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Women's Basketball victorious against Southeastern Louisiana, 73-65
11.14.2011 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 14, 2011
Box Score 
AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Longhorns held on and utilized timely runs to defeat a scrappy Southeastern Louisiana Lions squad at the Frank Erwin Center on Monday night. The Longhorns featured three double-digit scorers as they defeated the Lions, 73-65.
Ashleigh Fontenette led the way with 19 points, and Yvonne Anderson added 18 and was 3-of-4 from 3-point range. Chassidy Fussell scored 15 to also pace the Longhorns.
UT hit just five of its first 18 shots and held an 11-10 lead at the 11:50 mark of the first half. The Longhorns, though, were able to take advantage of their size with seven first-half blocks. UT went into the break with a 31-25 edge, led by Anderson's 10 points.
The Longhorns stretched their lead to 12 with 5:45 remaining in the game, but the Lions would not go away quietly, cutting the lead to five with 2:47 to play after consecutive 3-pointers. The two teams went back and forth until 1:19, when the Lions cut the lead to three on a three-point play by freshman guard Elizabeth Styles.
The Longhorns would prevail though with clutch free throw shooting and closed out the game going 5 of 7 from the line to seal the eight-point victory.
Texas shot 45 percent for the game and blocked nine shots, led by a total of five for senior post Ashley Gayle. Gayle is now tied for UT's all-time career record with 289 blocks. Ellen Bayer set that mark in 1990.
The Longhorns return to action Sunday, Nov. 20 against Alcorn State for a 2 p.m. start at the Frank Erwin Center.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Ashley Gayle
- with her five blocks, she ties Ellen Bayer's school record for blocks (289)
- made her eighth consecutive start (dating back to Feb. 21, 2011 at Iowa State) and the 63rd of her career
Yvonne Anderson
- made her 11th consecutive start (dating back to Feb. 12, 2011 at Baylor) and the 33rd of her career
Ashleigh Fontenette
- made her 54th consecutive start (dating back to Jan. 5, 2010 vs. UT-Arlington) and the 79th of her career
Chassidy Fussell
- has now started all 34 games as a Longhorn
Ronisha Major
- made her first collegiate appearance, tallied two points, two rebounds and one block
Cokie Reed
- returned to competition after taking a medical redshirt during the 2010-11 season
- made her second career start in her 35th game as a Longhorn
- notched a career-high two assists
