As a competitor, Colorado women’s basketball coach JR Payne hates losing.

She can handle losses better, however, if lessons are learned from those experiences.

CU has been handed plenty to learn in the past week, with a 59-46 loss to Texas A&M at the Hawaii North Shore Showcase on Nov. 25, and a 71-70 loss to Montana State on Sunday in Boulder.

The two-game skid has dropped the Buffs to 5-3, marking the first time 17 years that CU has had three losses before the calendar flipped to December. They’ll begin the December slate on Tuesday when College of Charleston visits the CU Events Center.

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“I’m still upset about the last loss and now we have to stew on this one,” Payne said after the loss to Montana State. “But, I mean, it’s a game. It’s why you play. Somebody’s gonna

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