CU Buffaloed

... by the Cardinal's smothering defense, which led to a 57-40 Cardinal victory.

The almost-6,000 fans at Coors Event Center stood for four minutes before the Buffs made their first basket, then sat for six more minutes before the next one.

The Buffs came back after the break with their own good defense and held the Cardinal to a tie in the second half, but weren't able climb out of the first half hole.

Chiney led all scorers with 20 points and added eleven rebounds for her tenth consecutive double-double. She also had three blocks and a steal (which she took to a fast break layup).

Jos seems to get extra energy from Rocky Mountain air. She began the Cardinal domination with a three-pointer off the first possession and ended it with a layup on the last possession. She scored 13 points in all and was especially effective on defense — six rebounds, three blocks, several almost-blocks that were deemed held balls and a steal.

Amber was strong on both offense and defense. She scored 13 points, including three critical jumpers after the Buffs had begun to narrow the lead in the last five minutes of the game. She also had six assists with just two turnovers, five rebounds and two steals.

Here are game reports and commentary:

• No. 4/3 Stanford Hands No. 20/25 Colorado First Loss by Pat Graham (Associated Press)
• No. 20 Buffs Start Slow, Fall To No. 4 Cardinal by B.G. Brooks (CU Buffs)
• No. 20 CU Buffs fall to No. 4 Stanford by Brian Howell (Boulder Daily Camera)
• Stanford women crush No. 20 Colorado to extend conference win streak to 79 by Jake Curtis
• Rounding up the Buffaloes by Wally Mersereau, FBC traveller

The box score and play-by-play,

A game highlights video from CU Buffs,

A gallery of photos by Jeremy Papasso (Daily Camera),

A gallery of photos by Dave Cortesi (who doesn't want to post it to FBC Fan Pix with no other input),

And photos by David Zalubowski (Associated Press):

Amber speeds past the defense

Chiney puts up a shot

Super-block by Chiney & Jos

Jos tries to save an out-of-bounds

Go for it, Bonnie!

Hang on, Mikaela!