AUSTIN -- Amy Moody scored 15 points and Mansfield Summit survived a 30-point effort by Cypress-Fairbanks' Chiney Ogwumike to knock off the defending state champions 49-39 Friday in the Class 5A state semifinals.
Ogwumike scored 24 in the second half. She was the only Cypress-Fairbanks player to score from the 3:12 mark in the first quarter until Aarika Reyna hit a 3-pointer in the final seconds.
Starr Crawford had 12 points and 10 rebounds for Summit (33-4). Cypress-Fairbanks (35-4) won the state title last season when Ogwumike teamed up with older sister Nneka, who was the national player of the year. Nneka Ogwumike is now at Stanford.
MANSFIELD SUMMIT 49, CYPRESS FAIRBANKS 39
MANSFIELD SUMMIT (33-4)
Moody 3-7 7-9 15, Crawford 4-11 4-4 12, McDaniel 2-6 1-1 5, Filmore 2-8 3-4 7, Hooker 3-7 1-4 7, Eli 0-0 0-0 0, Campbell 0-0 0-0 0, Tolliver 1-2 0-0 3, Harris 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 15-43 16-22 49.
CYPRESS FAIRBANKS (35-4)
Rogan 2-7 0-0 4, Lakind 0-4 0-0 0, Ogwumike 13-22 4-7 30, Warren 0-7 0-0 0, Reyna 2-7 0-0 5, Cervenka 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 17-50 4-7 39.
Halftime--Mansfield Summit 29, Cypress Fairbanks 12. 3-Point goals--Mansfield Summit 3-7 (Moody 2-4, Tolliver 1-1, Filmore 0-2), Cypress Fairbanks 1-14 (Reyna 1-3, Ogwumike 0-2, Lakind 0-4, Warren 0-5). Fouled out--None. Rebounds--Mansfield Summit 34 (Crawford 10), Cypress Fairbanks 28 (Ogwumike 14). Assists--Mansfield Summit 7 (Filmore 3), Cypress Fairbanks 4 (Warren 2). Total fouls--Mansfield Summit 14, Cypress Fairbanks 17. Technicals--Mansfield Summit-None. Cypress Fairbanks-None.. A--4,563.
