Three Cougars posted double-doubles as No. 24 BYU posted a four-set win at No. 23 Colorado (25-22, 20-25, 25-20, 25-20) in the CU Events Center on Saturday afternoon.

Not only did the Cougars earn their fourth straight victory, they also picked up their fourth win over a ranked opponent in 2025.

With the NCAA Tournament beginning this week, the surge couldn’t have come at a better time.

Claire Little Chambers, Suli Davis and Alex Bower all recorded double-doubles, their first match this season with a trio of double-doubles in the same match.

Little Chambers finished with 18 kills and 11 digs, while Davis’ team-leading ninth double-double of the season came on 16 kills and 11 digs. Bower recorded 43 assists and 10 digs, while Kemavor added 10 kills, her eighth match this year with double-digit kills, to go along with nine blocks, a season high.

BYU out-hit Colorado .244 to .153, also tallying eight more kills (56-48) and six more digs (49-43). Both teams had 11 blocks. The Buffaloes had one more ace (5-4) and five less service errors (10-5).

BYU led two sets to one entering the pivotal fourth set. A Kemavor block set the Cougars up with a 15-10 lead, but the Buffaloes tied things up and 19 and 20. From there, BYU went on a 5-0 run, with kills from Little Chambers and Davis. Kemavor and Bower threw up a combo block on a Colorado attack for the 25-20 victory and the match.

The Cougars (22-8 overall, 12-8 Big 12) will focus their effort on the upcoming NCAA Tournament, which begins Thursday.

No. 17 Vanderbilt comes back to defeat women’s basketball

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands — BYU suffered its first setback of the 2025-26 season as the Cougars fell to No. 17 Vanderbilt, 84-71, in the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam Island Division Championship on Saturday afternoon.

BYU came out hot with a 28-point first quarter, keyed by eight 3-point makes. But eventually the Cougars cooled down and the Commodores made up the ground by taking advantage of BYU turnovers.

“We got everything out of this experience that we wanted,” head coach Lee Cummard said. “We came here so our players could bond and make memories with their teammates and with our staff. We came to play high-level basketball against really good teams. We came up short today, but overall, the reasons why we came here, we got everything out of it that we wanted. And we

are going to learn and get better because of our experiences here.”

BYU was led by a career-high 24 points from junior Marya Hudgins, who went 10-for-14 from the floor and 4-for-5 from behind the arc. The Aurora, Colorado native recorded her fourth-career double-double with 12 rebounds, three assists and two steals.Fellow junior Ari Mackey-Williams and freshman Sydney Benally joined Hudgins in double figures with 11 points apiece. Mackey-Williams was 4-of-5 from the floor and connected on all three attempts from downtown. Benally also knocked down three triples to go along with three assists and a rebound.

BYU turned the ball over 19 times, with Vanderbilt scoring 30 points off giveaways while the Cougars forced just five Commodore turnovers. BYU outrebounded Vanderbilt 39-37 but gave up 16 offensive boards to 14 pulled down by the Cougs. Led by Hudgins’ 71.4-percent clip from the floor, BYU outshot Vanderbilt 44.6 to 41.1 percent and 42.9 percent to 32.4 percent from behind the arc.

After returning to the mainland, the Cougars next take the floor on Dec. 3 for a neutral-site matchup against the Washington State Cougars at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. Tip-off for Wednesday’s matinee is scheduled for 2 p.m. MT with the game broadcast on ESPN+. Fans can also tune in for live play-by-play on BYU Radio 107.9, byuradio.org and the BYU Radio App.