The Texas Longhorns women’s basketball team was looking to even up their conference record at two games apiece. After opening Big 12 play at home in a narrow loss to Texas Christian, the Longhorns split games against Iowa State and West Virginia to come into the game (1-2) in conference play. Standout sophomore forward Charli Collier came prepared to put the team on her back.
The Longhorns and Texas Tech played in close in the first quarter before Texas started pulling away in the second quarter. They look a 47-31 lead to halftime after outscoring the Lady Raiders 25-12 in the second. Collier was an interior menace on both offense and defense as she finished with yet another double-double, her stat line finished with 23 points and 13 rebounds.
The Longhorns continued to ride that wave in the second half of the game to build upon their lead that ultimately led to a 92-66 route of Texas Tech. The Longhorns shot 49.3% from the field including hitting 35.3% of their attempts from behind the arc.
The defense of Texas made this game difficult for Texas Tech who were led by Brittany Brewer’s 18 points and seven rebounds. The Lady Raiders were limited to 36.4% shooting and an abysmal 13.3% from three. The Longhorns were able to best Tech in every statistically category except fouls and four more turnovers. Other than that it was a complete victory for Texas who look to face Kansas State on the road Sunday.
Texas is now 10-6 overall with a 2-2 conference record.