By Bob Baum
TEMPE, Ariz. — Oklahoma State looked lost for a half without the nation’s No. 3 women’s basketball scorer, Andrea Riley.
Then Toni Young and Tegan Cunningham took over as the Cowgirls used a full-court press to get back in the game.
Young scored 16 of her career-high 22 points in the second half and fourth-seeded Oklahoma State rallied from an 18-point halftime deficit to beat the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 70-63 in the first round of the NCAA women’s tournament Saturday night.
UTC, which led 29-10 at one point, got 15 points from Kayla Christopher, 14 points and 11 rebounds from Shanara Hollinquest and 11 points from Tenisha Townsend.