UT-Pan American Comeback Falls Short, Oral Roberts Wins 60-56 in Women’s Basketball
EDINBURG – A valiant University of Texas-Pan American comeback fell just short as Oral Roberts held off the Lady Broncs and won 60-56 in women’s basketball action Thursday night at the UTPA Fieldhouse.
Oral Roberts completely shut down the Lady Broncs in the first half and took a 31-11 lead into the locker room. UTPA shot just 15.0% (3-20) from the field in the first period. The Lady Broncs had 20 turnovers at the half, while ORU had just 11. UTPA Head Coach Kathy Halligan said that her players responded well after the first half.
“We told them (at the half) that we’ve never seen such an ugly game,” said Halligan. “We turned the ball over 20 times and they scored 31 points. We just gave them (the team) the adjustments they needed to execute and they did it. We just dug ourselves too big a hole to get out of.”
The Lady Broncs came out firing to start the second half and trimmed the Golden Eagle lead to just two points when Lea Valdez drilled a three pointer from the corner with six seconds left in the game. Dana Whittaker came back with two free throws for the Golden Eagles with four seconds left to seal the win.
After being shut out in the first half Cheveron Terry scored 18 second half points and was the leading scorer for the Broncs. She also had five rebounds and four steals. Alexandra Gravel was the only other Bronc in double figures with 12 points, including four three-point baskets. Kristen Ragan led all scorers with 21 points. Kristin Brady was the only other Golden Eagle in double figures with 11 points.
The Broncs (1-7) will return to action on Saturday, December 11th when they travel to Houston to take on Rice University at 2 p.m. Oral Roberts (3-4) will continue its Texas swing on Saturday, traveling to Corpus Christi to face the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders at 7 p.m.
Oral Roberts Golden Eagles at UT-Pan
American Lady Broncs
UTPA Fieldhouse
December 9, 1999
Oral Roberts (3-4)
No. Name FG FGA 3FG 3FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 33 Shannon Mims, f 0 2 0 0 1 3 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 17 40 Shayne McKenzie, f 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 4 0 0 19 44 Barbora Jandova, c 1 4 0 0 2 2 2 5 7 2 4 1 1 2 0 30 11 Krista Ragan, g 9 17 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 21 3 3 0 3 32 30 Dana Whittaker, g 0 2 0 0 5 6 0 5 5 2 5 3 2 0 3 25 10 Kristin Brady 4 9 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 3 2 0 0 25 13 Lauryn Morita 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 4 2 5 0 1 15 22 Christina Kelley 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 9 24 Nikki Miller 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 31 Rauna Barrett 5 8 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 1 10 3 3 3 0 23 Team 3 3 6 Totals 22 50 7 11 9 14 8 24 32 15 60 16 23 5 9 200
Total FG% 1st Half: 10-26 .385 2nd Half: 12-24 .500 Game: .440 Deadball 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-8 .750 2nd Half: 1-3 .333 Game: .636 Rebounds F Throw% 1st Half: 5-7 .714 2nd Half: 4-7 .571 Game: .643 0
UT-Pan American (1-7)
No. Name FG FGA 3FG 3FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 20 Smith, Michelle, f 2 4 0 0 3 3 0 2 2 2 7 0 6 0 2 22 21 Friedeck, Rachel, f 1 6 0 0 0 2 1 6 7 3 2 1 2 1 0 24 44 Baldwin, Senella, c 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 6 0 1 0 0 18 05 Gravel, Alexandra, g 4 12 4 12 0 0 0 1 1 2 12 2 5 0 1 26 13 Williams, Alexis, g 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 6 7 1 2 31 11 Thigpen, Ashere' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 14 Sinnette, Radiajah 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 20 22 Terry, Cheveron 8 15 2 4 0 1 2 3 5 1 18 2 2 0 4 30 23 Valdez, Lea 3 7 3 4 0 0 2 1 3 2 9 1 3 0 2 16 33 Williams, Naima 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 42 Buttery, Erin 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 Team 4 5 9 Totals 21 53 9 20 5 13 12 25 37 18 56 12 28 2 11 200
Total FG% 1st Half: 3-20 .150 2nd Half: 18-33 .545 Game: .396 Deadball 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-4 .000 2nd Half: 9-16 .563 Game: .450 Rebounds F Throw% 1st Half: 5-7 .714 2nd Half: 0-6 .000 Game: .385 4
Officials: Ronnie Pflughaupt, Albert Ruiz, Randy Hughes
Technical Fouls: None Attendance: 186
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Final Oral Roberts 31 29 60 UTPA 11 45 56