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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- Texas scored four of the first five
points in double overtime and beat Virginia 56-55 in a
Preseason WNIT consolation game Monday.
|  | | Virginia's Telisha Quarles drives the baseline in front of JoRuth Woods of Texas. |
Texas led 56-53, when Schuye LaRue's pulled Virginia (No. 15 ESPN/USA Today, No. 16 AP) within a
point. The Cavaliers (2-2) got the ball back with 14 seconds left,
but Telisha Quarles' 3-point attempt failed at the buzzer.
The Longhorns (3-1) shot just 25 percent from the floor while
Virginia (2-2) finished at 30 percent. The two teams combined for
135 attempts.
Tracy Cook led Texas with 12 points and Lindsey Ryan scored 11.
LaRue finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Chalois Lias
added 14 points for Virginia.
Texas shot 5-for-29 from the floor in the first half and trailed
24-16 with a little more than three minutes left. But six straight
free throws and Lindsey Ryan's 3-pointer pulled the Longhorns to
26-25 at halftime.
Texas took a 32-27 lead early in the second half, but Virginia
came back to tie the score at 42. Dai Dillard gave the Longhorns a
44-42 lead.
The Cavaliers had three attempts at the basket in the final
minute of regulation and eventually tied it on LaRue's layup with
2.2 seconds left.
Virginia trailed 52-47 but scored the next five points to end
the first overtime at 52-52.
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ALSO SEE
Womens College Basketball Scoreboard
Texas Clubhouse
Virginia Clubhouse
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