2008 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship
Game 3: No. 7 Texas vs. No. 10 Texas Tech
March 11, 2008

 

Final Score: Texas 75 - Texas Tech 63

 

Starters
Texas: Williams, Bailey, Lindsey, Cortijo, Raven
Texas Tech: Murphree, Seals, Myrick, Walker, Henderson

 

2007-08 Regular Season
The Longhorns and Lady Raiders split the season series. Texas Tech won the first meeting at home, 70-58, with the Longhorns evening things up in Austin by a score of 70-55 less than a week ago (March 5).

 

Updated Head-to-Head Figures

• Texas now leads the all-time series, the longest in Longhorn basketball history, 55-24
• UT is 3-1 vs. Tech at the Big 12 tournament
• On neutral ground UT leads 13-4
• In her short stint at Texas, Gail Goestenkors now holds a 2-1 record against Tech
• Now in her second year at Tech, Kristy Curry falls to 2-3 against the Longhorns

At the Conference Tournament

• Texas is now 14-10 all-time at the conference tournament
• Tech currently owns a 13-10 overall record in tourney action

At Municipal Auditorium

• Texas is now 8-7 in Municipal Auditorium

In the First Round

• The Longhorns are now 5-2 all-time in the first round
• The Lady Raiders are currently 2-2 in opening-round games
• The seventh seed is now 9-3 in the first round, while the 10th seed falls to 3-9

UT by the Numbers

• Ashley Lindsey's double-double is her sixth of the season and ninth of her career
• Kathleen Nash scored a season high 14 points in league play
• Tuesday's game marks the fifth time in conference play that the team has had four players in double figures
• UT's 40 first-half points is their third-highest halftime total of the season
• The team scored 29 points off of Tech's 23 turnovers
• The Longhorns are 16-2 on the season when leading at the half
• The 'Horns' five blocks is their fewest in conference play this season
• The team is 6-1 on the season when scoring 70 or more points

Tech by the Numbers

• Jordan Murphree posted her 16th double-digit scoring effort of the season on Tuesday
• Maria Moore has recorded 4+ assists 15 times and 3+ steals 10 times this year.
• Dominic Seals' four blocks equals a new career high. She has also tallied 10 or more points 23 times this season.
• Tech amassed 23 turnovers, just five off their season high
• The Lady Raiders were held to less than 30 first-half points for the 14th time this season
• With the loss, the team is now 3-9 on the season when trailing at the half