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Women's Basketball Comes up Short against Oregon State, 69-47

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CORVALLIS, Ore. - In its first road trip away from Hofheinz Pavilion of the season, the University of Houston women's basketball team could not overcome a rough first half as it fell to Oregon State, 69-47, Wednesday at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Ore.

"We just dug ourselves too deep a hole in the first half tonight," said head coach Joe Curl. "When our young players had finally had enough and started playing in the second half we got better. We started playing the game in four minute segments and that is the way we have got to play from the start."

The setback dropped the Cougars record this season to 2-1, while Oregon State improved to 2-0 on the year.

Sophomore Courtney Taylor narrowly missed her third straight double-double to kick off the season, leading UH with 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting, while pulling down right rebounds.

Unlike the first two games of the season in which the Cougars were able to control the opening moments of the half, UH found itself on the wrong end of a great start out of the gate as the Beavers jumped out to 9-2 lead.

Eight early turnovers by UH and sizzling shooting by the home-standing Beavers, who connected on six of their first 12 field goals helped OSU build a 20-6 lead. Ball handling issues plagued the Cougars throughout the first half as they were guilty of 14 turnovers during the game's first 20 minutes.

The run got worse for the visitors after Roxana Button's jumper at the 15:03 mark was the last points the Cougars scored for 6:55, allowing OSU to maintain a 16-0 run that left them up 29-6 with 9:14 to play in the period.

OSU's Talisa Rhea, the reigning Pac-10 Player of the Week, continued her hot shooting which earned her the award a week ago, draining four three-pointers in the half to lead all scorers at the break with 12 points. Rhea led OSU on the night with 18 points, while teammate Alex Mitchell added 16.

Rhea's shooting was typical of the Beavers during the opening period as they made 16-of-32 shots to shot 50 percent from the field, while UH was unable to find its groove, finding the target on only six of 25 first half shot attempts. OSU was also made 10-of-12 attempts from the free throw line.

Oregon State took a commanding 46-18 lead into the intermission.

During the second half, sophomore forward Courtney Taylor began to make her presence felt on the offensive end as scored seven early points in the half and the Cougars were able to regain their composure after the sluggish opening period.

The Cougars found their game after halftime, outscoring OSU 29-33 in the second half, shooting 13-of-32 (40.6) from the field.

Freshman Roxana Button contributed eight points, while sophomore Cobliyn Hill produced seven in the loss.

The Cougars return back to Texas are back in action at Hofheinz Pavilion Friday when they entertain Miami in a 7 p.m. contest.

 

 

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