Southern Utah Thunderbirds @ Colorado Buffaloes

WOMEN'S NIT - 2nd ROUND

Southern Utah ThunderbirdsSouthern UtahSUU

23-10, 10-7 Away

Final

	1	2	T
Southern Utah SUU	21	47	68
Colorado COLO	28	51	79

Colorado BuffaloesColoradoCOLO

19-14, 12-6 Home

Southern Utah Thunderbirds

starters
Lori ParkinsonL. Parkinson#20
Carli MorelandC. Moreland#15
Ashleigh MunnsA. Munns#4
Marquelle FunkM. Funk#45
Hailey MandelkoH. Mandelko#23
bench
Jessica RichardsonJ. Richardson#43
Marissa RobbinsM. Robbins#12
Brenna GatesB. Gates#52
Andrea JonesA. Jones#5
Maylinn SmithM. Smith#21
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
26	6	1-7	0-0	4-6	7	2	3	2	0	4	3	4
30	17	5-11	0-0	7-7	2	0	2	1	2	1	1	5
9	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	6	2-6	2-3	0-0	3	0	1	2	0	2	1	4
25	2	0-6	0-2	2-2	1	2	5	1	0	0	1	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
8	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	2
8	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	3	1	1	1	0	1	2	1
6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
26	11	3-6	2-4	3-3	3	1	2	1	0	1	2	5
7	8	3-5	2-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	68	19-55	6-12	24-27	35	10	23	11	3	17	18	29
		35%	50%	89%

Colorado Buffaloes

starters
Arielle RobersonA. Roberson#32
Rachel HargisR. Hargis#40
Haley SmithH. Smith#22
Ashley WilsonA. Wilson#12
Brittany WilsonB. Wilson#11
bench
Zoe Beard-FailsZ. Beard-Fails#31
Jamee SwanJ. Swan#50
Desiree HarrisD. Harris#4
Lauren HugginsL. Huggins#24
Lexy KreslL. Kresl#1
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
31	15	6-10	1-3	2-7	11	1	5	2	5	6	5	2
22	12	5-6	0-0	2-2	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	3
22	7	2-8	0-1	3-4	3	1	5	1	1	1	2	3
29	8	1-3	0-1	6-8	3	2	2	2	0	1	2	1
20	11	3-7	2-5	3-4	1	1	6	2	0	0	1	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
12	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	3
15	6	1-2	0-1	4-4	4	1	1	0	2	3	1	4
7	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	6	2-3	2-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2
24	12	2-5	1-3	7-9	6	4	3	1	1	2	4	1
	79	23-48	6-16	27-38	37	13	24	13	14	17	20	20
		48%	38%	71%

Game Information

Boulder, CO

Referee:Theresa Walloch

Referee:Josh Rombach

Referee:Evan Sharples

NCAA Division I

Western Athletic Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
California Baptist	15-3	-	23-11
Abilene Christian	13-5	2	24-11
Southern Utah	11-7	4	19-13
Utah Valley	9-9	6	16-15
Tarleton State	7-11	8	14-17
UT Arlington	4-14	11	12-21
Utah Tech	4-14	11	9-20

Big 12 Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
TCU	15-3	-	32-6
West Virginia	14-4	1	28-7
Baylor	13-5	2	25-9
Texas Tech	12-6	3	26-8
Oklahoma State	12-6	3	24-10
Colorado	11-7	4	22-12
Iowa State	10-8	5	22-10
Utah	10-8	5	19-13
Arizona State	9-9	6	24-11
BYU	9-9	6	26-12
Kansas	8-10	7	22-14
Kansas State	8-10	7	19-18
Cincinnati	6-12	9	11-20
Arizona	3-15	12	12-18
UCF	3-15	12	11-19
Houston	1-17	14	7-23

Women's College Basketball News

Optimistic Baker: New NCAA eligibility rules not retroactive

NCAA president Charlie Baker, who is "pretty optimistic" the age-based eligibility proposal will pass, told ESPN that the implementation is not expected to include athletes who graduated or exhausted their eligibility in the 2025-26 season.

13h

Kentucky nabs Florida transfer Me'Arah O'Neal, Shaq's daughter

Me'Arah O'Neal, a standout forward at Florida last season and the youngest daughter of Shaquille O'Neal, announced her commitment to Kentucky.

15h

Women's NCAA basketball transfer rankings for 2026-27 season

The transfer portal is closed. Audi Crooks is headed to Oklahoma State while Addy Brown is bound for UCLA.

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