Women's Hoops Blog

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Thursday, January 08, 2004

Several Big 12 powerhouses notched wins last night.

Texas overwhelmed KU with a huge rebounding edge. "They did everything," said KU forward Crystal Kemp. "They went to the boards, they posted up strong, and their guards did a good job of getting them the ball."

Colorado held Baylor to only 16 first half points but then almost blew their huge lead. "I was thinking, 'I can't believe we're blowing a 23-point lead,' " CU coach Ceal Barry said. "We got rattled, and I felt like all we needed to do was get the ball to Tera." Bjorkland took over at the end, and finished with 16 and 9.

K State crushed Mizzou. Ohlde was off the hook -- 31 points on 14 of 16 shooting, in only 30 minutes. "Hats off to Kansas State," Missouri coach Cindy Stein said. "I needed to do a better job of having these players prepared. That's my fault."

Coach Coale's Sooners had an easy time with Nebraska. Oklahoma's defense was great, holding the Huskers to 36% shooting and forcing 23 turnovers.

The win gave Coale her 143rd win, most in the program's history.