NO. 3 CU BUFFS VS. NO. 5 UCLA BRUINS

TIPOFF: Friday, 6 p.m., CU Events Center in Boulder

TV/RADIO: Pac-12 Network/630 AM

RECORDS: Colorado 15-1(5-0Pac-12); UCLA 14-1(3-1)

COACHES: Colorado — JR Payne, 8th season (134-94; 235-207 career).ucla — Cori Close, 13th season (274134).

KEY PLAYERS: Colorado — G Frida Formann, 5-11,

Sr. (13.4ppg, 2.1rpg, 2.5apg, 1.4spg, .447FG%, .430 3PT%, .893FT%); C Quay Miller, 6-3, Sr. (10.1ppg, 7.4 rpg); G Maddie Nolan, 5-11, Sr. (5.8 ppg, 2.7 rpg, .413 3PT%); G Jaylyn Sherrod, 5-7, Sr. (13.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 5.6 apg, 2.6spg, .490FG%); C Aaronette Vonleh, 6-3, Jr. (15.1ppg, 4.6rpg, 1.9apg, .626FG%); G Kindyll Wetta, 5-9, Jr. (6.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 3.9 apg, 2.1 spg, .532 FG%). UCLA — C Lauren Betts, 6-7, So. (15.6ppg, 8.6rpg, 2.2 bpg, .712 FG%); F Angela Dugalic, 6-4, Sr. (8.8 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 2.4 apg); F Gabriela Jaquez, 6-0, So. (11.5 ppg, 5.9 rpg, .500FG%); G Londynn Jones, 5-4, So. (13.3ppg, 2.1 rpg, 2.3 apg, .387 3PT%); G Charisma Osborne, 5-9, Sr. (14.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 4.5 apg, 1.9 spg, .393 3PT%); G Kiki Rice, 5-11, So. (12.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 5.9 apg, 2.1 spg, .483 FG%)

NOTES: CU kicks off its second straight home weekend. … This is the first battle of top-5teams in the history of CU basketball, men or women. … The Buffs are coming off a 71-59 win over No. 8 Stanford on Sunday and bring an 8-0 home record into this game. … CU has its best start to conference play since the 1994-95 team went undefeated in the Big Eight. … The Buffs come in ranked fourth in the Pac-12in scoring (81.44points per game) and second in field goal percentage (.486). UCLA is second in field goal percentage defense (.350). … UCLA is the top rebounding team in the Pac-12, at plus-18.77 per game. CU is sixth, at plus-6.0. … Sherrod (fourth), Wetta (10th), Rice (third) and Osborne (seventh) all rank among the top-10in the Pac-12in assists. … CU’S Sararose Smith (4.9ppg, 5.0rpg) has missed the past two games with a mild concussion. The Buffs are hoping she can play Friday. … UCLA was undefeated before a 73-65 loss at rival USC on Sunday. … No. 5is UCLA’S lowest ranking of the season. The Bruins were No. 4 coming into the year and spent eight straight weeks at No. 2before slipping to No. 5this week. … The Bruins are 4-1against ranked teams this season, while CU is 3-1. … Betts, from Grandview High School in Aurora, played last season at Stanford before transferring to UCLA.