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Lady Raiders Power Past Rutgers
November 23, 2003 | Women's Basketball
Nov 23, 2003
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Casey Jackson had 10 points and 19 rebounds to lead No. 7 Texas Tech to a 73-45 victory over No. 15 Rutgers in the women's Preseason NIT championship game Sunday.
The Lady Raiders (4-0) held their fourth consecutive opponent under 50 points and ran away from their second straight Top 25 rival. Tech defeated No. 18 Cal Santa Barbara 68-41 Friday night.
Tournament MVP Jia Perkins added 15 points for the Lady Raiders.
Texas Tech led 33-21 at halftime, then held Rutgers to eight points in the first 8:30 of the second half en route to a 49-29 lead.
The Scarlet Knights got no closer than 16 points the rest of the way. Rutgers was led by Cappie Pondexter with 15 points. Michelle Campbell added 11 and Dawn McCullouch had 10.
In the first half, the Lady Raiders scored on 10 of 11 possessions to build a 22-11 lead at the 9:03 mark.
Rutgers scored six straight to pull within 22-17 on an inside basket by Pondexter with 7:11 left in the half, but a 3-pointer by Brooke Baughman with 6:52 left ended the run and gave Tech breathing room.
