COLORADO VS. CREIGHTON

TIPOFF: Friday, 11:30 a.m., MDT, at Carver-hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa.

BROADCAST: TV — ESPNEWS. Radio — 630 AM

RECORDS: Colorado — 22-8; Creighton — 20-9

COACHES: Colorado — JR Payne, 6th season (94-83; 195-196 career). season (376-252)

KEY PLAYERS: Colorado — G Sila Finau, 5-9, Sr. (4.3 ppg, 2.8 rpg); G Frida Formann, 5-11, So. (7.6 ppg, 1.7 rpg); F Mya Hollingshed, 6-3, Sr. (14.1 ppg, 7.5 rpg; 1.1 spg, 1.0 bpg); C Quay Miller, 63, Jr. (10.6 ppg, 5.1 rpg); G Jaylyn Sherrod, 5-7, Jr. (7.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 3.7 apg, 1.8 spg); F Peanut Tuitele, 6-1, Sr. (7.4 ppg, 4.1 rpg); G Kindyll Wetta, 5-9, Fr. (4.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.8 apg, 2.1 spg). Creighton — G/F Carly Bachelor,6-0, Jr. (8.3 ppg, 4.4 rpg); G Lauren Jensen, 5-10, So. (12.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.1 apg); G/F Morgan Maly, 6-1, So. (12.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg); G Molly Mogensen, 5-7, So. (6.1 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.8 apg); G Tatum Rembao, 5-9, Sr. (7.1 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 6.3 apg); F Emma Ronsiek, 61, So. (14.9 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 2.5 apg).

NOTES: Colorado is making its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2013, but Creighton is making its first appearance since 2018. … The Buffs are 17-13 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, but have lost their last three. Their last win came on March 24, 2003, against North Carolina. … The Buffs are 8-3 in NCAA Tournament first round games. … Creighton is 5-7 in the NCAA Tournament and has won at least once in its last three appearances (2013, 2017, 2018). … The all-time series is tied 2-2. The last meeting was a 52-49 Colorado win on Dec. 21, 2011, in the UTSA Holiday Classic in San Antonio. … For Creighton, Ronsiek was first-team All-big East, while Jensen was second team. Jensen was also named the Big East’s co-most improved player of the year. Maly was the Big East sixth player of the year. … Jensen and Rembao are the only players in this game with NCAA Tournament experience. Rembao played four minutes in Creighton’s last tournament game in 2018. Jensen played one minute for Iowa in a tournament game against Kentucky last year.

Creighton —

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