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UT women rally to upend Baylor
KANSAS CITY, MO The loss by second-seeded Baylor (24-6) continued one of the most unpredictable tournaments in the history of the Big 12, with
top-seeded Kansas State losing to eighth-seeded Iowa State earlier
in the day and No. 13 Oklahoma losing to the worst team in the Big
12, Missouri, in the opening round on Tuesday.
Baylor had won its opening game of the tournament in each of
coach Kim Mulkey's seven seasons at the helm and looked in prime
position to advance to the semifinals once again when the Bears led
40-24 at halftime.
But Texas opened the second half on a 19-3 run to tie the game
at 43-43 with 10:45 remaining and took its first lead since 12-11
when Cortijo hit a 3-pointer to make it 48-46 with just under nine
minutes left.
The Longhorns never trailed again, extending the lead to 66-54
with just over two minutes left in the game before reaching the
final 15-point margin.
Texas (21-11), which had as many field goals as it did blocks in
the first half with eight, shot only 23 percent in the opening 20
minutes and won despite shooting 38 percent for the game.
All-Big 12 selection Angela Tisdale led the Lady Bears with 23
points. Rachel Allison added 16 points and 10 rebounds for Baylor,
which also got 16 points from Jessica Morrow but only six points
from the rest of the team.
The Lady Bears used an 11-0 run to take a 36-20 lead shortly
before halftime.
Brittainey Raven, the Longhorns leading scorer at 15.5 points
per game, battled foul trouble in the first half and finished with
only two points at the break.
But she scored 14 in the final 20 minutes, including a short
shot with just over 11 minutes remaining that cut the Baylor lead
to 43-41.
Ashley Lindsey finished with 15 points and Earnesia Williams had
eight points and 13 rebounds for Texas, which will play either
third-seeded Oklahoma State or 11th-seeded Kansas on Thursday.
