Wednesday, November 28, 2001

Sports Briefs

No. 3 Oklahoma defeats women’s hoops

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — LaNeishea Caufield scored 24 points as No. 3 Oklahoma beat the Horned Frogs, 76-60, Tuesday night.

Stacey Dales had 21 points and 11 rebounds as Oklahoma (6-0) won its home opener. She also set school and Big 12 career records with five assists.
Jamie Talbert added 13 points for Oklahoma.

Junior-transfer Grace Gantt led TCU (2-2) with 14 points, while sophomore Ebony Shaw added 10 points and nine rebounds for the Lady Frogs.

Oklahoma led 41-29 at halftime and gradually pulled away.

TCU shot just 33.9 percent from the field and hit only 4-of-24 3-point attempts.

UTA reacts to inquiry about former employee

AUSTIN (AP) — The University of Texas has hired an attorney to investigate NCAA allegations regarding the outside employment record of a former volunteer baseball coach.

In a statement, the school said Trip Couch, who joined the Texas staff in January 2000, quit in October after they learned that his employment record was suspect.
Under NCAA rules a volunteer coach can’t be on the athletics department payroll.

School officials refused to comment further pending an investigation by the attorney.

Buffalo fans eager for Big 12 Championship

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado’s 8,245 allotted seats for the Big 12 championship game in Irving at Texas Stadium have been sold, and eager fans are snapping up travel packages to get there.

The University of Colorado earned a berth at the title game against the Texas Longhorns with a convincing 62-36 win over Nebraska on Friday.

The tickets for the game were sold Monday.

Fans began calling travel agencies Friday to book trips.

“The optimistic people started calling before the game,” said Toni Barnett, manager of James Travelpoints. “We got really bombarded on Saturday and have been busy ever since.”

Barnett said more than 100 travel packages to Saturday’s game had been sold.