BOULDER — Colorado women’s basketball coach Kathy McConnell-Miller conceded that her team may be facing a crossroads following Wednesday night’s 74-50 trouncing by No. 14 Texas before 2,207 in the Coors Events Center.
“I think anything could happen (for the remainder of the season),” McConnell-Miller said. “How they respond and how they come back will be a sign of what type of team we’re going to have (for Saturday) at Oklahoma, this summer, next season.”
Colorado (12-10, 2-7 Big 12) dropped its fifth straight game after a nice win at Kansas State on Jan. 20. Four of those five losses were to nationally ranked teams, showing how far the Buffaloes must go to become competitive in the league.
CU has lost four straight home games for the first time since the 2005-06 season, and this was the largest margin of defeat at home in five years. Never able to make the game interesting, the Buffaloes fell behind 14-0, 32-12 and 41-21 at halftime.
“We’re playing some young players, but they have experience,” McConnell-Miller said. “It’s a mentality you need that each possession is like it’s your last. I have to look at different rotations, lineups.”
With its guards driving the lane, Texas (17-6, 6-3) controlled the tempo from the opening tip. Winning for the sixth time in seven games, Texas scored 39 points off turnovers, compared to 12 for CU.
“(Texas) got some deflections, some quick steals, and it rattled our guards,” McConnell-Miller said. “They were extremely physical and our players did not respond to that.”
McConnell-Miller did not make her players available to the media after the game.
Tom Kensler: 303-954-1280 or tkensler@denverpost.com
