West Layafette, Ind. ? Texas coach Jody Conradt had a simple plan for containing Duke All-American Alana Beard.

“You can’t shut her down, you can’t even slow her down a lot of the times, but you can force her to take harder shots, which is what we were trying to do,” Conradt said.

The third-ranked Longhorns succeeded where most teams have failed. Beard was 4-for-17 from the floor and scored just 12 points in No. 2 Duke’s 85-77 loss Sunday to Texas as the teams opened the season in the Women’s Tip-Off Classic.

“I had a bad game,” Beard said. “I had a horrible game.”

No. 7 Purdue 79, No. 5 Kansas State 69

West Lafayette, Ind. — Shereka Wright scored 16 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead Purdue past Kansas State in the second game of the Women’s Tip-Off Classic. Erika Valek added in 16 points and seven assists, and Beth Jones had 12 points on 4-of-4 shooting from three-point range for Purdue (1-0). Laurie Koehn scored 22 points to lead the Wildcats (0-1).

No. 10 Texas Tech 88, Western Kentucky 47

Lubbock, Texas — Jia Perkins scored 18 points, and Texas Tech beat Western Kentucky in a women’s Preseason NIT quarterfinal game.