Fourth-quarter surge powers BYU past Colorado on senior-day

PROVO, Utah – BYU women’s basketball closed its 2025-26 regular season with a three-game win streak after taking down the Colorado Buffaloes 75-62 on Saturday afternoon at the Marriott Center. The win marked BYU’s first over Colorado since 1982.

In this year’s Senior Day, the Cougars recognized three seniors: Lara Rohkohl, Heather Hamson and Hattie Ogden.

“A perfect senior class for our first year as a staff in the program. They represent us so well in all that they do," head coach Lee Cummard said. "They play for the name on the front of the jersey, and they show up every single day and give everything they can to their teammates and to the program. You can’t find three better people. I’m very thankful for the example they’ve set for what a senior class should be.”

Trailing 56-48 at the end of the third quarter, the Cougars responded with an 18-0 run that propelled them to a 27-6 advantage in the fourth to secure their 20th win of the season. In the final period, BYU shot 11-of-16 from the field, while Colorado went 2-of-15 and missed all eight of its attempts from beyond the arc.

Delaney Gibb led the comeback effort with 26 points, her third-highest total of the season, including 15 in the fourth quarter and a pair of fourth-quarter triples. Gibb finishes with seven assists, six rebounds, a steal and a block in the win.

Freshman Bolanle Yussuf tied a career high with 13 points, shooting 5-of-7 from the field. The native of Lagos, Nigeria, also went a perfect 3-for-3 from the charity stripe, grabbed five boards, three coming on the offensive glass and had two blocks. 

Olivia Hamlin and Brinley Cannon were the other two players who finished in double figures for the Cougars on Saturday, with 13 and 10 points, respectively. Hamlin paired the 13 points with three rebounds, a steal and an assist, going 5-of-11 from the floor and knocking down a three in her sixth-consecutive game. 

Head coach Lee Cummard made some history of his own with the win on Saturday. Cummard joined his predecessor and mentor, Jeff Judkins, along with Courtney Leishman, as one of three coaches to record 20 wins in their first season at the helm of the Cougar program. His team also recorded the third-most conference wins and the third-highest conference winning percentage by a first-year head coach, with nine wins and a .500 record in league play.  

First Quarter
Colorado opened the scoring with a three-pointer from the corner to take an early lead. BYU answered with a jump shot from Sydney Benally to get on the board, then took its first lead of the game on a three-pointer from Hamlin. The Cougars’ largest run of the quarter came on an 8-0 stretch, with Hamlin and Gibb each connecting from beyond the arc to build momentum.

After trailing 10-7, Colorado tied the game with a three-pointer before the media timeout. BYU responded out of the break with five-straight points, capped by a Rohkohl layup off a turnover forced by Brinley Cannon. The Cougars closed the quarter in front, 20-16.

Second Quarter
The Cougars wasted no time in the second, as Hamlin opened the scoring with a driving layup to extend the BYU lead to 22-16. BYU then went scoreless for a 4:13 stretch while Colorado went on a 4-0 run before the Cougars broke the drought and pushed their advantage back to four.

BYU later used a 6-0 run to build a 30-24 lead, fueled by back-to-back fast-break layups from Hamlin. After Gibb extended the lead to eight points just before the buzzer, Colorado closed the half with a 6-0 run to trim the deficit to 32-30 at the break.

Third Quarter
The Buffaloes earned their first lead since the opening minutes with an early three-pointer to take a one-point advantage, extending an 18-4 run dating back to the second quarter. All four of BYU’s points during that stretch came from the free-throw line.

Trailing 41-36, BYU got its first field goal of the half from Yussuf, who converted a layup and added a free throw to cut the lead to two. Colorado outscored the Cougars 15-9 in the quarter, making six straight field goals at one point. BYU scored its final seven points of the period from the line, while the Buffaloes shot 10-for-11 from the field in the third.

Fourth Quarter

Trailing 56-48, Gibb ended BYU’s field-goal drought of more than five minutes with a jump shot off an early turnover. Through the first five minutes, BYU forced five turnovers, sparking a 10-2 run capped by Gibb’s second three-pointer of the game to tie the score at 58 entering the media timeout.

Out of the break, the Cougars continued their fourth-quarter surge. A layup from Yussuf followed by a three-pointer from Kambree Barber capped a 16-2 run to give BYU a 64-58 lead with under three minutes remaining. Down the stretch, BYU capitalized at the free-throw line, hitting three free throws as part of a 5-0 run.

Gibb added a four-point play after being fouled on a three-pointer, instrumental in BYU’s 25-2 fourth-quarter run that extended the score to 73-58 while Colorado made just one of its final 12 field-goal attempts. The Cougars closed out the game by trading free throws to secure a 75-62 home victory. 

Up Next

With the regular season concluded, BYU will travel to the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, for the Big 12 Tournament, which runs from Wednesday, March 4, through Monday, March 9.