University of Missouri
Texas Tech
Women's Basketball Knocks Off Texas Tech, 68-59
1/12/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 12, 2008
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Missouri women's basketball team outscored Texas Tech 28-10 over the final 13 minutes of the game to claim a 68-58 win over the Red Raiders on Saturday night at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers improved their record to 8-7 overall and 1-1 in Big 12 Conference action while Texas Tech falls to 12-4 overall and 0-2 in league play.
Trailing by nine, 49-40 at the 13:09 mark of the second half, the Tigers went on a 16-6 run, capped by a steal and layup by sophomore Amanda Hanneman to take a 56-55 lead with 5:24 left in the contest.
The Red Raiders cut Mizzou's lead to one on two occasions, the last with 3:25 remaining to put the score at 60-59. Two free throws from sophomore Jessra Johnson with just over two minutes left jumpstarted a 9-0 for Mizzou to end the game and claim the 68-59 victory.
"I'm very proud of our team, I thought it was a very hard fought game," said Missouri Head Coach Cindy Stein. "We did some things defensively that really got the flow of the game into our favor. Our kids really, really battled and hats off to them. They did a really tremendous job of staying focused, not getting down and playing with a lot of confidence. It's a good win for us."
Mizzou and Texas Tech stayed close throughout the first 20 minutes, with neither team gaining more than a five point advantage. The Red Raiders scored the first four points of the game but the Tigers came back and took a 14-13 lead when junior Alyssa Hollins found freshman Shakara Jones for a layup with 12:25 left in the first.
Erin Myrick hit a layup too cap an 11-5 Texas Tech run at the 8:24 mark to give the squad its biggest lead of the half, 24-19. Missouri came back and tied the game at 30-30 when Hollins nailed a three with 3:17 on the clock.
After Mizzou tied the game at 38-38 on a three-pointer from Hanneman at the 18:21 mark, Texas Tech ran off a 11-2 run over the next five minutes to earn its biggest lead of the game, 49-40, with 13:09 left in the game.
Hollins paced all scores with 25 points and hit 5-of-6 three-point attempts on the night. Hanneman joined Hollins in double-figures with 13 and sophomore Toy Richbow had nine points, six rebounds and five assists.
Texas Tech, which outrebounded Mizzou 36-23, was led by Dominic Seals, who scored 17 points, and Erin Myrick, who added 15 points and 10 rebounds.
The Tigers open a short two-game road swing when they travel to Stillwater, Okla., on Wednesday, Jan. 16 for a 7 p.m. matchup with Oklahoma State. Mizzou returns to the court on Saturday, Jan. 19 against Border Showdown foe Kansas at 2 p.m. in Lawrence, Kan.
