No. 23 Texas, K-State advance
Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY — Brittainey Raven connected on a running layup in the lane with 22.8 seconds left as No. 23 Texas used a series of stolen inbounds passes to rally past Missouri, 62-59, last night in the first round of the Big 12 tournament.
Earnesia Williams had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Longhorns (21-10), and provided the pressure under the basket that led to three straight flubbed inbounds passes by the Tigers (13-17), who led 59-52 with 4:39 left to play, but failed to score the rest of the way.
"There's not a lot to say. It's tough," Missouri coach Cindy Stein said. "Honestly, it's tough. They knew how many timeouts we had, they knew we needed spacing, they knew we just needed to get the ball in.
"It's those bam-bam plays. They just happen so quick."
No. 22 Kansas State 68, Colorado 51: Ashley Sweat scored 19 points to lead the Wildcats (24-6) past the Lady Buffs (11-18) and into today's quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament against Texas A&M at Oklahoma City.
Brittany Spears scored 23 points and Kara Richards 22 for Colorado.
HAWAI'I TIMES
AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE
At West Hartford, Conn.
FIRST ROUND
YESTERDAY
Albany, N.Y. 63, Maine 43.
QUARTERFINALS
TODAY
Binghamton vs. UMBC, 6 a.m.
Boston University vs Albany, N.Y., 8:30 a.m.
HARTFORD VS. STONY BROOK, NOON
Vermont vs. New Hampshire, 2:30 p.m.
BIG SKY CONFERENCE
At Missoula, Mont.
FIRST ROUND
YESTERDAY
Montana State 74, Northern Arizona 64.
Idaho State 78, Sacramento State 76, OT.
SEMIFINALS
TODAY
Portland State vs. Montana State, 1:30 p.m.
Montana vs. Idaho State, 3:30 p.m.
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE
At High Point, N.C.
FIRST ROUND
TODAY
Liberty vs. Charleston Southern, 6 a.m.
Winthrop vs. Coastal Carolina, 8 a.m.
Radford vs. Gardner-Webb, 11:30 a.m.
High Point vs. UNC Asheville, 1:30 p.m.
BIG 12 CONFERENCE
AT OKLAHOMA CITY
FIRST ROUND
YESTERDAY
Kansas State 68, Colorado 51.
Kansas 61, Nebraska 56.
Texas 62, Missouri 59.
Oklahoma State 63, Texas Tech 57.
QUARTERFINALS
TODAY
Oklahoma vs. Kansas, 6 a.m.
Texas A&M vs. Kansas State, 8:30 a.m.
BAYLOR VS. OKLAHOMA STATE, NOON
Iowa State vs. Texas, 2:30 p.m.
BIG WEST CONFERENCE
At Anaheim, Calif.
SECOND ROUND
YESTERDAY
Cal Poly 74, Cal State Northridge 65.
Cal State Fullerton 64, Pacific 62.
SEMIFINALS
TODAY
UC Santa Barbara vs. Cal State Fullerton, 9 a.m.
UC Riverside vs. Cal Poly, 11:30 a.m.
COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
At Harrisonburg, Va.
FIRST ROUND
YESTERDAY
Towson 40, Delaware 37.
UNC Wilmington 56, George Mason 47.
William & Mary 63, Hofstra 62.
Northeastern 68, Georgia State 45.
QUARTERFINALS
TODAY
Drexel vs. Towson, 6 a.m.
Old Dominion vs. UNC Wilmington, 8:30 a.m.
Virginia Commonwealth vs. William & Mary, 11 a.m.
James Madison vs. Northeastern, 1:30 p.m.
HORIZON LEAGUE
At Green Bay, Wis.
SEMIFINALS
TODAY
Wisconsin-Milwaukee vs. Cleveland State, 1:30 p.m.
Wright State at Wisconsin-Green Bay, 3 p.m.
MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
AT CLEVELAND
QUARTERFINALS
TODAY
Toledo vs. Ohio, 3 a.m.
Bowling Green vs. Central Michigan, 5 a.m.
Ball State vs. Miami (Ohio), 7 a.m.
Kent State vs. Buffalo, 9 a.m.
MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
At Winston-Salem, N.C.
QUARTERFINALS
YESTERDAY
Hampton 58, Delaware State 56.
Maryland-Eastern Shore 70, Morgan State 59.
SEMIFINALS
TODAY
North Carolina A&T vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore, 6 a.m.
Florida A&M vs. Hampton, 8:30 a.m. Missouri Valley Conference.
At St. Charles, Mo.
FIRST ROUND
YESTERDAY
Evansville 58, Southern Illinois 53.
Wichita State 52, Missouri State 51.
QUARTERFINALS
TODAY
Illinois State vs. Evansville, 7:05 a.m.
Bradley vs. Indiana State, 9:35 a.m.
Creighton vs. Wichita State, 1:05 p.m.
Drake vs. Northern Iowa, 3:35 p.m.
MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE
AT LAS VEGAS
SEMIFINALS
TODAY
Utah vs. New Mexico, 9 a.m.
San Diego State vs. UNLV, 11:30 a.m.
NORTHEAST CONFERENCE
CHAMPIONSHIP
SUNDAY
Saint Francis, Pa. at Sacred Heart, 9 a.m.
PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE
AT LOS ANGELES
FIRST ROUND
YESTERDAY
Washington 69, Oregon 43.
Arizona 79, Washington State 72.
QUARTERFINALS
TODAY
Arizona State vs. Southern California, 8 a.m.
California vs. Washington, 10:15 a.m.
Stanford vs. Arizona, 2 p.m.
UCLA vs. Oregon State, 4:15 p.m.
SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE
AT KATY, TEXAS
SEMIFINALS
TODAY
Northwestern State vs. Texas-San Antonio, 7 a.m.
Texas-Arlington vs. Lamar, 9:30 a.m.
SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
At Birmingham, Ala.
FIRST ROUND
YESTERDAY
MVSU 48, Alabama State 43 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 60, Alabama A&M 49.
SEMIFINALS
TODAY
Southern vs. MVSU, 7 a.m.
Prairie View vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 12:30 p.m.
WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
At Reno, Nev.
SEMIFINALS
TODAY
Utah State vs. Fresno State, 9 a.m.
Nevada vs. Louisiana Tech, 11:30 a.m.
CHAMPIONSHIP
TOMORROW
Semifinal winners, 10 a.m.
