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Cowgirls Fall at Texas, 63-56
January 22, 2011 | Cowgirl Basketball
Jan. 22, 2011
AUSTIN, Texas - Oklahoma State's women's basketball team suffered a 63-56 loss to Texas on Saturday evening in front of 4,835 fans inside the Erwin Events Center.
The Cowgirls fell to 13-5 overall and 1-4 in Big 12 play, while the Longhorns improved to 12-7 and 1-4.
After hitting just one of its first eight shots, Chassidy Fussell got Texas going with eight-straight points to fuel a 12-3 run. After their slow start, the Longhorns hit nine of their next 13 shots to build a 24-11 lead.
First-half turnovers plagued the Cowgirls with OSU committing 13 miscues through the game's first 12 minutes and 18 in the period. The Longhorns took advantage of the Cowgirl errors, scoring 24 of their 33 points in the half off those turnovers and led 33-22 at the break.
For the game, OSU finished with a season-high 26 turnovers.
Despite their turnover woes, the Cowgirls hung tough, getting back-to-back rebounds and putbacks from sophomores Heather Howard and Lindsey Keller to cut the UT margin to seven at 38-31 with 14 minutes remaining.
After freshman Tiffany Bias drilled a 3-pointer to cut the deficit to 40-34, Texas answered with seven consecutive points, including five from Fussell, to push the margin back into double digits.
OSU used a 12-3 run to cut the margin to 50-46 with six minutes remaining before the Longhorns answered with eight of the game's next nine points. The Cowgirls refused to fold, scoring seven straight to get within 58-54 with a minute remaining but could get no closer.
Fussell led all scorers with 21 points, while Toni Young paced the Cowgirls with 14 points.
The Cowgirls will return to action on Jan. 29 when they host Oklahoma at noon in Stillwater.
