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Cold Shooting, Turnovers result in 60-54 loss for the Texas Longhorns

The Texas Longhorns women’s basketball team got off to a hot start but cold shooting down the stretch lead to 60-54 loss.

Texas struggled to close out the game against the Kansas State Wildcats when it looked like the Longhorns might pull it off. The Wildcats were led by  Ayoka Lee who recorded a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds. She added three blocks as well. Peyton Williams struggled shooting but was huge on the boards with 13 rebounds and three steals. The KSU 8-0 run to close out the game helped them knock off Texas 60-54.

The Texas Longhorns women’s basketball team got off to a hot start in the first quarter against the Kansas State Wildcats. Of their 19 first quarter points, sophomore forward Charli Collier led the way with 11 in the opening frame. Fifth-year senior Lashann Higgs came off the bench with four points to keep the game tied as the first came to a close.

In the second quarter, the Wildcats tried to take control of the game. After a field goal by Sug Sutton with 8:07 left in the second quarter, the Longhorns went on a four-plus minute scoring drought. Kansas State would take advantage. It wouldn’t be until Joanne Allen-Taylor got out in transition for a layup with 3:35 left where Texas would score. Collier would only score once in the second on a second-chance after a rebound to cut the KSU lead to two, 31-29. Neither team would score over the final 2:17 of the second quarter.

First Half Leaders (Texas)

  • Charli Collier 13 points, three rebounds, one steal
  • Joyner Holmes six points, four rebounds

Texas shot just one for nine from behind the arc and 35.1% from the field.

The Longhorns came out firing in the third quarter with a quick 6-0 run to take a four point lead. Jada Underwood got it started with a quick steal and found Sutton to tie it up. Sutton and Celeste Taylor added four more before the Wildcats would answer. A 18-14 quarter gave Texas a two-point lead into the final quarter.

A sloppy fourth quarter for the Longhorns as they had trouble hitting the shot going down the stretch. Holmes gave Texas a two-point lead with 3:57 left in the game but that would be their last make of the game. The turnovers and cold shooting for the Longhorns in the closing minutes doomed their bid to win.

Final Stats

  • Collier- 17 points, six rebounds
  • Holmes- 14 points, eight rebounds
  • Higgs- 11 points, four rebounds, two steals

Red Hot Texas Hands Oklahoma Fourth-Straight Loss

The Texas Longhorns women’s basketball team won their fifth-straight game while handing rival Sooners their fourth-straight loss.

The Texas Longhorns women’s basketball team remained hot in their red river rivalry matchup with the Oklahoma Sooners in Norman. The Longhorns improved to 14-6 and 6-2 in Big 12 play while the Sooners drop to .500 with a 10-10 overall record and 3-5 in the conference after a fourth-straight loss. The Longhorns won their fifth-straight game. A big second quarter sparked the 70-53 victory for the Horns.

The game got off to a slow start in their matchup on Tuesday night. It wasn’t until almost three minutes into the quarter before the Sooners broke the scoreless tie with a Mandy Simpson layup gave Oklahoma a 2-0 lead. The two teams would trade buckets throughout the first quarter of the game. Celeste Taylor and Charli Collier each scored four points as Texas closed out the quarter on a 6-0 run to lead 18-15.

In the first Texas found themselves down 13-15 before the run in the first, that run continued in the second quarter for the Longhorns. Texas would go on a 16-0 run to increase their lead to 29-15. The Sooners wouldn’t find an answer until 4:46 left in the second when they finally got on the board. The 14-point margin would be their largest of the quarter and Texas took a 37-23 lead into the half. Charli Collier would lead all the starters with eight points and three rebounds. Lashann Higgs came off the bench to provide nine points and she would lead all scorers at the half.

Collier started up the scoring in the third with a layup and Taylor would extend the lead to 41-23 early on in the quarter. That gave the Longhorns an 18-point lead, Oklahoma immediately took a timeout to try and slow the Texas momentum. Sooners would answer with six straight points to get within 12 points before Joyner Holmes, Taylor and Higgs would fire back with six of their own to get the lead back to 18. Texas led 47-29 with 3:42 to play in the third. The Longhorns took a 51-35 lead into the final quarter after outscoring the Sooners 14-12 in the quarter.

In the fourth quarter it would be more of the same from Texas, after a Liz Scott layup got Oklahoma within 14 the Longhorns would go on another run. Higgs and Taylor would give Texas their biggest lead of the game to this point at 20 with 5:41 to go but it didn’t stop there. A 10-0 run would balloon the lead to 67-41 before OU could answer. The Sooners went on a 11-0 run to close out the game but it was too little too late.