monday, february 23, 2004
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Tech's Emmett surpasses record during discipline
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It was an odd night for Andre Emmett to set the Big 12 scoring record, previously held by Kansas' Nick Collison.
For one thing, Saturday's game was the first time in his senior season the he did not start for Texas Tech. For another, the accomplishment was not even announced to the home crowd when it happened.
And for yet another, Emmett was not made available to the media after he led the No. 21 Red Raiders past Texas A&M 76-60 while making history.
Unhappy with how his star senior had played in a loss to Colorado, Texas Tech coach Bob Knight kept him on the bench the first eight minutes. Needing just four points to surpass the record of 2,097 by Collison, Emmett got the mark with a forceful dunk and finished with 18 points.
But even his teammates were surprised the crowd was not told of the record.
"I really thought that it was kind of, what's the word, odd," said forward Mikey Marshall. "I would have figured that being at home they would have announced it and let everyone know and made a big deal out of it. I wasn't sure if the fans knew or not.
"Our team knew. I don't know, it was kind of weird."
But it was something of a weird day of Big 12 basketball.
The weirdest of all was the way the vaunted home
court advantage almost evaporated. Three home teams lost — Baylor, Kansas State and Oklahoma. Two more — No. 7 Oklahoma State and No. 21 Kansas — went into overtime before beating back underdogs.
So maybe the Red Raiders, the only easy winner among six home
teams in the Big 12, were simply acting naturally.
Knight saw nothing strange in not letting the crowd know of Emmett's achievement.
"That's what you guys (media) get paid for," he said. "You announce it. It wasn't a 100-yard dash. He didn't set a record for the 100-yard dash. If we announced that, we need to announce everybody who's given him an assist, everybody who's set a screen for him."
Emmett's owning the record, Knight said, is "a neat thing for a kid to have."
"But what it means to me is there's a lot of kids who worked like hell to get him the ball and screen for him to get open. This is a team game."
With four games left in the Big 12 season, Oklahoma State (21-2, 11-1) continues to sit atop the standings. Joey Graham scored 30 of his 36 points after halftime, helping the Cowboys hold off Nebraska 87-83 in overtime.
Texas edges out Oklahoma
Sooners' shooting problems continue in five-point defeat
The Associated Press
NORMAN, Okla. — Brandon Mouton scored 25 points and Royal Ivye hit a pair of free throws with 11.6 seconds to play that sent No. 11 Texas past Oklahoma 68-63 on Saturday night.
over its hated border rival.
Mouton missed a free throw seconds before, but Jason Klotz wrestled away the rebound from two Sooners and P.J. Tucker scored on a putback, sealing the win for the Longhorns (19-4, 10-2 Big 12 Conference).
Texas kept its hold on second place in the Big 12 and completed its second-straight season sweep
Oklahoma (16-7, 6-6) fell to seventh place in the conference and lost at home for the fourth time in 52 games. The Sooners have lost two straight to Texas in Norman.
Mouton sparked a 15-2 run midway through the second half, turning a 46-40 deficit into a 55-48 lead with 6:56 to play.
During the spurt, Mouton coolly nailed a 3-pointer, soared through the lane for a two-handed dunk, made a pair of free throws and then hit another 3 from the corner.
The senior guard's final 3-pointer effectively quieted the sellout crowd of 11,785 at the
Lloyd Noble Center.
Mouton was the only Long-
horn to score in double figures.
Oklahoma nearly doubled its point total from an embarrassing 66-37 loss in Austin two weeks ago, but still didn't have enough offense to keep up with the Big 12's top-scoring team.
The Sooners went more than six minutes without a field goal during one second-half stretch and shot just 36 percent — about average for the league's worst-shooting team.
freshman Drew Lavender led Oklahoma with 18 points, and Jason Detrick had 14.
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