Colorado really had our number. The first game ended in overtime, which we won, and the game at Colorado ended on Kiana's amazing 40' heave for the win. We could quite easily have lost either or both of those two games.
Colorado is led by Mya Hollingshed, who we have seen before--but she has had a Belibi-like transformation, and apparently is a far better player than in previous seasons. This 6'3" senior forward is averaging 15 pts, 9 rebounds, and a boat load of blocks. Last year she scored 19 against us in the second game.
An unfamiliar player is their second leading scorer. Frida Formann, a 5'11" freshman guard from Denmark, takes more than half of her shots from three point range and makes 37% of them. This complements the inside game of Hollingshed quite well. She averages 11 ppg.
Jaylyn Sherrod is a 5'7" sophomore guard, also scoring in double digits but is more of a slasher, taking few three pointers.
Peanut Tuitele and Aubrey Knight are more familiar names--juniors--a forward and a guard who have a lot of experience playing against us.
Sherrod, Tuitele, and Hollingshed all had good games against us a year ago. Colorado out rebounded us in the first game and our teams were tied in rebounds in the second.
