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Women's Basketball drops overtime thriller to Iowa State, 73-65, in Big 12 opener
01.03.2013 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 2, 2013
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Ames, Iowa -- The Texas Women's Basketball team used a balanced scoring attack to force its first overtime game of the season, but dropped a 73-65 decision to Iowa State in the Big 12 opener on Wednesday night at Hilton Coliseum.
The Longhorns recovered from an early 12-point deficit and led for much of the second half, but were hampered by foul trouble down the stretch.
Chassidy Fussell, Ashley Roberts, Cokie Reed and Nneka Enemkpaliall reached double figures for Texas (7-5, 0-1 Big 12) with Fussell, Roberts and Reed all putting down 15 and Enemkpali adding 12. Roberts finished with a career-high four three-pointers and Fussell matched her career-high in steals while grabbing a team-high eight rebounds.
It was all Iowa State early in the first half as the Cyclones held a 16-4 lead with nine minutes remaining in the period. Texas then embarked on an impressive 15-2 run, sparked by two Roberts three-pointers, to grab the lead at 19-18. Roberts would tack on a third before the end of the half and UT headed to the locker room down only one.
Texas started the second half on a 5-0 run but put ISU in the bonus within the first seven minutes of play. After briefly surrendering the lead, the Longhorns went up 34-33 with just over 13 minutes left. UT would lead by as many as six over a span of more than 11 minutes until the Cyclones' Anna Prins made a three-pointer to give Iowa State a 54-53 advantage. Texas kept it close and Chassidy Fussell sank a trey of her own with less than 10 seconds on the clock to send the game into overtime.
In extra time, Iowa State went ahead on its first possession and the Longhorns were only able to tie it twice as the Cyclones held on from the free throw line in the final minute.
Prins and Chelsea Poppens led the way for ISU with 17 and 16 points, respectively.
UT returns to action in its Big 12 home opener against Oklahoma on Saturday, Jan. 5 at the Frank Erwin Center. Tipoff is set for 12:30 p.m. Central and the game will be broadcast nationally on FSN.
POSTGAME NOTES
TEAM NOTES
-Texas now holds an 8-9 record in Big 12 openers dating back to the conference's inaugural season in 1996-97.
-The Longhorns are 12-11 against Iowa State all-time ... the teams split in 2011-12 having each won their respective home contests.
-Tonight's game marked the first true road test for Texas in 2012-13 ... UT has played five neutral-site matches in the preseason and carried a 2-3 record.
-Tonight's match was also the first overtime game for the Longhorns this season.
-Texas matched its season low in turnovers with 16.
-This was the second straight game in which the Longhorns suffered a loss when outshooting theiropponent.
-UT had four players reach double figures for the fifth time this season and is now 4-1 in those games.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Chassidy Fussell-Matched her career high in steals with six
-Reached double-figure scoring (15 points) for the eighth time this season and 62nd time in her career
Ashley Roberts-Scored a career-high 15 points, including a career-high four makes from beyond the arc.
Cokie Reed-Tallied double-digit scoring (15 points) for the sixth time this season and 25th time in her career
Nneka Enemkpali-Registered ninth double-digit scoring effort of the season and 10th of her career with 12 points.
Sara Hattis-Scored her first two points as a Longhorn and added two rebounds and a steal in a career-high 16minutes.
