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Lady Raiders Fall In Double-Overtime To No. 6 Oklahoma
January 22, 2007 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 22, 2007
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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Texas Tech battled No. 6 Oklahoma into two extra frames Monday night but couldn't pull off the upset, falling 86-81.
Courtney Paris recorded her 45th straight double-double, finishing with 22 points and 17 rebounds for Oklahoma (16-1, 6-0 Big 12).
Five players scored in double figures for Texas Tech (12-8, 3-3), led by Alesha Robertson, who finished with 20. Six-foot-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 eight points.
The Sooners led by six with three 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.
"It's one thing to execute that play and get the shot," Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale said. "It's another thing to make it. Higgins stepped up and did what a senior shooter does. She knocked the bottom out of it."
Texas Tech's Chesley Dabbs, who scored 13 points, missed a 10-footer at the buzzer.
The Lady Raiders fell behind by three points early in the first overtime but took a 75-73 lead on a 16-foot jumper by Dabbs with 1:16 left. Kendra 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.
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 stretch during which it will play five games in 11 days.
