A four-game winning streak came to an end Wednesday when the Idaho women’s basketball team lost to Texas Tech 78-62 in Lubbock, Texas.
Senior guard Christina Salvatore added three 3-pointers for Idaho, tying ex-Vandal Stacey Barr for the school record. Salvatore has made 268 3-pointers for her career.
Texas Tech guard Ivonne CookTaylor scored a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds and teammate Japreece Dean scored 23 points.
Idaho (7-2) started the first quarter cold offensively. The Vandals did not score until 3:29 left in the first quarter after senior post Ali Forde hit a jumper to cut the Red Raider lead to 9-2.
Texas Tech led 20-6 after the first quarter.
Idaho senior post Renae Mokrzycki led the Vandals with a career-high 20 points. She finished 7 of 9 from the field and 4 of 5 from the free-throw line.
The Red Raiders led 39-28 at halftime.
Texas Tech started the third quarter on a 9-2 run to extend their lead to 48-30 but the Vandals clawed back to cut the lead to 50-38.
Salvatore finished with 11 points, six rebounds and four assists and senior post Ali Forde finished with nine points and eight rebounds.
Texas Tech beat Idaho 90-55 in 2008 – the last time the two teams met.
The Vandals move from a Big 12 school to a Pac-12 school as they face seventh-ranked Oregon State at 2 p.m. Saturday in Corvallis, Oregon.
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