University of Missouri
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No. 16 Texas Outlasts Mizzou, 66-56
2/24/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 24, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Junior Jessra Johnson recorded her second consecutive double-double but the University of Missouri women's basketball team could not get past No. 16 Texas as the Longhorns recorded a 66-56 win on Tuesday night at Mizzou Arena. The loss dropped Mizzou to 12-14 overall and 3-10 in Big 12 play while Texas improved to 20-7 and 8-5.
Johnson scored 16 points to go along with a game high 10 rebounds and senior Alyssa Hollins poured in a team high 18 points. The Tigers recorded 11 steals in the game and forced the Longhorns to commit 23 turnovers.
Mizzou ran off the first seven points of the contest, capped by a three from Hollins, just two minutes and 30 seconds into the game. The Tigers' offense stayed hot as the team eventually built a 10-point advantage, 19-9, with 9:41 remaining in the first half.
The Longhorns stormed back with a 13-2 run over the next five and a half minutes and took their first lead of the game, 22-21, when Brittainey Raven made a layup at the 4:13 mark. Texas continued to put on the pressure and entered the break with a 30-24 advantage.
The Tigers closed within three, 32-29, after Johnson hit a layup and sophomore Shakara Jones nailed her first three-pointer of the season with 18:16 left in the contest. Texas earned its biggest lead of the game, 51-38, when Ashleigh Fontenette converted a layup with just over 10 minutes on the clock but five consecutive points from Johnson brought Mizzou back within seven, 51-44.
Texas' lead by at least seven points the rest of the way and held on for the 66-56 victory.
The Tigers travels to Boulder, Colo., for a 5 p.m. (CT) contest against Colorado on Saturday, Feb. 28, in a game that will be televised live on FSN-Rocky Mountain. Mizzou will then return to Mizzou Arena for its final home game of the season on Tuesday, March 3 for a 6:30 p.m. contest against Iowa State.
