The Texas Longhorns women’s basketball team travelled to Lubbock, Texas to play the Lady Raiders for the final time in the regular season. The Longhorns fell early on in the game against Texas Tech 11-4. Celeste Taylor hit a three pointer to get back within four points. Higgs layup got Texas within one before the Lady Raiders closed the quarter on a 7-2 run.
Midway through the second quarter the Longhorns found themselves down double digits after keeping it close throughout the first. With 5:17 left before halftime, game high scorer Brittany Brewer put Tech up 11 at 33-22. The Longhorns went on a 16-7 run the rest of the way to close the gap to one at the half.
Lashann Higgs got the Longhorns off to a quick start with back-to-back buckets to take the lead for the first time in the game. Charli Collier got into the act with six points over the next few minutes as Texas built up their lead to nine. The 8-0 run ended on a three-point basket from Sydney Goodson with 6:56 to go. Tech got within one at 55-54 before Sutton and the Longhorns outscored the Lady Raiders 8-4 to close out the third.
Lexi Gordon for Tech got them within two but that would be as close as they would get. The Texas Longhorns and Sug Sutton was just too much for the Lady Raiders to overcome as they were outscored 18-8 in the fourth. Sutton scored nine of her team-high 20 points in the closing quarter.
The Texas Longhorns women’s basketball team finishes the season series with Texas Tech with a clean sweep. Collier, Taylor, Higgs and Sutton all finished with double-digit points as Texas improved to 15-7 (7-3). Texas will host Iowa State on Wednesday.