BY TRAVIS CRAM
AVALANCHE-JOURNAL

LAWRENCE, Kan. — All things must come to an end.

Texas Tech ended its 10-game road losing streak and ended Kansas’ 10-game home winning streak, with a 57-49 win Saturday night at Allen Fieldhouse.

So consider Tech one-up in its Big 12 Conference schedule and over a mental hump of getting one on the road.

“It is (nice),” Tech head coach Kristy Curry said. “I never had one doubt that it was going to happen for us. … It’s just very difficult in this league. It’s very hard to win on the road in this league. And anytime you can get one, you just can’t put a price on it. It’s invaluable to us.”

And it could prove to be the confidence-builder this team needs heading into two home games with No. 17 Kansas State and No. 5 Baylor.

Senior Dominic Seals notched her seventh double-double of the season and scored in double figures for the 15th time with 18 points and 10 rebounds.

Tech (11-5, 2-1 Big 12) controlled the game from the beginning after a somewhat sloppy start for both teams.

The Lady Raiders used a 23-6 run in a 12-minute span in the first half to lead 27-10 with 5:32 to go.

Kansas (12-4, 1-2) was held without a field goal for spans of five minutes and seven minutes during Tech’s run.

The Jayhawks were 5 of 25 from the field (20 percent) and were outrebounded 24-13 in the opening half.

Maria Moore sunk her first 3-pointer of the game as time expired before halftime to help Tech lead 32-17.

“Our absolute softness, lack of effort, lack of toughness on the glass made a difference,” Kansas head coach Bonnie Henrickson said. “… It’s just so disappointing.”

A big part of why Tech was able to limit Kansas’ scoring was because of the defense along the perimeter while Tech was in its zone defense.

Kansas, who leads the Big 12 in 3-point shooting with 42 percent, hit just 1 of 13 shots from beyond the arc.

“A lot of our woes down the stretch with turnovers may have been because of how hard they played defensively,” Curry said. “To come in and do what we did in our matchup zone against the No. 1 shooting team said a lot about the ball pressure that we had tonight.”

The Jayhawks also had to play without starting point guard Sade Morris for the final 28 minutes.
Morris collided with Ashlee Roberson on a drive to the basket and may have hit her head on the court, according to Henrickson.

But it was Seals that stole the show throughout the game. She hit 5 of 7 from the field for 10 points in the first half — the only scorer for either team in double figures at the break.

Ashlee Roberson, Mallard and Seals helped limit Kansas’ leading scorer, Danielle McCray, who had 22 points — to only six points in the first half.

“I think Kierra did a good job,” Seals said. “She was tough, she handled her business and did things exactly how coach (Bill) Brock expected her to. … I just got to give credit to the freshman, she did good today.”

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