GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Washington State 61, Colorado 49
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS - Charlisse Leger-Walker scored 15 points and seventh-seeded Washington State stunned No. 20 Colorado 61-49 to earn a berth in the Pac-12 Conference championship game for the first time in program history.
Washington State, which set a program record with its 22nd win, shut down the third-seeded Buffaloes early, building a 20-6 lead in the second quarter.
Colorado regrouped in the second half and used a 12-0 run to tie it at 38 going into the fourth quarter. Ula Motuga drilled a 3-pointer with 6:17 left to jump-start a 12-2 run that put the Cougars in front by 10 and stayed there.
Bella Murekatete had 12 points and grabbed eight rebounds for Washington State (22-10). Astera Tuhina had 10 points and Motuga shot 3 of 4 from beyond the arc to add nine points. The Cougars were 23 of 49 from the field (46.9%), including 6 of 13 from long range and 9 of 11 from the free-throw line.
Colorado (23-8) shot 37% from the floor (20 of 54) and was just 4 of 18 from behind the 3-point arc. Aaronette Vonleh led the Buffaloes with 18 points. Jaylyn Sherrod had 13 points, five rebounds and six assists and Frida Formann added 11 points.
March 3, 2023
| Washington State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| U. Motuga | F | 31 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 1-6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| B. Murekatete | C | 28 | 6-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| C. Leger-Walker | G | 33 | 6-17 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| T. Wallack | G | 31 | 1-3 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Teder | G | 24 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| A. Tuhina | 27 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| G. Sarver | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| J. Clarke | 10 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| L. Glazier | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| K. Gardner | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 23-49 (.469) |
9-11 (.818) |
6-13 (.462) |
9-33 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 61 | |
| Colorado | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| A. Vonleh | F | 30 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| Q. Miller | C | 27 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Sherrod | G | 38 | 5-14 | 3-6 | 0-4 | 2-5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| F. Formann | G | 32 | 3-12 | 2-2 | 3-9 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| T. Jones | G | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| K. Wetta | 28 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| T. Sadler | 23 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| J. Wynn | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C. Whittaker | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 20-54 (.370) |
5-8 (.625) |
4-18 (.222) |
11-30 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 49 | |
Officials: Melissa Barlow, Robert Scofield, Infinity Robinson
