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Tulane Too Much for Lady Raiders
December 29, 2009 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 29, 2009
NEW ORLEANS - Texas Tech women's basketball suffered just its second loss of the season by falling to Tulane, 67-49, in the championship game of the Tulane DoubleTree Classic tonight.
Tulane (10-2) controlled a majority of the game, including the whole second half. Texas Tech (11-2) started off the game with a 3-0 lead, which was its largest advantage of the game. The last time Tech would lead the game was at the 16:57 mark when Kierra Mallard hit a jumper to put the score at 5-4. The Lady Raiders knotted the score five times after that, with the last coming at 19-19 with 4:46 to go in the first half as Ashlee Roberson nailed a jumper.
The Greenwave took a six-point lead at the half, 27-21.
Tulane came out strong in the second half opening the period on a 10-1 run the first three minutes and just continued to dominate from there. Their biggest lead of the game was 22 points when Danielle Nunn made 1-of-2 free throws to give the Greenwave a 53-31 advantage with 9:03 remaining in the contest. The closest Tech would get in the final nine minutes was 17 points twice, the last coming with 5:55 to go on a layup by Mallard.
The Lady Raiders had two players finish with double-doubles at Mallard had 15 points and 13 rebounds and Roberson added 13 points and a career-high 18 rebounds.
Tulane had four players in double figures led by Nunn's 15 points.
Tech shot just 37.3 percent from the field (19-51), while Tulane hit 43.1 percent (25-58) of its shot attempts.
The Lady Raiders outrebounded the Greenwave 46-31.
Mallard and Roberson were both named to the all-tournament team.
Tech will conclude non-conference play on Sat., Jan. 2, as it hosts Savannah State at 2 p.m.
