CU women’s basketball at Oklahoma State Cowgirls

TIPOFF: 5:30 p.m., today at Gallagher-iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla.

BROADCAST: Online – ESPN+. Radio – 630 AM

2020-21 RECORDS: Colorado 12-11 (8-8 Pac-12);

Oklahoma State (19-9 (13-5 Big 12)

COACHES: Colorado – JR Payne, 5th season (72-75; 173188 career). Oklahoma State – Jim Littell, 11th season (195120).

KEY PLAYERS (2020-21 Statistics): Colorado – G Sila

Finau, 5-9, Sr. (5.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.6 apg); G Frida Formann, 5-11, So. (12.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.0 apg); F Mya Hollingshed, 63, Sr. (15.4 ppg, 7.8 rpg); G Jaylyn Sherrod, 5-7, Jr. (10.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 3.1 apg); F Peanut Tuitele, 6-1, Sr. (7.8 ppg, 4.7 rpg). Oklahoma State – G N’yah Boyd, 5-6, Jr. (11.7 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 3.7 apg); F Taylen Collins, 6-1, So. (6.6 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.1 apg); C Kassidy De Lapp, 6-3, Sr. (3.7 ppg, 2.9 rpg); G Lauren Fields, 5-9, Jr. (8.7 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 3.3 apg); G Neferatali Notoa, 5-11, So. (4.3 ppg, 2.1 rpg).

NOTES: This is the season opener for both teams. In exhibition games, CU defeated Colorado Mines, 63-52, while OSU defeated Southern Nazarene, 64-40. … CU has won 21 consecutive season openers, dating back to a loss at Denver in the 1999-2000 opener. In program history, the Buffs are 425 in season openers. … Oklahoma State is 37-11 in season openers and has won 15 in a row. … This will be CU’S first time starting the season on the road since a visit to Samford to open the 2017-18 season. The Buffs will actually start this year with two road games, including Sunday at Air Force. … The former Big Eight/big 12 rivals have met 52 times, splitting the series 26-26. They have met just once since CU left for the Pac-12, with OSU defeating the Buffs, 78-70, in the Women’s NIT quarterfinals in Stillwater, on March 25, 2012. … Littell has led the Cowgirls to the NCAA Tournament six times in his 10 seasons as head coach. … On Tuesday, Hollingshed was one of 50 players named to the preseason watch list for the John R. Wooden Award, presented annually to the top player in the country.