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Tisdale Makes a Timely Three to Lift Baylor
Baylor's Angela Tisdale, left, reaches in for a steal from Texas A&M's Patrice Reado, before later hitting a game-winning three-pointer in the No. 8 Bears' 59-56 victory over the No. 13 Aggies on Saturday night.
(Rod Aydelotte - AP)
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Sunday, January 13, 2008; Page D08
Angela Tisdale missed her first 10 three-point attempts yesterday. But No. 11 was the one Baylor needed.
Tisdale made her first three-pointer of the day with 38 seconds left to give the Bears a one-point lead, and eighth-ranked Baylor went on to a 59-56 win over No. 13 Texas A&M in Waco, Tex.
Tisdale wasn't the only Baylor player to struggle with her shooting. The Bears (14-1, 2-0 Big 12) made just 29 percent of their field goals.
A'Quonesia Franklin converted a three-point play to pull the Aggies (12-4, 0-2) within one with 15 seconds to go. Tisdale then made two more free throws with 15 seconds left for the final margin.
¿ CONNECTICUT 92, LOUISVILLE 71: Maya Moore led five players in double figures with 23 points as the top-ranked Huskies remained unbeaten. U-Conn. (15-0, 3-0 Big East) matched its best start since 2002-03, but it wasn't easy.
Inspired play by the Cardinals (11-5, 0-3) kept things interesting well into the second half. The largest crowd to see a women's basketball game in the country this season, 19,123 packed into Freedom Hall, was in full throat, roaring as Louisville trimmed Connecticut's lead to 10 with nine minutes to go.
¿ OKLAHOMA ST. 82, OKLAHOMA 63: Andrea Riley scored a career-high 45 points and the No. 25 Cowgirls (14-1, 2-0 Big 12) ended their 17-game losing streak in the Bedlam rivalry by knocking off sixth-ranked Oklahoma (10-3, 1-1). For the first time in the 80-game series both teams were ranked in the Top 25.
Fans stormed the Gallagher-Iba Arena after the game, and Oklahoma State Coach Kurt Budke shouted into a microphone to thank the crowd of 13,611.
¿ RUTGERS 69, SETON HALL 47: Matee Ajavon had 21 points to lead the host Scarlet Knights to their eighth straight win. No. 5 Rutgers (13-2, 3-0 Big East) beat Seton Hall (11-3, 2-1) for the seventh straight time and snapped the Pirates' seven-game winning streak.
