Cowgirls Fall 74-70 To Texas Tech


Saturday, February 21st 2009, 11:13 pm
By: News On 6


The Associated Press

STILLWATER, OK -- Dominic Seals scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and Jordan Murphree added 20 points as Texas Tech beat Oklahoma State 74-70 on Saturday night.

Neither team led by more than seven points and Maddy Brown's 3-pointer with 2:15 left put Texas Tech (15-11, 5-7 Big 12) up 69-63.

Andrea Riley led Oklahoma State (15-10, 4-8) with 29 points. She hit a pair of free throws to pull the Cowgirls within 70-66 with 1:19 left but the Red Raiders held on for a key conference  road victory.

Texas Tech finished 27-of-38 from the free-throw line. Murphree went 10-of-14, including a free throw with 4.2 seconds left to seal the win.

Riley was 0-of-6 from 3-point range as Oklahoma State finished 0-of-18. Shaunte Smith had 15 points and 15 rebounds and Tegan Cunningham had 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Cowgirls.