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Cavs Find Zone, Rally Past Hokies
Oklahoma's Amanda Thompson drives between Tegan Cunningham and Andrea Riley during the No. 2 Sooners' road victory over Oklahoma State.
(By Brody Schmidt -- Associated Press)
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Monday, February 9, 2009
Lyndra Littles scored 23 points, and Monica Wright added 22 to help No. 17 Virginia rally past Virginia Tech, 69-61, yesterday in Charlottesville.
The Cavaliers (19-5, 5-3 ACC) trailed by 15 points early in the first half before switching to a zone that led to 12 consecutive defensive stops and fueled a scoring spree that tied the game at 25.
Lindsay Biggs scored 14 points to lead Virginia Tech (11-13, 1-8 ACC), which opened the game by making 10 of its first 12 shots. Utahya Drye and Laura Haskins each added 11 points.
The Hokies trimmed Virginia's lead to 54-51 with 6 minutes 35 seconds left on a jumper by Haskins, but the Cavaliers sealed the victory with a 12-4 run.
Aisha Mohammed added 13 points and nine rebounds for Virginia.
ยท OKLAHOMA 93, OKLAHOMA STATE 75: Courtney Paris broke the NCAA Division I rebounding record and set two Big 12 scoring marks in leading the No. 2 Sooners over the rival Cowgirls in Stillwater, Okla.
Paris had 17 points and eight rebounds, with her first breaking the record of 1,815 set by Wanda Ford of Drake from 1983 to 1986. Danielle Robinson added 18 points and Oklahoma (20-2, 8-0) extended its winning streak to 16 games.
Point guard Andrea Riley scored 25 points for Oklahoma State (14-7, 3-5) but went 6 for 23 from the field.
Paris finished the game with 1,823 career rebounds. In the second half, she broke the Big 12 career scoring record of 2,480 points, set by Baylor's Sophia Young from 2003 to 2006, and Young's Big 12 field goals record of 1,034. Paris now has 2,481 points and 1,037 field goals.
