BOULDER, Colo. – Sophia Elenga scored a career-high 17 points, Jamie Ruden had 16 and Courtney Ekmark added 13 to help lead the Arizona State women's basketball team to a 72-47 win over Colorado on Friday in the Pac-12 opener for both teams.
The Sun Devils (10-3, 1-0 Pac-12) came through with another brilliant defensive effort in holding Colorado (9-3, 0-1) 33 points below its scoring average coming into the game.
Equally, if not more impressive, was the job ASU did on the boards as it ended the night plus-10 (45-35) against a Colorado squad that was ranked 13th in the nation in rebounding margin (+11.