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Texas women’s basketball season ends in the Elite Eight

The 2020-21 Texas Longhorn women’s season ends in the Elite Eight to No. 1 South Carolina.

Texas head coach Vic Schaefer and company had a great season up to this point, but it all came to an end in the Elite Eight in San Antonio on Tuesday. No. 1 South Carolina took the lead early and never let up as they won by a score of 62-34.

There was not an aspect of this game that South Carolina didn’t dominate. Not only did the Gamecocks never trail, but they out shot the Longhorns in all three aspects: field goal percentage (43.9% to 23%), three-point range (42.9% to 20%) and free-throw shooting (90% to 50%).

South Carolina had five different players score in double figures, while Texas only had Audrey Warren to lead the team with 13 points.

Texas’ star forward, and expected top WNBA Draft pick Charli Collier, was largely shut down in this game on offense with four points, despite an impressive three blocks. Her main issue was not only shot selection (shooting 2-of-10), but she also had three personal fouls.

Texas attempted a third quarter comeback and showed some resiliency, although it didn’t last long.

Not only did South Carolina clamp the Texas offense in the fourth, the Longhorns didn’t score a single point in the final 10 minutes of the game.

Schaefer and his staff had an impressive first season in Austin and they’re certainly well ahead of schedule. It’s a disappointing end to a promising year, but it looks like there’s more excitement to come.

Scoring Leaders:

Zia Cooke: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists

Audrey Warren: 13 points, 5 rebounds

Destanni Henderson: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists

Charli Collier and Celeste Taylor Earn Weekly Honors

Charli Collier and Celeste Taylor took home Big 12 weekly honors for their contributions in getting Texas into the Top 25.

Fresh off of their big win against the number one ranked Stanford Cardinals, two members of the Texas women’s basketball team are taking home weekly Big 12 honors.

Charli Collier was named Big 12 Player of the Week. Against the Cardinals, Collier pulled down 19 boards and added 20 points to lead the Lady Longhorns in both categories. This marked her second double-double of the week after scoring 10 and grabbing 16 rebounds against Ohio Bobcats on Wednesday. It was quite a week for Charli Collier with 30 points and 37 rebounds combined to help lead Texas to two wins.

Freshman guard Celeste Taylor continued her solid first season in Austin this week. She led all Longhorns in scoring against Ohio with 17 points. In that game Taylor was everywhere adding nine rebounds, three assists, two steals and three blocks. It was an all-around game for Taylor. Against Stanford she added another 10 points, two rebounds and two steals.

Thanks to both of these ladies, the Texas Longhorns women’s basketball team finished the week with two wins and helped them improve their record to 7-4. With recent wins over Tennessee and Stanford, Texas is now ranked number 25 in the nation.