A year ago in Fort Collins, the Colorado women’s basketball team had a victory snatched away from it in the closing seconds.

On Thursday night, the Buffaloes made sure that wasn’t going to be possible in Colorado State’s trip to Boulder.

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Kennedy Leonard scored a career-high 31 points and the 18th-ranked Buffs rolled past rival CSU 74-56 at Coors Events Center.

CU (9-0) is off to its best start since winning its first nine in the 2013-14 season. It’s just the sixth 9-0 start in program history, and the Buffs have the best record in the Pac-12 Conference.

Despite not shooting particularly well as a team (38.8 percent), the Buffs were aggressive on defense and on the boards to knock off the visiting Rams (5-4).

Read more at BuffZone.com.