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No. 12 Women's Basketball defeats Kansas, 62-43
01.23.2019 | Women's Basketball
Junior point guard Sug Sutton scores a game-high 18 points
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AUSTIN, Texas — Junior point guard Sug Sutton scored a game-high 18 points and junior forward Joyner Holmes added 15 as No. 12 Texas defeated Kansas, 62-43, on Wednesday at the Frank Erwin Center.
The Longhorns (16-3, 6-1 Big 12 Conference) led by as many as 23 points in the game and won by its largest margin (19) in a Big 12 Conference game this season.
Sutton's game-high 18 points came on 5-for-7 shooting from the field and an 8-for-9 clip from the free-throw line. She added six rebounds in 32 minutes of play.
Holmes just missed a double-double with a game-high eight rebounds to complement her 15 points and two steals. Senior forward Jatarie White totaled 10 points and five boards.
Texas shot 50 percent (24-of-48) from the field in the game, marking the fifth time this season that the Longhorns have shot 50 percent or better from the floor. Texas out-rebounded Kansas (11-6, 1-5 Big 12), 42-36, and accumulated 10 second-chance points.
The Longhorns led from start to finish in the game and dominated the Jayhawks 45-26 in the paint.
Kansas was led by 11 points from Mariane De Carvalho and 10 from Austin Richardson.
UP NEXT
Texas returns to action on Saturday when it travels to Lubbock, Texas, to face Texas Tech. Tip-off is slated for 12 p.m. CT and the game will be streamed on TexasTech.TV [$] and on the radio at 105.3 FM in Austin.
