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03-14-2008, 05:53 AM
OSU Women's Notebook: Defensive plays of the game
By GUERIN EMIG World Sports Writer
3/14/2008
Two of them, both of which helped Oklahoma State past Texas and into its first Big 12 Tournament championship. The Longhorns had two cracks at the lead in the final 21 seconds. On the first, Erneisha Bailey's drive was turned back on Maria Cordero's block.
Texas got the rebound and put the ball in the hands of point guard Carla Cortijo. She drove into a crowded lane and charged over Shaunte Smith for an offensive foul with 8.4 seconds remaining.
Smith then hit two free throws, and when Cortijo's last-second 3-pointer hit back iron, the Cowgirls had victory.
Offensive play of the game: OSU's Danielle Green scored a game-high 23 points to go with seven rebounds. And yet she made her biggest play while flat on her back.
It happened with four minutes remaining and the Cowgirls behind 67-66. Andrea Riley drove along the baseline under her basket before flipping a pass toward Green. The senior guard, who had slipped down before Riley's pass, caught the ball from her back and flipped it back to Riley for a go-ahead 3-pointer from the left wing.
No let-up on Lindsey: Center Ashley Lindsey was Texas' most effective player in a 71-66 loss at OSU on Feb. 20. The Cowgirls remembered and boxed Lindsey in with a 2-3 zone defense anchored by four different posts -- Cordero, Megan Byford, Shyvon Spears and Alex Richardson. Lindsey had more fouls (one) and 3-second violations (one) than points until she bounced in her first basket at the 2:37 mark of the first half. The Longhorns' second-leading scorer, at 11 points per game, had six on 3-of-12 shooting.
Byford comes up big: When Cordero picked up her second foul four minutes after tipoff, coach Kurt Budke turned to Byford, and the Bray-Doyle sophomore delivered six quality minutes of her own.
She tossed in a turnaround over Lindsey and escaped Earnesia Williams for a layup for four points, her most since scoring six at Texas A&M Jan. 19. Byford's second-half layup, putting OSU up 56-55 at the time, gave her six for the game.
By GUERIN EMIG World Sports Writer
3/14/2008
Two of them, both of which helped Oklahoma State past Texas and into its first Big 12 Tournament championship. The Longhorns had two cracks at the lead in the final 21 seconds. On the first, Erneisha Bailey's drive was turned back on Maria Cordero's block.
Texas got the rebound and put the ball in the hands of point guard Carla Cortijo. She drove into a crowded lane and charged over Shaunte Smith for an offensive foul with 8.4 seconds remaining.
Smith then hit two free throws, and when Cortijo's last-second 3-pointer hit back iron, the Cowgirls had victory.
Offensive play of the game: OSU's Danielle Green scored a game-high 23 points to go with seven rebounds. And yet she made her biggest play while flat on her back.
It happened with four minutes remaining and the Cowgirls behind 67-66. Andrea Riley drove along the baseline under her basket before flipping a pass toward Green. The senior guard, who had slipped down before Riley's pass, caught the ball from her back and flipped it back to Riley for a go-ahead 3-pointer from the left wing.
No let-up on Lindsey: Center Ashley Lindsey was Texas' most effective player in a 71-66 loss at OSU on Feb. 20. The Cowgirls remembered and boxed Lindsey in with a 2-3 zone defense anchored by four different posts -- Cordero, Megan Byford, Shyvon Spears and Alex Richardson. Lindsey had more fouls (one) and 3-second violations (one) than points until she bounced in her first basket at the 2:37 mark of the first half. The Longhorns' second-leading scorer, at 11 points per game, had six on 3-of-12 shooting.
Byford comes up big: When Cordero picked up her second foul four minutes after tipoff, coach Kurt Budke turned to Byford, and the Bray-Doyle sophomore delivered six quality minutes of her own.
She tossed in a turnaround over Lindsey and escaped Earnesia Williams for a layup for four points, her most since scoring six at Texas A&M Jan. 19. Byford's second-half layup, putting OSU up 56-55 at the time, gave her six for the game.