Feb. 17, 2010

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STILLWATER, Okla. (AP)--Tyra White scored 15 points, Tanisha Smith added 14 and No. 15 Texas A&M handed No. 17 Oklahoma State its fourth consecutive loss Wednesday night in a 69-52 rout.

Texas A&M (18-6, 6-5 Big 12) never trailed and took control with a string of 12 straight points midway through the first half. Smith and Danielle Adams each had a pair of baskets during the stretch, and Adams' layup inside made it 28-12 with 8:05 left before halftime.

The Cowgirls (18-7, 6-5), yielded a 12-2 run to close the half and fell behind by 18.

Andrea Riley, the nation's third-leading scorer, was 0-for-10 from the field in the first half and didn't play in the second half. She had only two points to snap a string of 82 games with double figure scoring, which had been the second-longest in the country behind Ohio State's Jantel Lavender.

Nothing went right for the Cowgirls, who shot only 37.5 percent and committed a season-high 23 turnovers while losing a third straight home game after starting the season 12-0 at Gallagher-Iba Arena. OSU even struggled at the line, making only 12 of 22 free throws.

Toni Young had 16 points and nine rebounds to lead Oklahoma State, which had a similar late-season swoon with five straight losses last season, including a 79-49 rout at Texas A&M. That team ended up missing the NCAA tournament.

Adams added 13 points for the Aggies, who led by as many as 28 after White's jumper from the left baseline that made it 62-34 with 9:22 left. Texas A&M had lost four of five before winning back-to-back games to pull even with the Cowgirls for fifth place in the Big 12.

Riley, who was averaging 25.6 points, had scored 27 points in the second half to help OSU overcome a 14-point deficit in a win over the Aggies earlier this season but she didn't even step onto the court after being late coming out of the locker room at halftime. She had been ill leading up to the game.

She had missed her first seven shots and Oklahoma State was 5-for-20 from the field by the time Texas A&M opened its 16-point lead in the first half. She scored her only points and had assists on a pair of 3-pointers by Lakyn Garrison as OSU got back within 30-22 but that was as close as it got.