Texas Tech Athletics
Maryland (San Diego Tournament)
No. 3 Texas Tech Advances To Championship Game
December 28, 2003 | Women's Basketball
Dec 29, 2003
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Jametra Clark came off the bench to score a career-high 18 points and No. 3 Texas Tech made 23 of 25 free throws Sunday night in a 65-53 win over Maryland in the Surf-N-Slam Classic.
Texas Tech (12-0) will play host San Diego, a 65-58 winner over Georgetown, in the championship game Tuesday night.
The Lady Raiders also extended their school record for consecutive wins to start a season.
Clark, a 52.6 percent free throw shooter coming in, made 12 of 13 free throws to help the Lady Raiders to their huge advantage at the line.
Clark was also instrumental in an 11-0 run that turned a 16-12 deficit into a 23-16 lead with 6:42 left in the first half. The 6-foot-1 sophomore scored seven points in the spurt and the Lady Raiders never trailed again.
Texas Tech won despite shooting a season-low 32.8 percent from the floor and committing 19 turnovers. The Lady Raiders made up for their subpar shooting with a 48-33 rebounding edge, including 19 offensive boards.
Freshman Kalika France scored 18 points to lead Maryland (7-3), which shot only 37.7 percent from the field and 5-of-9 from the foul line.
Terrapins freshman Shay Doron, the team's leading scorer, was held to eight points on 3-of-13 shooting.
Natalie Ritchie scored 11 points for Texas Tech, including a pair of 3-pointers in the final six minutes that helped hold off the Terrapins.
Maryland fell to 0-3 this season against ranked teams. The Terrapins have not beaten a ranked team since the 2000-01 season.
