LADY RAIDER RECAP: Texas Tech 89, Oklahoma 84 (OT)

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LADY RAIDER RECAP: Texas Tech 89, Oklahoma 84 (OT)

January 22, 2020 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

By: Harry Endicott

LUBBOCK, Texas – The Texas Tech Lady Raider basketball team picked up the program's first overtime win in four years on Wednesday, defeating Oklahoma, 89-84, at United Supermarkets Arena. It marked Texas Tech's third-straight win over the Sooners.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Lady Raiders were led in scoring by Andrayah Adams, who scored a career high 29 points on Wednesday night. Adams scored 21 points over the course of the second half and overtime, including 14 points in the third quarter.

Sophomore Chrislyn Carr was also huge for Texas Tech, dropping a season-high 24 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Freshman Nailah Dillard also scored a career high 10 points along with two steals.

The Lady Raiders led, 20-19, after one quarter, thanks in part to a buzzer-beating layup by Chrislyn Carr. Carr had seven points, and helped Tech score the final five points of the period. Texas Tech hit 9-of-10 free throws in the quarter—led by Adams, who hit all four of her attempts.

After a 20-8 second quarter in favor of the Sooners, Oklahoma expanded its lead to as large as 15 with 1:35 left in the third quarter; however, the Lady Raiders wouldn't quit, and outscored Oklahoma, 29-14, through the rest of regulation to force overtime.

Carr scored nine points in the fourth to help the Lady Raiders chip away at the Sooner advantage and force the extra period. Tech shot 58.3 percent as a team and held Oklahoma to a 26.3 percent mark in the final frame.

In overtime, the Lady Raiders scored the first four points of the period--and save for a short Sooner lead--controlled the game from that point forward. Carr took over and scored eight points in the frame to secure the Texas Tech victory.

NOTABLE
- For the first time this season, Texas Tech went with the starting five of Andrayah Adams, Maka Jackson, Sydney Goodson, Lexi Gordon and Brittany Brewer. The Lady Raiders moved to 1-0 this season when deploying this starting five.
- The start marked the first time Maka Jackson has started a game in her career. It marked Adams's second start in a Texas Tech uniform, and the first since the Lady Raiders' season opener against Sam Houston State.
- The win was the program's first overtime win in four seasons--a 69-66 win over Iowa State on Jan. 17, 2016.
- The Lady Raiders made 9-of-10 (.900) free throw attempts in the first quarter, led by Andrayah Adams who made all four of her first-quarter attempts.
- Tech finished the first quarter on a 9-2 run, capped by a Chrislyn Carr buzzer-beating layup, to take a 20-19 lead after the first 10 minutes.
- Tech opened the game shooting 1-of-15 from three-point range in the first half, but finished on fire making 9-of-16 in the second half.
- After Oklahoma outscored Tech, 39-28, in the first half, the Lady Raiders outscored OU, 61-45, over the second half and overtime.
- Tech overcame a 15-point deficit to come back and win in overtime. It was the Lady Raiders' largest deficit in a win so far this season.

QUOTABLE
Head coach Marlene Stollings: "This was a Big 12 battle at its finest. It could have gone either way. I am so proud of our kids and of us to come out on top. We came back from 15 down in the third quarter. It's our first overtime win in four years. I'm proud of our freshman Nailah (Dillard) who stepped up big and guarding (Taylor Robertson) for most of the second half. Andrayah Adams came in and she came up big for us tonight. Chrislyn (Carr) was able to really lead us down the stretch. She handled coaching at a very high level, came off the bench tonight and carried us in a lot of ways. Credit to Oklahoma for the battle and I'm extremely proud of our kids."

UP NEXT
The Lady Raiders will hit the road this weekend for a tough test against No. 1/2 Baylor on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Waco, Texas.