The Vandals were down three with less than two minutes to go at Colorado.
Idaho women’s basketball had hung with the Pac-12 foe all game and it came down to the end, but it just was not to be as the Buffaloes went on a 10-0 run to end the game, handing the Vandals another loss, 68-59.
For the second straight game Idaho (2-6) fell to a Pac-12 team. The Buffaloes (7-0) started the season on a terror and hold a perfect record.
The Vandals turned the ball over 11 times, the lowest this season. Idaho coach Jon Newlee said he was happy with the way the offense clicked.
“I liked our offensive execution,” Newlee said. “I thought we really kept our poise and we did a good job of running our stuff and had a little more inside out balance than we’ve had.”
Idaho is a young team and Newlee said he’s happy with the team’s improvement thus far.
“I told them after the game that I was real encouraged by the progress just from the last game to this one,” Newlee said. “We just got done playing two Pac-12 opponents who are going to do well in their league.”
Colorado’s Chucky Jeffery was the difference for the Buffaloes. Jeffery racked up 30 points with 10 rebounds and was 4-5 from the 3-point line.
“Just too much Chucky today,” Newlee said. “She did a great job and she really came to play. We kind of backed off of her at the start to see how it would go, and she burned us a little early.”
Freshman Stacey Barr and sophomore Alyssa Charlston each had 12 points for Idaho, while junior Jessica Graham pitched in with six points and seven rebounds.
The Vandals gave up a 4-20 advantage in second-chance points, which Newlee said was the difference in the game.
“I thought we lost the game on the glass,” Newlee said. “The second-chance points really hurt us. We knew coming in they were really long, big and have a lot of size and we needed to block out and not give them those second looks.”
The Vandals will come back home beginning with Carroll College at 6 p.m. Thursday in Memorial Gym.