The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
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Women's Basketball cruises past Colorado 74-50
02.10.2010 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 10, 2010
Box Score 
| Box Score
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- Ashleigh Fontenette scored 13 points, Cokie Reed added 12, and No. 14 Texas routed mistake-prone Colorado 74-50 on Wednesday night for its fourth consecutive win.
Kathleen Nash and Brittainey Raven added 10 points each for the Longhorns (17-6, 6-3 Big 12). Texas beat Colorado for the 10th time in 11 meetings in continuing its strong play since starting the conference season with consecutive losses.
Chucky Jeffery had 12 points to lead Colorado (12-10, 2-7), which lost its 15th in a row to a ranked opponent. Alyssa Fressle added 11.
Capitalizing on 11 first-half turnovers by Colorado, Texas got its transition game going, scoring one easy basket after another on fastbreaks en route to a 41-21 lead at halftime.
Texas had extended its lead to 64-34 with 8:05 left when Lauren Flores banked in a fastbreak layup following yet another Colorado turnover. The Buffaloes had 22 turnovers overall leading to 39 points for the Longhorns.
That's the way it went throughout for Colorado, which fell behind 14-0 in the game's first five minutes before Bianca Smith hit a 3-pointer for the Buffaloes' first basket.
Team Notes
-The Longhorns improved to 17-6 overall and 6-3 in the Big 12 Conference.
-All 10 players recorded at least three points, one rebound and one assist in the win.
-Texas had a season-high 14 steals.
-UT has outscored its last four opponents by a double-digit margin and five of its last six.
-Texas matched its season-high 39 points off turnovers … UT's 44 points in the paint were its third-most of the season.
-UT shot 50 percent or better from the field for the third-consecutive game (29-of-54, 53.7 percent) and fifth time this season.
-The Longhorns had just 12 fouls, their fewest since beginning Big 12 play.
-Texas outrebounded its opponent for the fourth-straight game (33-29) and 14th time this season.
-Texas held Colorado without a field goal for the first 5:04 of the opening half … the Buffaloes are the 16th opponent this season the Longhorns have held without a field goal for a span of four minutes or longer.
-UT held its 13th opponent to at least 10 points below their season scoring average, as Colorado's 50 points were 18.7 below its season average of 68.7.
Individual Notes
Ashleigh Fontenette
-Led UT in scoring for the fourth time this season with 13 points while shooting a perfect 6-of-6 FG and 1-of-1 3FG … has led UT in scoring three times in its last five games.
Ashley Gayle
-Recorded a game-high three blocks … now has 70 blocks this season and 130 in her career.
Kathleen Nash
-Recorded double-figure scoring for the 14th time this season and second-straight game with 10 points (3-of-6 FG, 1-of-4 3FG, 3-of-3 FT).
-Was perfect from the free throw line for the eighth time this season.
Brittainey Raven
-Recorded double-figure scoring for the 27th time in her last 28 games with 10 points (4-of-10 FG, 1-of-4 3FG, 1-of-1 FT).
-Matched her season-high with a game-high four steals.
Cokie Reed
-Recorded double-figure scoring for the second-straight game and ninth time this season with 12 points (5-of-8 FG, 2-of-8 FT).
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