No. 6 Oklahoma 86, Texas Tech 81, 2OT [women]

Monday, January 22nd 2007, 11:13 am

By: News On 6

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- Backup point guard Kendra Moore scored 13 of her career-high 20 points in extra time to help No. 6 Oklahoma hold on and beat Texas Tech 86-81 in double overtime on Monday night.

Courtney Paris recorded her 45th straight double-double, finishing with 22 points and 17 rebounds for Oklahoma (16-1, 6-0), which extended its winning streak against conference opponents to 25 games.

But during the overtimes, Moore became the Sooners' go-to player. With the game tied 81-81, it was Paris handing the ball off to Moore on a pick-and-roll and Moore slicing through the lane for a layup with 34.4 seconds left.

At the other end, Oklahoma's starting point guard, Britney Brown, stole the basketball from Texas Tech's Jordan Murphree as she rose to shoot. Brown hit two free throws with 11 seconds left -- her first points of the game -- and added another free throw in the final second to seal the win.

Five players scored in double figures for Texas Tech (12-8, 3-3), led by Alesha Robertson, who finished with 20. 6â€™6 Patrice Edwards added 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Lady Raiders.

It was Oklahoma's first double-overtime game since Dec. 21, 2000, when the Sooners beat San Diego. Texas Tech played its last two-overtime game on Feb. 23, 2000, a win over Texas.

Oklahoma struggled with turnovers for much of the game, finishing with 21, and never led by more than 8-points. Paris went just 9-24 from the field, sitting out 9-minutes of the 2nd-half. She did not score in the game's final 14 minutes and missed five shots in the overtime periods.

The Sooners led by 6 with 3-minutes left in regulation, but Texas Tech rallied to go ahead 67-63 with 44.2 seconds left,
and Oklahoma needed a 3-pointer by Erin Higgins with 7.6 seconds
left to forge a 68-68 tie.

Texas Tech's Chesley Dabbs, who scored 13 points, missed a 10-footer at the buzzer.

The Lady Raiders fell behind by 3-points early in the first overtime but took a 75-73 lead on a 16-foot jumper by Dabbs with 1:16 left. Moore tied it seconds later on a drive at the other end.

After a Paris miss, Texas Tech had another chance to win, but she altered a jumper by Dabbs and the ball went out of bounds with eight-tenths of a second left. Paris stole the ensuing inbounds pass and her heave from 70 feet hit the rim and bounced away.

Oklahoma outrebounded Texas Tech 49-35. Welch added 15 points for the Sooners, while Ashley Paris had 10.

Murphree scored 17 points for Texas Tech and Raquel Christian added 14.

The game was delayed for eight days because of weather and was the Sooners' first at home Jan. 3. Oklahoma is in the midst of a strech during which it will play five games in 12 days.