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CU Buffs women's basketball adds talented point guard

The Colorado women's basketball team has added some talent to its roster.

On Friday, Lesila "Sila" Finau of Dublin, Calif., signed a financial aid agreement and will join the Buffaloes' program this summer.

A 5-foot-10 guard, Finau signed a letter of intent with Minnesota in November. When Gophers head coach Marlene Stollings left to take the job at Texas Tech in April, however, Finau's plans changed.

"I think she still liked Minnesota, but it just changes the complexion of your vision of what it was going to be," CU head coach JR Payne said. "But, she reopened her recruitment and she narrowed her recruitment very quickly.