The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
7-0
Florida Atlantic University
3-3
Women's Basketball defeats Florida Atlantic, 87-38
11.30.2008 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 30, 2008
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) -- Brittainey Raven scored 13 points to help No. 11 Texas beat host Florida Atlantic 87-38 on Sunday in the championship game of the FAU Thanksgiving Classic.
Kathleen Nash and Carla Cortijo each added 12 points and Erika Arriaran and Yvonne Anderson had 10 points for Texas (7-0), which improved on its best start since 2003-04.
Carla Stubbs led Florida Atlantic (3-3) with 10 points. Teri Stamps and Breana Turner each added six points for the Owls.
The Longhorns had 31 points off turnovers.
POSTGAME NOTES
TEAM
- Texas trailed FAU 7-0 at the 16:45 mark in the first half to tie its largest deficit of the season.
- Texas scored its first basket of the game at the 14:55 mark with a jumper by Yvonne Anderson.
- Texas tied the game, 12-12, at the 11:03 mark with a free throw from Carla Cortijo and took a one-point lead on the bonus.
- Texas used a 31-6 run that spanned the first 9:58 of the second half to build a 65-29 lead with 10:02 left in the game.
- Texas improved to 7-7 on the road under second-year head coach Gail Goestenkors.
- Texas held a 53-point lead over FAU with 1:11 remaining for its second-largest overall lead of the season.
- Texas outscored FAU in the paint, 36-8.
- Texas improved to 1-0 all time against FAU.
- Texas improved to 7-0 on the season for the eighth time in its 35-year history and the first time since 2003-04.
- The Longhorns allowed the Owls just four field goals in the second half (4-of-25) for 16.0%.
- Texas held its opponent to under 25% percent from the field (13-of-57) for the first time since Dec. 16, 2007, when Louisiana-Lafayette shot 24.1% (14-of-58) in Austin.
- Texas outrebounded FAU 51-30 while recording a team season-high.
- All 11 Longhorns saw action for the fifth time this season.
- Six Longhorns scored in double-digits (Carla Cortijo- 12; Kathleen Nash - 12; Brittainey Raven - 13; Erika Arriaran - 10; Yvonne Anderson - 10; Ashleigh Fontenette - 10) for the first time this season.
Brittainey Raven
- Recorded double-figure scoring for the sixth time this season and 49th time in her career with a game-high 13 points.
- Named to the FAU Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team.
Kathleen Nash
- Recorded double-figure scoring for the fifth time this season and 16th time in her career with 12 points.
- Went 6-of-6 from the free throw line to tie her career high and set a season high.
- Named to the FAU Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team.
Carla Cortijo
- Recorded her second double-figure scoring this season in as many games and for the 34th time in her career with 12 points.
- Recorded a season-high 12 points.
- Named the FAU Thanksgiving Classic MVP.
Ashleigh Fontenette
- Recorded a career-high 10 points and notched her first 3-pointer as a Longhorn.
Yvonne Anderson
- Recorded double-figure scoring the third time this season and the third time in her career with 10 points.
- Recorded game-high four assists and four steals (career high).
- Also set a career-high with five field goals.
