MATCHUP: Colorado Buffaloes (14-14, 5-12 Pac-12) at Southern California Trojans (18-10, 8-9)
GAME TIME: Saturday, 2 p.m. MT, at Galen Center in Los Angeles
BROADCAST: Online — Pac-12 Plus. Radio — KHOW 630 AM
COACHES: Colorado — JR Payne, 2nd season (31-30 at CU; 132-143 career). USC — Mark Trakh, 1st season in second stint (91-64 in six seasons overall at USC; 393-267 career)
LEADERS: Colorado — Scoring: G Kennedy Leonard, Jr., 14.6 ppg; Rebounding: F Annika Jank, Fr., 7.1 rpg; Assists: Leonard, Jr., 6.8 apg. USC — Scoring: F Kristen Simon, Sr., 17.7 ppg; Rebounding: Simon, 8.7 rpg; Assists — G Minyon Moore, So., 5.8 apg.
NOTABLE: This is the final game of the regular season for both teams. … USC won the first meeting, 86-51, on Jan. 12 in Boulder. … USC leads the all-time series, 10-6. … CU had a two-game win streak snapped with a 73-67 loss to No. 10 UCLA on Thursday. Alexis Robinson had a career-high 31 points in the loss. … USC escaped Thursday with a 53-52 home win against Utah after Simon hit a game-winning 3-pointer with just over a second to play in overtime. … Robinson is averaging 19.2 points in the last six games. … Leonard needs one assist to break her own single-season CU record for assists. She has 190 this year. … Barring some upsets around the league this weekend, the Buffs are likely to be the No. 9 seed for next week’s Pac-12 Tournament and would play either USC or Utah in the first round on Thursday.
Contact staff writer Brian Howell at howellb@dailycamera.com or twitter.com/BrianHowell33
