Women's Basketball Falls in Big 12 Opener Against Texas Tech

HOUSTON – In its inaugural game in Big 12 Conference action, the University of Houston Women's Basketball program dropped a 79-71 decision against Texas Tech inside Fertitta Center on Saturday afternoon.

In a late attempt for a comeback bid, the Cougars (9-3, 0-1 Big 12) cut the Lady Raiders' (12-2, 1-0 Big 12) lead down to as many as nine points, but ultimately fell short.

Graduate Bria Patterson led the team in points as the forward tied her season-high with 19. Three other Cougars scored in double figures with 16 points from junior forward Maliyah Johnson, graduate guard N'Yah Boyd added 12 points and senior guard Laila Blair finished with 10 points.

After a slow start in the first quarter, Houston would outscore Texas Tech in the remaining three quarters.

Trailing by 19 points at the start of the second quarter, a three-point play by Patterson and a 3-pointer by Boyd trimmed the deficit to 13.

Houston posted its best quarter of the game in the third as it outscored Texas Tech 20-14, including a 10-4 advantage in the paint. Johnson knocked down two of her four 3-pointers to cut the Lady Raiders' lead to 14 points. Followed by a pair of free-throws by Boyd, the Cougars trailed by 12 at the end of the quarter.

As both teams exchanged points in the final frame, a 3-pointer by Texas Tech sophomore guard Jada Wynn with 3:45 remaining sealed the victory for the Lady Raiders.

UP NEXT
Houston heads on its first Big 12 road trip as it travels to Manhattan, Kan., to face #11 Kansas State on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., followed by a trip to Waco, Texas, to take on #10 Baylor at 2 p.m., Saturday.

The Cougars will return to the friendly confines of Fertitta Center as they take BYU on Wednesday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m., for First Responders Day.

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