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Cowgirls Fall To Longhorns, 77-63
January 20, 2010 | Cowgirl Basketball
Jan. 20, 2010
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -Erika Arriaran scored 28 points, hitting eight 3-pointers, and No. 20 Texas beat No. 12 Oklahoma State 77-63 on Wednesday night, snapping the Cowgirls' 11-game winning streak.
Arriaran set a Texas record for 3-pointers in a Big 12 game. Kathleen Nash added 11 points for the Longhorns (13-5), who have won two in a row after an 0-2 start in the Big 12.
Texas trailed 43-36 early in the second before Arriaran made two 3-pointers to start a game-changing Texas run. Arriaran was 8 of 11 from long range.
Andrea Riley scored 31 points to become Oklahoma State's career leader with 2,392. Riley has scored at least 30 points in four straight games.
Tegan Cunningham scored 19 points for Oklahoma State (15-3, 3-1).
Texas led 31-27 at halftime despite having Brittainey Raven, their leading scorer, spend almost the entire first half on the bench after two early fouls. Raven had drawn the defensive assignment of covering Riley.
Raven picked up her third foul early in the second and Cunningham put Oklahoma State ahead 39-35 with a baseline jumper. The Cowgirls pushed the lead to 43-36 before Arriaran reeled them back in with eight consecutive points in an 18-3 run that put Texas up 54-46 with 9:13 to play.
Arriaran, who had made just one basket in Texas previous two games, had an easy time finding her shot against Oklahoma State's defense, which seemed to sag off the Longhorns on the perimeter. Her eight 3-pointers were the most by a Texas player since Danielle Viglione made 11 against Houston in 1994.
Yvonne Anderson, who had to guard Riley because Raven was in foul trouble, made a pair of superb defensive plays as Texas steadily built on the lead.
Anderson's steal and layup put Texas up by 11 before she poked the ball away from Riley, who got upset there was no foul called and was hit with a technical foul. Raven made both free throws before Arriaran drifted to the left wing and made another 3-pointer. Arriaran's eighth 3-pointer 90 seconds later put Texas up 69-49 with 4:49 to play.
Texas had given up at least 90 points in the previous three games before holding Oklahoma State to 40-percent shooting.
