University of Texas Arlington
Texas State University-San Marcos
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2/21/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 21, 2004
ARLINGTON, Texas - Texas-Arlington junior forward Rola Ogunoye scored 18 of her career-high 30 points in the first half as the Lady Mavs raced out to a 16-point lead in the first eight minutes and coasted to a 79-64 Southland Conference victory at Texas Hall Saturday afternoon.
UTA (15-10, 9-4), who won for the sixth time in eight games, clinched a berth in the upcoming Southland Conference Postseason Tournament. The loss snapped a four-game win streak for Texas State (7-15, 7-5).
Ogunoye's 30 points moved her into seventh on the UTA career-scoring list with 1,095 points. LaToya Lewis dropped in four 3-pointers and scored 23 points for UTA. Tojjinay Thompson chipped in 10. Texas State was led in scoring by junior center Tori Talbert with 15. Aleise Johnson, Alley Kelly and Ashley McGruder dropped in 12 and Julie Brooks added 11.
UTA junior guard Krystal Buchanan set the school's single-game record with 14 assists.
UTA held Texas State to two field goals in the first 10:00 of the game and built a 22-6 lead after a Lewis free throw with 10:56 to play in the first half. UTA led 43-21 at halftime.
Texas State never threatened in the second half as UTA built a 25-point lead, 67-42, after a Temeckia Brown layup with 5:54 to play.
NOTES: The 79 points is the most scored in the series by UTA since 1989.
Texas-Arlington 79, Texas State 64
Texas State (7-15, 7-5) - A. Johnson 5-9 2-3 12, Talbert 4-11 7-12 15, Perkins 0-3 0-2 0, Al. Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Brooks 5-10 0-1 11, McGruder 4-8 2-2 12, Burrow 0-4 0-0 0, Kelly 2-5 6-6 12, Riley 0-0 0-0 0, West 0-4 0-0 0, Carter 0-0 0-0 0, Pink 0-0 0-0 0, Hinton 1-2 0-0 2, Putnam 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 21-58 17-26 64.
Texas-Arlington (15-10, 9-4) - Thompson 4-6 0-0 10, Ogunoye 10-14 10-11 30, Lane 0-1 3-5 3, Buchanan 0-1 2-2 2, Lewis 5-13 9-12 23, Yoakum 0-0 0-0 0, Graves 0-0 0-0 0, Johnson 2-7 1-3 5, Wallace 1-5 0-0 2, Wesley 0-2 0-0 0, Rumph 0-1 0-0 0 , Kilgore 0-0 0-0 0, T. Brown 1-2 0-0 2, Purgason 0-0 0-0 0, J. Brown 1-2 0-0 2. Totals: 24-54 25-33 79.
Halftime: UTA 43, TXST 21. Three-point field goals: TXST 5-19 (McGruder 2-4, Kelly 2-4, Brooks 1-5, Burrow 0-1, West 0-2, Talbert 0-1, Perkins 0-2), UTA 6-19 (Lewis 4-10, Thompson 2-4, Buchanan 0-1, Wesley 0-1, Wallace 0-3). Rebounds: TXST 40 (Talbert 10), UTA 39 (Ogunoye 8 ), Assists: TXST 12 (Brooks, McGruder, Talbert 3), UTA 18 (Buchanan 14). Turnovers: TXST 17 (A. Johnson 3), UTA 14 (Ogunoye 4). Blocks: TXST 1 (Putnam), UTA 1 (Lewis). Steals TXST 6 (Brooks, McGruder 2), UTA 6 (Thompson, Ogunoye 2). Total fouls: TXST 22, UTA 20. Fouled out: Talbert, Lane. Technical fouls: None. Att. 495.
