Colorado head coach JR Payne talked after Wednesday’s Big 12 game against BYU at the Marriott Center about the ups and downs of being a coach during a close game. “Sometimes you see them really play well and others you are like,

Even Kalani Sitake’s attendance couldn’t help this BYU women’s basketball team right the ship as BYU lost to Colorado Wednesday night at the Marriott Center, 67-66.

A Wednesday night trip to the Marriott Center wasn’t easy, but the Buffaloes survived with a 67-66 win against host BYU, led by a season-high 22 points from Nyamer Diew and some timely plays from

It had been a terrible stretch for the BYU women’s basketball team in Wednesday night’s Big 12 battle against Colorado at the Marriott Center. Nothing had worked late in the second quarter as the Buffaloes had turned a 23-23 tie into a 36-25 lead with a 13-2 run.

Nyamer Diew had a season-high 22 points off the bench to help Colorado hold off BYU 67-66 and hand the Cougars a fifth consecutive loss Wednesday night.