Lady Rebels lose in OT

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Junior Shonda Mack made two free throws with 2.8 seconds left in overtime for Texas Christian as it defeated UNLV 64-63 in a Western Athletic Conference women's basketball game Thursday at Fort Worth.

Trailing 49-39 with 6:23 to play in regulation, UNLV went on a 13-4 run to cut TCU's advantage to 53-52 with 2:16 left. TCU sophomore Amy Sutton made two free throws with 18 seconds left to put the Horned Frogs up 55-52, but UNLV senior Kristen Pool sank a three-pointer with 5 seconds on the clock to send the game into overtime.

TCU (14-9, 6-5 WAC) was led by Sutton's game-high-tying 21 points. Mack turned in a game-high 14 rebounds, while the Horned Frogs had two others score in double figures.

UNLV (15-8, 6-5 WAC), which had its third four-game winning streak of the season snapped, was led by freshman Linda Froehlich's game-high-tying 21 points. Senior Angalete Dye added 12 points, while senior Liz Wolfe recorded 11. Pool led the game in assists with eight.

UNLV is back in action Saturday against Southern Methodist in Dallas at noon PST.

UNLV (15-8)

Dye 2-11 8-11 12, Johansson 2-5 0-0 5, Wolfe 5-8 1-2 11, Pool 2-15 1-2 6, Froehlich 10-19 0-1 21, Wunderlich 1-2 0-1 2, Ingalls 2-2 0-0 4, Swanson 0-4 2-2 2. Totals 24-70 12-18 63.

TEXAS CHRISTIAN (14-9)

Mack 0-3 4-6 4, Jackson 2-11 1-2 6, Meadows 1-2 0-0 2, A. Sutton 6-13 6-6 21, J. Sutton 3-13 2-2 11, Usher 1-1 0-0 2, Payne 3-13 3-3 10, Burrows 2-4 0-0 4, Clayton 1-3 2-4 4. Totals 19-63 18-23 64.

Halftime--TCU 33, UNLV 27. End of regulation--UNLV 55, TCU 55. 3-Point goals--UNLV 3-16 (Johansson 1-3, Froehlich 1-3, Pool 1-7); TCU 8-27 (A. Sutton 3-8, J. Sutton 3-11, Jackson 1-4, Payne 1-4). Rebounds--UNLV 47 (Froehlich 9, Dye 9), TCU 47 (Mack 14). Assists--UNLV 15 (Pool 8), TCU 11 (J. Sutton 4). Turnovers--UNLV 17 (Fooehlich 6), TCUf 20 (J. Sutton 7). Fouled out--Johansson, Wolfe (UNLV).

A--1,706.

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