SEATTLE – Down by nine points in the fourth quarter, the Colorado women's basketball team battled back to within one before falling 79-78 to Washington State in the opening round of the Pac-12 Conference Tournament.
Sophomore Monica Burich, shooting for Kennedy Leonard, missed a game-tying free throw with 12 seconds to play after Leonard was slightly injured on a layup that cut CU's deficit to 79-78.
The No. 10-seeded Buffaloes' final possession ended with a missed jump shot by Ariana Freeman, closing out JR Payne's first season at 15-15 and launching a waiting game for a possible WNIT bid.