IRVING, Texas – Colorado women’s basketball senior forward Jade Masogayo (Fort Worth, Texas/Fossil Ridge HS) was named to the Big 12 Women’s Basketball Starting Five as a Top Performer this week, the Conference announced Monday, Feb. 9.
Masogayo earns her second conference weekly recognition of her career, her first in the Big 12, as well as the Buffs’ second in the 2025-26 season. This is the 34th conference player of the week (non-freshman) recognition earned by a WBB Buff, which includes honors earned in the Big Eight, Big 12 and Pac-12. Masogayo achieved a career-high 23 points against then-No. 14 TCU on Sunday, Feb. 8, including a game-winning and-one free throw to take an 80-79 victory. She also had three rebounds, two assists and a steal in CU’s first top-15 victory since the Buffs upset No. 10/8 Kansas State at CU Events Center, 63-53, on Jan. 25, 2025. Earlier in the week, she had 13 points, five rebounds, one assist and one block against then-No. 20 West Virginia (Feb. 4).
Last week, Masogayo averaged 27.9 minutes per game, 50.0% from the field, 4.0 rebounds per game and 18.0 points per game. In the Big 12, she currently ranks 25th for points per game with 12.0, 14th for free throw percentage with 77.5%, and is tied for 18th in blocks per game with 0.8.
This is the fifth time in program history that the Buffs were awarded back-to-back weekly honors, including freshmen of the week, and the first time earning consecutive awards for two different athletes. Last week, junior guard Zyanna Walker was awarded Big 12 Women’s Basketball Starting Five Top Performer as well for her performances against her former school, K-State, and Kansas (Jan. 29, Feb. 1).
The Colorado women’s basketball team defeated its second top-20-ranked opponent last week, overcoming then-No. 14 TCU at home, 80-79 (Feb 8). Boasting a 16-8 overall record (7-5 Big 12), the Buffs are leaning into their backend stretch of conference play, with just six Big 12 games left in the season. CU splits the upcoming week, first at Houston at 5:30 p.m. MT on Feb. 11, and then back home against BYU at 1 p.m. MT on Feb. 14. Both games will be streamed on ESPN+, and fans can follow along via stats links on CUBuffs.com.
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