The Beavers needed a big bounce back victory after losing three tough games to Pac-12 rivals Stanford and Oregon. The team did a lot of soul searching during the week and came out with a definitive game plan against Colorado. Do a better job on the boards and get back on track from long distance.
Rebounding was tremendous against the Buffaloes. They outrebounded the Buffs 50-28. Kennedy Brown had a career-high 13 boards.
The Beavers had 13 three-pointers on 19 tries. Aleah Goodman the junior had been scuffling from behind the line the past two weeks. She was unconscious from three point range hitting a career high seven of them on nine tries. Overall, she had a career high 26 points in the 79-52 victory.
Aleah talked to me after the game about her career night:
Kennedy Brown and Taylor Jones both showed a lot of fight on the boards against Colorado. Kennedy had her best rebounding effort of her Freshman season with 13 Thursday night:
The Beavers improve to 17-4 on the season and 5-4 in Pac-1 play. On to Salt Lake City and the Utes Saturday. 10:30 am the pregame coverage begins on the Beaver Sports Network. You can go to osubeavers.com to listen.