KATY, Texas — Despite reducing a as soon as 27-position deficit to just eight with 6:18 still left, the Texas Tech Girl Raiders fell to the Old Dominion Monarchs 59-45 Saturday afternoon at the Merrell Heart.

The distinction in the contest was the next time period of action in which the Woman Raiders (5-1) ended up outscored 22-4.

Senior Lexy Hightower was Tech’s main scorer, contributing 13 points on 4-of-8 shooting. Hightower hit the lone Woman Raider triple, as the potent Old Dominion (4-2) defense held Tech to just 1-of-10 shooting from guiding the arc and a period-minimal 45 details.

HOW IT Transpired:
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Previous Dominion struck to start with Saturday afternoon, making use of a 3-pointer to spark an 8-2 operate to open up the contest.

Immediately after a 4- Woman Raider run minimize the ODU lead to 8-6, the Monarchs scored 7 of the final 11 to acquire a 15-10 direct soon after period of time just one.

In the decisive second quarter, Tech scored four of the very first 9 points to trail just 20-13 with 6:08 left.

Then the pictures stopped slipping.

ODU applied a decisive 17- operate that gave them a commanding 37-14 direct at the split.

The run extended to 21-2 around the initially 91 seconds of the third, as the Lady Raider deficit stood at a game-higher 27 (43-16) with 8:31 left in the 3rd.

Led by Hightower and Khadija Faye, Tech answered the ODU operate with a 15-2 outburst over the subsequent seven minutes that slash the change on the scoreboard to just 14 (47-33) with just underneath 90 seconds left in the 3rd.

ODU scored the only other basket the rest of the period, offering the Monarchs a 49-33 lead at the conclude of 3.

In the fourth, led by Faye and Hightower, the Girl Raiders utilised 8- operate in excess of the first 3:41 of the remaining period of time, to attract to in…