Texas Tech University Athletics
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Lady Raiders Squeeze By Aggies, 56-55
January 07, 2006 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 7, 2006
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - LaToya Davis notched her eighth double-double of the season with 22 points and 11 rebounds, and Texas Tech held on for a 56-55 win over Texas A&M on Saturday night.
The loss snapped a 10-game win streak for the Aggies, the second longest in school history.
Tech lead by as much as 11 points midway in the second half before the Aggies used a 8-2 run to pull within 54-52 with 2:38 remaining.
Alesha Robertson sealed the win with two free throws with 5.8 seconds remaining to put the Lady Raiders (6-7, 1-1 Big 12) up 56-52. A'Quonesia Franklin hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer that left the Aggies one point shy of pushing it into overtime.
The win for Tech wasn't always pretty. Tech had a season-high 22 turnovers and A&M (12-3, 1-1) took advantage, scoring 17 points off of them. The Aggies took the ball away from Tech another 13 times.
The difference came at the free throw line, where Tech was perfect _ 13-of-13 _ until Davis missed one with 2:22 remaining. The Lady Raiders finished 15 of 18.
Erin Grant scored 13 points and LaVonda Henderson added nine for Tech, which hasn't started a season 6-7 since the 1987-88 season.
Takia Starks scored 14 points, and Danielle Gant and Morenike Atunrase each added nine.
The loss was the 25th straight for the Aggies in Lubbock.
