CU women improve to 9-1, routing Prairie View A&M

BOULdeR» Senior guard Alexis Robinson scored 13 points as the Colorado women’s team routed Prairie View A&M 79-38 on Wednesday night at the CU Events Center to improve to 9-1 for the season.

Freshman guard Cameron Swartz came off the bench to score 12 points for Buffs, sophomore forward Mya Hollingshed added 11 and senior guard Kennedy Leonard had 10 points and four assists for the Buffs, who led 40-12 at halftime.

Prairie View A&M, led by junior guard Dominique Newman’s seven points, fell to 3-4.

No. 11 Texas Tech, 79, Northwestern State 44.

TeXAS» Jarrett Culver scored 15 points, Tariq Owens had 14 points and eight rebounds and Texas Tech ran out to a 43point halftime lead.

The Red Raiders (9-0) matched their best start since 2008-09.

All of the wins have been by double digits, and they had a 10-point lead less than five minutes into this rout.

Coming off a six-day break for final exams, Texas Tech relied on a defense that ranks among the best in the country against the offensively challenged Demons (2-8).

No. 24 Houston 82, LSU 76.

Galen Robinson Jr. scored 18 points, Armoni Brooks added 13 — all in the second half — and Houston overcame a 15-point deficit in to beat LSU 82-76.

Robinson was 7 of 15 from the field and had six assists and five rebounds, and Brooks added nine rebounds to help Houston (9-0) extend its home winning streak to 22 games.

Trailing by 15 with 19 minutes left, Houston outscored LSU 31-12 over the next 12 minutes to take a 63-62 lead. Robinson had eight points and Brooks seven during the run.

Ja’Vonte Smart had 18 points for LSU (7-3).