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Kansas center Udoka Azubuike (35) rebounds over Okla-

homa forward Kristian Doolittle (21) during the first half

of Saturday’s game in Lawrence, Kan. The Jayhawks

rolled to a 87-70 victory.

about two weeks now, when I’m open I have to take it,” Garrett said. “I don’t really care about how the defense is play-ing. I know what we’re trying to do offensively. I just took the shots that were there.”

His barrage opened up things for the rest of the Jayhawks.

“Obviously if Marcus makes six 3s we’ll be hard to deal with,” Jayhawks coach Bill Self said. “That was probably the best offensive game he’s had since he’s been here.”

Udoka Azubuike took advantage of newfound real estate in the paint to pile up 15 points and 17 rebounds. Devon Dotson found lanes the basket and scored 19 points. Ochai Agbaji took advantage of the sagging defense to score 10, all helping the Jayhawks (22-3, 11-1) win their 10th straight since falling to top-ranked Bay-lor in early January.

Krist ian Doolitt le had 27 points and 12 re-bounds to lead Oklahoma

(16-9, 6-6), but the senior forward needed 20 field-goal attempts to get there. Austin Reaves added 12 points, while lead-ing scorer Brady Manek dealt with early foul trou-ble and was held to seven points and 1-for-6 shoot-ing from the arc.

“They’ve had really good defensive teams. It’s not like they haven’t been good,” said Okla-homa coach Lon Kruger, whose team has lost 19 straight in the Phog. “But this team is really good. They’re really together. They react to each other well. They have lots of length at the rim. They’re a really good defensive team. Good in other ar-eas too.”

As expected, the Soon-ers spent the first half slumping into the paint, trying to keep Azubuike and fellow big man David McCormack from getting easy looks at the rim. As a result, they backed off the 3-point line and dared Garrett — who shot just 29 percent there coming into the game — to begin hoisting up shots.

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recent struggles because they remembered what it took to open the season with seven straight wins.

“We knew the type of team we were, we just had to find the spark again and start playing like we did at the beginning of the season,” Laurent said.

Kevin McCullar and Davide Moretti each scored 15 points for Texas Tech (16-9, 7-5), which had won its previous three games.

The Cowboys scored the first eight points and held the Red Raiders scoreless for more than four minutes at the start. Boone rose up and threw down a vicious one-handed jam on a lob from Likekele to put OSU up 20-17.

Tech responded, and a lob from Kyler Edwards for a layup by McCullar with a second left in the first half put the Red Raid-ers up 29-27 at the break.

The game was close throughout the second half. Oklahoma State led 71-69 when Tech’s Chris Clarke was fouled with 7.4 seconds remaining. Clarke, a 71.4 percent free-throw

shooter, missed both, and Likekele rebounded. Likekele was fouled and made the first but missed the second free throw. That gave Tech another chance, trailing by three.

Oklahoma State fouled Tech’s Kyler Edwards with 2.5 seconds left. Edwards made the first free throw. He missed the second inten-tionally, but the Red Raiders committed a lane violation.

Boone was fouled on Oklahoma State’s long in-bound throw. He missed the first free throw and made the second with 1.9 seconds left to put the Cowboys up by three.

OSU’s Lindy Waters stole a long inbound pass to allow the Cowboys to hold on.

Beard said it was a feather in Boynton’s cap to get the Cowboys to show signs of a turn-around after that rough mid-season stretch.

“You learn a lot about a guy’s character and toughness when his back is against the wall,” Beard said. “This is three of the last four games they’ve won; the only loss in that stretch was a one-pos-session game at Baylor. That’s the mark of a team that has a lot of heart and character.”

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STAFF AND CU REPORTS

WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Brenna Busby broke Cameron’s career record for home runs top spark the Aggies to a 6-2 victory over Nebras-ka-Kearney and extend their winning streak to six games heading into the fi-nal game of the Wichita Falls Classic today.

The Aggies climbed to 8-5 entering today’s final game against Regis Uni-versity at 11 a.m. Thus far the Aggies have outscored their opponents 25-3 in three games and they are doing their damage throughout the lineup.

Here is a look at the weekend games:

CU 6, Neb.-Kearney 2Cameron wasted no

time getting off to a hot start against the Lopers as lead-off slugger Brenna Busby clubbed a home run to start the contest. That home run was her 46th career home run, which gave her the program lead for most home runs in a career. Her day wasn’t done there, she slapped another solo shot in the top of the sixth inning to give her 47 career homers and put this contest away.

Kylie French drove in a run on a single in the sec-ond and Janessa Larman added another on a field-er’s choice. French added another RBI single in the fifth to give her team a 4-1 advantage.

B. Busby answered the Lopers’ second run with her second bomb of the game in the sixth and a Mikayla Oaks sacrifice fly-ball later in the frame gave CU their 6-2 advantage.

The Aggie bats were anything but silent today, coming around to score six times on seven hits;

they stranded nine run-ners on the base paths.

