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No. 10/9 Women's Basketball earns comeback win against Quinnipiac
11.23.2018 | Women's Basketball
Juniors Sug Sutton and Jada Underwood combine for 19 points and 20 rebounds.
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ESTERO, Fla. — Texas juniors Sug Sutton and Jada Underwood combined for 19 points, 20 rebounds and 11 assists Friday as the No. 10/9 Longhorns erased a 15-point deficit to defeat Quinnipiac, 56-55, at Hertz Arena in the Gulf Coast Showcase.
Sutton recorded her first career double-double with 12 points and a career-high 10 assists. She also added seven rebounds for the Longhorns, who improve to 4-0 with the victory. Underwood brought down a career-high 13 rebounds to go along with seven points.
Quinnipiac (2-2) scored the first seven points of the game and led by as many as 15 (26-11) with 8:27 remaining until halftime. Texas, which trailed 38-26 at intermission, out-scored the Bobcats 18-7 in the third quarter to come within one, 45-44, entering the final period.
White's lay-up with 8:15 to go in the game gave Texas its first lead at 46-45. After five lead changes and one tie, freshman Audrey Warren's jumper from the free-throw line with 47 seconds remaining gave the Longhorns the victory.
Game winner.
— Texas WBB (@TexasWBB) November 24, 2018
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KEY STATISTICS
- The Longhorns out-rebounded Quinnipiac, 50-37. Texas has won the rebound battle in all four games this season and 93 of the last 109 games overall.
- It marked the second time this season the Longhorns have eclipsed the 50-rebound plateau as a team.
- Junior point guard Sug Sutton charted her first career double-double with 12 points, a career-high 10 assists and also added seven rebounds. Sutton played 40 minutes.
- Junior guard/forward Jada Underwood brought down a career-high 13 rebounds to go along with seven points in 30 minutes of action.
- Senior guard Danni Williams just missed a double-double with 10 points and a career-high nine rebounds in 38 minutes.
- Senior forward Jatarie White has scored in double figures in all four games this season for the Longhorns. On Friday against Quinnipiac, she had 12 points in 25 minutes.
- Freshman Audrey Warren, who had the game-winning basket, finished with seven points, four rebounds and two steals in 23 minutes
TEXAS HEAD COACH KAREN ASTON
"I'm really proud of our team. We have so many players in new roles. I thought we were able to settle them a little bit at halftime and give them some solutions for our struggles on the offensive end – not that we found them completely, but I do think that we made better decisions. More than anything, we showed some grit."
UP NEXT
Texas will face Michigan on Saturday in the second game of the three-game Gulf Coast Showcase. Tip-off in Estero's Hertz Arena is slated for 6:30 p.m. CT and the game will be available at GulfCoastShowcase.com ($) and on radio at 105.3 FM in Austin or TexasSports.com/audio.
