Feb. 11, 2012

Box Score

MOSCOW - Shantale Bramble-Donaldson scored a career-high 25 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead Louisiana Tech to a 61-57 win over Idaho Saturday night at Cowan Spectrum.

Tech (13-11, 6-3 WAC) led by 10 points late in the game before the Vandals (8-17, 3-6) used a 9-2 run to cut the deficit to 60-57 with under a minute to play. After Whitney Jones missed two free throws with 13 seconds to play that could have sealed the win, Idaho pushed the basketball and Stacey Barr barely misfired on a 25-footer with three seconds to play.

Jones then hit 1-of-2 free throws with 1.5 seconds to play to seal the win.

The first half saw the two teams trade the lead throughout the opening 20 minutes as Idaho took a 30-29 advantage into the halftime locker room as the game saw 15 lead changes and three ties.

Idaho pushed its lead out to 37-32 early in the second half before Tech used a 22-7 run to take its biggest advantage of the game at 54-44 on a pair of free throws by Bramble-Donaldson with 7:07 remaining.

The lead remained at 10 at 58-48 with under five minutes to play before Idaho began their comeback as Barr's three-pointer with 18 seconds to play capped the run as the lead was trimmed to 60-57.

Tech won despite hitting only 7-of-16 free throws and shooting only 36 percent from the field. The Lady Techsters outrebounded Idaho 46-43.

Jones added 15 points, five steals and three rebounds for Tech.

Keri Arendse scored 14 points to lead Idaho while Alyssa Charleston and Barr added 10 points and 10 rebounds each.

Tech returns to action Thursday when the Lady Techsters host San Jose State at 6 p.m. at the Thomas Assembly Center.