Colorado University Athletics
Colorado-Texas Tech Notes
January 28, 2009 | Women's Basketball
Tonight was the 20th meeting between Colorado and Texas Tech. Texas Tech now leads the series 15-5, winning their second straight game against Colorado. Kathy McConnell-Miller is 2-3 against the Lady Raiders.
The six point margin was the smallest for Texas Tech against Colorado in any of their 15 series wins.
Colorado drops to 1-5 in the Big 12 for the first time since the 2005-06 season. That season was also the last time CU lost three straight Big 12 games at home (Texas-Kansas State-Missouri).
Sophomore Brittany Spears scored 26 points, a Big 12 career high, passing the 24 points she scored at Missouri in 2008. Last year against Texas Tech in Lubbock, she was held to just four points on 1-from-11 from the field.
Spears tied a career high with four 3-point field goals, a mark she's achieved eight times, most recently against Oklahoma on Jan. 21.
Spears had Colorado's first eight points of the game, hitting double digits at 14:46 in the first half. She scored 15 points in the first half, making over half of Colorado's 27 points.
Freshman Alyssa Fressle had 13 points, a personal best for a Big 12 game and her most since scoring 16 against Pepperdine on Jan. 3. She finished in double digits for the 3rd time in the last four games.
Sophomore Britney Blythe tied a career high with three steals, equaling the mark she set at Texas Tech last season.
Spears had Colorado's first eight points of the game, hitting double digits at 14:46 in the first half. She scored 15 points in the first half, making over half of Colorado's 27 points.
Texas Tech did not make a field goal until 15:12 in the first half, when Jordan Barncastle made a lay-up. They had a 13-0 run in the first half and a 14-0 run in the second half. The Lady Raiders shot at 50% during the first half, and 48.1% in the second half.
Colorado did not score from 14:46 until 8:19 in the first half, leading to Tech taking the lead at 10:46 (16-15). Colorado did not regain the lead until 2:04 (26-25) when Kelly Jo Mullaney made her first field goal in Big 12 play.
Colorado scored only three points off the bench, while Texas Tech scored 16.
