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Happy birthday, Colorado — and Colorado sports.
Leading into the state’s 150th birthday Aug. 1, The Denver Gazette has partnered with the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame to publicize the definitive list of Colorado’s top 150 sports moments.
Colorado Sports Hall of Fame historian Dave Plati and a committee of 10 compiled and will release the list every week until the No. 1 moment on July 31. Plati and Broncos icon Jim Saccomano will unveil the list weekly on a Colorado Sports Hall of Fame podcast at coloradosports.org/podcast/.
Today’s top moment in Colorado sports history:
No. 133
March 15, 1999
Playing in her final home (a second-round NCAA tournament game), Colorado State senior Becky Hammon scored 30 points to lead the Rams to an 86-70 win over Southwest Missouri State to advance to the Sweet 16. Hammon was 6-of-12 from the field and 16-of-17 from the line and had eight assists. CSU finished 33-3 that season after dropping the next game to UCLA. She scored 21 points in the 77-68 loss to the Bruins, finishing as the state’s all-time leading scorer by a woman’s collegian (2,740 points).
—Dave Plati, Colorado Sports Hall of Fame historian
