Old Dominion hands Lady Raiders first loss
KATY — Ajah Wayne, Mariah Adams and Iggy Allen scored 17, 14 and 12 points, respectively, as Old Dominion beat Texas Tech 59-45 Saturday at the Van Chancellor Classic, dealing the Lady Raiders their first loss of the season.
Old Dominion (4-2) led 37-14 at halftime and held Tech (5-1) to sub-39-percent shooting for the game. The Monarchs built the lead to 43-16 early in the second half, and the closest the Lady Raiders got from then on was 49-41 on two Lexy Hightower free throws with 6:19 left.
Hightower led the Lady Raiders with 13 points. Rhyle McKinney, Brynn Gerlich and Chantae Embry were next with six apiece. Taylah Thomas grabbed a game-high nine rebounds to go with five points.
Tech takes on New Mexico at 4 p.m. Sunday in the last of its three games in three days at the event. New Mexico was 4-2 going into its game Saturday against Louisiana-Monroe.
The Lobos lost their first game of the weekend 71-66 Friday against Stephen F. Austin.
The Lady Raiders beat Ball State 71-67 on Friday with four players scoring in double digits: Thomas with 18 points, Hightower with 15, Ella Tofaeono with 13 and McKinney with 11.
McKinney, Hightower and Thomas are averaging 13.7 points per game, 11.8 and 10.7, respectively.
LCU women 73
Hawaii Pacific 52
HONOLULU — Senior guards Allie Schulte and Ashton Duncan scored 22 and 18 points, respectively, and No. 2 Lubbock Christian University beat Hawaii Pacific 73-52 Friday in its second of two games at the Oahu Thanksgiving Classic.
Schulte added six assists, five steals and four rebounds for LCU (8-1), which shot 55 percent in winning its fourth game in a row.
Channing Cunyus and Laynee Burr chipped in nine and eight points, respectively, with four rebounds apiece.
Avery Cargill scored 16 points for Hawaii Pacific (3-2).
Tech volleyball
Logan Eggleston pounded 19 kills and No. 2 Texas hit .328 as the Longhorns beat Texas Tech 25-17, 22-25, 25-16, 25-17 in the first of a two-match Big 12 series at United Supermarkets Arena.
Molly Phillips added 10 kills, Skylar Fields eight and Texas (23-1, 14-1) won its fifth match in a row.
Tech (17-11, 7-8) lost for the first time in five matches. The Red Raiders were scheduled to host the Longhorns again Saturday night in a regular-season finale.
Karrington Jones, Kenna Sauer and Reagan Cooper led Tech with 12, 11 and 10 kills, respectively. Alex Kirby racked up 41 assists.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: College sports: Old Dominion hands Lady Raiders first loss