Along with B. Busby, Kylie French earned a pair of RBI’s in the win, going 2-4 and coming around to score once. Breley Webb was the third Aggie to turn in a multi-hit game (2-4), but the offense left her stranded each time.

In the circle, Bethany Hines tossed five innings, punching out five hitters while giving up just a pair of runs. Hines is now 5-4 on the year with 50 strike-outs and a 3.78 ERA.

CU 10, SW Okla. 05 Innings

The Aggies had to wait over an hour past their originally scheduled start time before kicking off the MSU Invitational Friday with a matchup against Southwestern Oklahoma State. That did not seem to be a problem for the red-hot Aggies as they cruised to a 10-0 run-rule victory.

Cameron was not sat-isfied with just the one run in the first. Back-to-back wild pitches brought home Edwards for the second run of the inning, forcing the Bulldogs to swap out their start-ing battery. CU’s middle of the order drew three straight walks to load the bases, which set the table for three straight RBI sin-gles by Kylie French, Ja-nessa Larman, and Maci McMurtrey to give Cam-eron a 5-0 lead.

In the third, the Aggies added three more runs to their lead, as Breley Webb drew a bases loaded walk that brought home Kay-lyn Smith and then Cal-lie Busby scored both her sister and Edwards on a two RBI single through the left side.

Edwards came up big again in the bottom of the fourth, as the 2019 All-American drove in French and Smith on a single up the middle to put her team up by 10 runs heading into the top of the fifth, needing just three outs to secure their fourth straight win.

That was not a prob-lem for CU’s senior hurler Bethany Hines on Friday night as the Washington native allowed just four runners to reach base in her five innings of work.

CU 9, NW Okla. 16 innings

The Aggies kept it roll-ing in game two of the day against Northwestern, scoring nine more runs for another run-rule victory.

Cameron once again struck early in Friday’s night-cap. Busby was hit by another pitch to leadoff the inning and then came in to score on a sacrifice fly by freshman Mikayla Oaks. French the brought home Edwards, who reached on an error ear-lier in the frame, on a RBI single to give her team an early 2-0 advantage.

In the second, CU doubled its first inning scoring output, striking for four runs on a pair of hits and one Ranger error. With two outs already in the frame, B. Busby dou-ble to put runners on sec-ond and third.

Edwards walked to load the bases for C. Busby, who delivered a clutch two RBI single, scoring both Smith and her sister. Cameron’s third and fourth runs of the inning scored as Oaks reached on a fielding er-ror by the NWOSU short-stop, giving CU a 6-0 lead.

CU softball enjoys big weekend

Aggies wrap up their home-stand with two more division rematches. They host Okla-homa Christian on Thursday, and then UAFS for Senior Day and Homecoming on Saturday.

Nwakamma gives CU women late hope

Senior Amaka Nwakamma’s game-high 24 points was just what the Aggies needed if they were going to spoil the Lions’ perfect season, but in the end the inside might of the Lions was too much for CU to over-come.

Trying to snap a four-game losing streak to the Lions, the Aggies would hang tough in the first half, staying even at 16-all and limiting the Lions to just 22 percent shooting from the floor. Comparatively, the Aggies shot 41 percent from the floor, including 12 points in the paint.

After playing a competitive second quarter, the Lions be-gan to build separation in the final two minutes of the half. A&M-Commerce was able to outrebound the Aggies and force the Black and Gold into 11 turnovers in the first twenty minutes of action.

While Ava Battese logged 11 points in the half, she en-tered the break shooting just

3-for-11 from beyond the arc and that was a sign of trouble as CU was only able to knock down the 3 ball at a 17 percent clip.

A&M-Commerce got off to a fast start in the second half, going on an 8-3 scoring run to start the final 20 minutes.

The Aggies were only out-scored by a point the rest of the third quarter, but it still allowed Commerce to hold a 14-point lead at the end of the third frame.

Cameron hit a pair of tri-ples to open the fourth period, but the Lions always had an-swers.

That is when Nwakamma took over the contest, posting 14 points with a personal 8-0

scoring run to bring the Aggies within two possessions.

“She is a special player. She is just one of those clutch time kids. That is the kind of impact she has on a game.” Aggies head coach Emma Andrews said af-ter the game.

In addition to the 24 points, Nwakamma had three assists and 12 rebounds.

Despite the Aggies just making seven three’s (22 per-cent from deep), as one of the best three-point shoot-ing teams in the conference, they still nearly upset the best team in the Lone Star Conference.

“Our girls feel like if we could have just hit another three they would’ve won this game,” An-

drews said. “They are going to make a run.”

The more physical Lions took the ball to the rim early and often and the result was a parade of free throws, 33 to be exact. Commerce also out-re-bound the Aggies 57-38, and generated 17 turnovers in the contest.

The Black and Gold remain one of the hottest teams in the Lone Star Conference and will look to rebound next week with their final two home games of the season. The week will start on Thursday with Oklahoma Christian. On Saturday, Feb. 22, the regular season home slate concludes with a senior night and homecoming matchup with UAFS.

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