The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
10-3, 0-1
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Kansas
12-1, 1-0
Kansas defeats Women's Basketball, 72-67, in Big 12 opener
01.04.2012 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 4, 2012
Box Score 
| Statistics | Big 12 Statistics
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Angel Goodrich scored 22 points and Kansas beat No. 23 Texas 72-67 on Wednesday night to win its Big 12 opener for the first time in six years.
Monica Engelman added 19 points and Carolyn Davis scored 14 of her 16 after halftime for the Jayhawks (12-1, 1-0), who hadn't opened their conference schedule with a win since beating the Longhorns 70-61 in 2006.
Ashleigh Fontenette scored 19 points as Texas (10-3, 0-1) lost for the first time since falling to No. 6 Tennessee on Dec. 4.
Kansas, which came in with the nation's best shooting percentage, extended its winning streak to six games despite shooting a season-worst 39 percent from the field (26 of 66).
Kansas led 30-20 at the break, but Texas used a late 22-6 run to pull to 70-67 with 14 seconds to play. Fontenette had a 3-point attempt blocked on the next possession and Goodrich sank two free throws to seal it.
POST-GAME NOTES
Team
-Texas is now 14-8 all-time against Kansas ... the Horns are 6-4 when meeting the Jayhawks in Austin ... head coach Gail Goestenkors is now 4-1 against Kansas.
-Texas used a 26-10 in the final 7:25 to cut a 23-point lead down to three in the final minute
-Kansas' 23 point lead with 10:06 remaining in the game marked Texas' largest deficit of the season
-Texas held the Kansas to its lowest field goal percentage of the season at 39.4 percent; Kansas entered this game leading the nation in field goal percentage at 51.2 percent.
-Texas did not make a 3-point basket until the second half, when Yvonne Anderson, Chassidy Fussell and Ashleigh Fontenette each hit one
and
Chelsea Bass
-Set career high with seven rebounds
Chassidy Fussell
-Set a season high and tied her career-high with nine rebounds
Ashley Gayle
-Set a season high steal total with three
-Tied her season high FG total with four, and scored nine points
