Colorado Buffaloes (10-3, 1-1 Big 12) at Baylor Bears (11-3, 1-1 Big 12)
Waco, Texas; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Darianna Littlepage-Buggs and Baylor host Jade Masogayo and Colorado in Big 12 action Saturday.
The Bears are 8-1 in home games. Baylor is eighth in college basketball with 19.6 assists per game. Sarah Andrews leads the Bears averaging 5.6.
The Buffaloes are 1-1 against Big 12 opponents. Colorado ranks sixth in the Big 12 with 18.3 assists per game led by Kindyll Wetta averaging 6.4.
Baylor's average of 8.0 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.5 more made shots on average than the 7.5 per game Colorado allows. Colorado has shot at a 46.6% clip from the field this season, 11.1 percentage points above the 35.5% shooting opponents of Baylor have averaged.
The Bears and Buffaloes meet Saturday for the first time in Big 12 play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Littlepage-Buggs is scoring 14.3 points per game with 10.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists for the Bears.
Lior Garzon is shooting 30.4% from beyond the arc with 1.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Buffaloes, while averaging 12.2 points.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bears: 8-2, averaging 83.7 points, 40.5 rebounds, 20.3 assists, 7.7 steals and 6.6 blocks per game while shooting 48.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 57.9 points per game.
Buffaloes: 8-2, averaging 75.1 points, 32.7 rebounds, 19.0 assists, 7.5 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 49.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.3 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
