Palmer leads Cougars with 13 points
LUBBOCK,
TEXAS (December 30, 2012) The University of Houston women’s basketball team was plagued by early
foul trouble on Sunday afternoon, falling to a hot-shooting Texas Tech team by
a score of 86-56 at United Spirit Arena.
Freshman
guard
Jessieka Palmer posted a team-high 13 points in 23 minutes of
action,while freshman guard Alecia Smith and junior forward Yasmeen
Thompson each
chipped in nine points.
The
Cougars (5-7) were neck-and-neck with the Lady Raiders early on, as freshman
guard Marche’ Amerson found junior forward Te’onna Campbell under the basket to
break an 8-2 Tech run and tie the score at 15 points apiece.
Texas
Tech
(10-2) then mounted a 7-0 run to jump out to a 22-15 advantage, but
Palmer
banked a 3-pointer off the glass as the shot clock expired and senior
guard Porshe Landry buried a jumper to trim the deficit to 24-20 with
under five
minutes remaining in the opening half.
The Lady
Raiders then closed the half on a 14-4 run to take a 38-24 advantage into the
break as four of Houston’s starters were forced to sit the remainder of the
half due to foul trouble, including three who were only able to play nine of
the opening 20 minutes.
Thompson
helped the Cougars close the deficit to 12 points early in the second half with
a three-point play, but the Lady Raiders answered with back-to-back buckets to
kick the advantage back to 16 points.
Houston
went without a field goal for over six minutes down the stretch, as Tech opened
its 16-point lead to a 26-point advantage.
The
Cougars struggled from the field all afternoon, shooting 32 percent (19-of-60),
while Tech shot 53 percent (29-of-55) from the field, including a blazing 61
percent-clip in the second half.
Houston
forced 23 Texas Tech turnovers after the Lady Raiders entered the game giving
up just over 14 per contest, but the Cougars committed 21 miscues of their own.
Texas Tech’s
Casey Morris led four Lady Raiders in double figures with 13 points.
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