Wednesday, March 4. 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 5
Texas A&M upsets Texas in women's Big 12 play
The Associated Press
Texas A&M 98. Texas 74
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kera Alexander scored 25 points and Prissy Sharpe had 19 to lead Texas A&M to a 98-74 upset victory against Texas in the opening round of the Big 12 tournament yesterday.
Texas A&M (9-18) the tenth seed, outscored Texas 14-2 late in the first half to take a 48-34 half-time lead
The Longhorns (12-15), the seventh seed, shot only 42 percent from the field in the second half and got no closer than 11 points.
Alexander scored mostly from the inside, including four three-point plays, while Sharpe was 7-for-10 from the field with two three-point shots.
Angela Jackson led Texas with 23 points before foul out.
The Aggies dominated the boards and outrebounded the Longhorns 46-29.
Texas A&M (¥-18) advances to play No. 22-ranked Iowa State at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Colorado 71, Oklahoma 66
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — La Shena Graham had 17 points and Colorado remained the only undefeated team in the Big 12 Conference Tournament's history with a 71-66 win against Oklahoma yesterday.
The Buffaloes (12-15 overall, 6-11 Big 12) will play sixth-ranked Texas Tech in the second round Wednesday.
Colorado opened up a 10-9 lead and never trailed, though the Buffaloes spent much of the game fighting off Oklahoma rallies.
Oklahoma threatened late in the game with a 6-0 run, but the rally was stopped when Graham hit a 10-foot fall-away jumper with 1:30 left.
Oklahoma (8-19, 4-13) was led by Jaime Anderson's 18 points. Roxanne Long added 17 and Phylesha Whaley 16.
Colorado, the defending Big 12 tournament champion, won its 10th straight conference tournament game. The Buffaloes also had won the two previous Big Eight conference tournaments.
Oklahoma St. 67 Missouri 48
Oklahoma St. 67, Missouri 48
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Mara Sackor
s scored 18 points in the second
half to lead Oklahoma State past
Missouri 67-48 in the first round of
the Big 12 Tournament yesterday.
Seven minutes into the second half, Jackson made a three-point play that tied the game at 37 and propelled the Cowgirls (18-9) to a 30-1 run in the last 13 minutes.
Jackson, who came into the game averaging 4.3 points per game, didn't take a shot in the first half but finished 8-for-8 from the field.
Missouri (11-16), the last seed, led the fifth-seed Cowgirls throughout the first half and by as many as seven in the second half.
Ekepedme Akpaffiong led the Tigers with 15 points and 11 rebounds and Julie Heim added 13 points.
Cheri Edwards added 15 points for Oklahoma State and Renee Roberts had 13.
Oklahoma State moves on to play No. 25-ranked Nebraska at 2:20 on Wednesday.
Huskies take bite out of Rutgers
Connecticut women capture fifth straight Big East Tournament
The Associated Press
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Even without Nykesha Sales, Connecticut is still the best team in the Big East Conference.
mates on the sidelines and exchanged hugs and tears.
No. 3 Connecticut captured its fifth consecutive Big East Tournament and its 10th straight NCAA Tournament berth by playing as a team in Sales' absence to beat Rutgers 67-58 last night.
The injured Sales watched from the stands and even changed her red T-shirt to a white one when the Huskies (31-2) fell behind by four points at halftime. But when the final buzzer sounded, Connecticut's all-time leading scorer joined team-
Despite losing at home for the first time in 13 games, Rutgers (20-9) is expected to get an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament, its first since 1994 and since C. Vivian Stringer became coach three years ago.
All five Connecticut starters scored in double figures. Amy Duran had 17, Rita Williams 16, Svetlana Abrosimova 13, Paige Sauer 11 and Stacy Hansmeyer 10. Sauer also had 14 rebounds.
Natasha Pointer had 19 points and Linda Miles 13 for Rutgers, which hit 11-of-34 shots from the field in the second half. Connecticut was 13 of 24.
This title didn't come easy for Connecticut, which was considered vulnerable after Sales ruptured her Achilles tendon 10 days ago.
The top-seeded Huskies (31-2) had to rally from a half-time deficit to overcome a Rut
gers' team that beat Connecticut here a month ago with Sales in the lineup.
The difference in this game was that Connecticut was able to
find open shots in the second half and it controlled the boards, 44-25 for the game. The Huskies also contested every Rutgers shot
The big run for Connecticut came early in the second half after Miles hit a baseline jumper for a 34-31 Rutgers' lead. The Huskies responded with a 12-2 run that featured points from four players, led by Abrosimova. The talented Russian freshman had a 3-pointer and a jumper, the latter giving Connecticut a 43-36 lead with 11:59 to go.
Rowdy Quakers push Tigers in Princeton overtime win
The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — With No. 8 Princeton winning games by an average of 16.2 points, coach Bill Carmody didn't mind a test in the Tigers' last game before the NCAA tournament.
"I didn't want a final examination," he said after Princeton survived a scare from Ivy League rival Penn with a 78-72 overtime win last night.
The Tigers (26-1, 14-0), playing their first overtime game this season, needed 33 points from Steve Goodrich and solid foul shooting to beat Penn. The win was Princeton's 19th straight since losing to North Carolina in December.
The team's 26 wins breaks a school record set by the 1966-67 Tigers.
Princeton already had secured the league title and a bid to the NCAA tournament with Saturday's win against Cornell. And the Tigers said last night's close call couldn't hurt in the long run.
"It would have been nice to win the game in regulation, but we haven't been in this situation all year," said Gabe Lewullis. "Come tourney time.
we're going to meet these situations every game. I don't think this game is going to hurt us at all."
After being outshot 56 percent to 42 percent in the second half, Princeton outscored Penn 12-6 in overtime. Penn made just two baskets and the Tigers went 8-for-15 from the line in overtime.
Carmody is 28-0 in the Ivy League since being promoted to head coach last season. Penn (17-12, 10-4) has lost five straight to the Tigers.
Lewuill is scored 18 points and made many of Princeton's big shots down the stretch. He made a jump shot to give the Tigers a one-point lead with one minute left in regulation and made a layup and foul shot to give Princeton a four-point cushion in overtime.
Paul Romancuzk had 22 points and nine rebounds for the Quakers. Michael Jordan scored 14 points, and George Mboya tied a career high with 10 points.
Although Princeton led by 18 late in the first half, the Tigers trailed 64 62 in the second half.
"Usually, our lead doesn't evaporate like that." Goodrick said.
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