The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
12-3/0-1
Texas Tech
10-4/1-0
No. 8/12 Women's Basketball edged by Texas Tech, 65-62
01.10.2009 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 10, 2009
Box Score 
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- Jordan Murphree had 19 points for the Lady Raiders (10-4, 1-0 Big 12), who won their second straight over the Longhorns in Lubbock.
Brittainey Raven had 21 points for Texas, which dropped its third straight road game. Kathleen Nash added 20 points.
Texas Tech let a 13-point lead dwindle in the final 6:47 of the game and Nash tied it at 62 on two free throws with 16.4 seconds left.
After Seals scored to put Tech up 64-62, Texas brought the ball up and Nash was called for charging against Murphree with 2.4 seconds left. Texas coach Gail Goestenkors said the call was "extremely unusual" and "extremely frustrating" because Nash didn't have the ball when she was called for the charge.
"You have to play at an elite level and you can't rely on officiating in any way, shape or form," Goestenkors said. "If it's a close game, you don't want to give the officials an opportunity to have an impact."
It was the second loss this week for the Longhorns (12-3, 0-1), who likely will drop out of the Top 10. Texas, which came into the game leading the Big 12 in free-throw percentage (76.5), made only 12-of-21.
"If we hit our free throws, it might have looked a little different," Goestenkors said.
The Longhorns' quickness had Tech on its heels early in the first half, but Tiny Henderson came off the Tech bench and provided a defensive spark.
Tech forced eight turnovers in the final 12 minutes of the first half and used a 10-4 run in the final 3:30 to lead 34-31 at the break.
The Lady Raiders scored eight unanswered points to start the second half for a 42-31 lead.
POSTGAME NOTES
TEAM
- Texas is now 55-25 all-time against Texas Tech.
- UT is also 17-15 all-time in Lubbock, Texas, with its last win at Tech coming on March 2, 2003.
- The Longhorns held a nine-point advantage with 15:01 remaining in the first half for their largest lead of the game, 13-4 ... they trailed by 13 points with 6:45 remaining in the second half for their largest deficit of the game, 58-45.
- Texas trailed at the half for the second consecutive game, 34-31. The Longhorns are 0-2 this season when trailing at the midway point.
- The game featured four tied scores and two lead changes. The last tied score of the game was 62-62 at the 16-second mark in the second half.
- UT outrebounded its opponent for the 12th time this season and for the fourth time in its last six games (44-37).
- Texas shot a season-low .571 from the free-throw line (12-of-21).
- The attendance figure of 9,361 was the largest the Longhorns have seen this season.
Carla Cortijo
- Recorded a game-high eight assists ... now has 418 career assists and ranks seventh all-time in Texas history.
Ashley Gayle
- Collected a game-high three blocks ... now has 34 blocks on the season and ranks seventh in Texas' all-time freshmen blocks records.
Kathleen Nash
- Recorded her second double-double of the season and fourth of her career with 20 points (5-of-13 FG, 4-of-9 3FG, 6-of-8 FT) and 14 rebounds.
- Led UT in rebounding for the sixth time this season and 18th time in her career.
- Set a career-high with 14 rebounds (four offensive, 10 defensive).
- Tallied 20+ points for the third time this season and in her career.
- Played a career-high 36 minutes.
Brittainey Raven
- Became the 33rd player in Texas history to eclipse the 1,000 career-points mark...she accomplished the feat at the 5:27 mark in the first half with a three-point basket.
- Recorded a game-high 21 points (9-of-17 FG, 3-of-7 3FG) ... 12 of which came in the first half.
- Reached double-figure scoring for the 11th time this season and 54th time in her career ... also for the third straight game.
- Set a career-high with nine field goals.
- Recorded a season-high eight rebounds (two offensive, six defensive).
- Led UT in scoring for the ninth time this season and 31st time in her career.
- Tallied 20+ points for the sixth time this season and 11th time in her career.
- Matched her career-high with three three-point field goals ... has recorded three from beyond the arc in Texas' last two games.
Ashley Lindsey
- Has recorded at least one block in each of the last 12 games...finished the night with one block, bringing her season total to 37.
