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Northwestern State
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No. 25 Women's Basketball defeats Northwestern State, 91-49
12.29.2019 | Women's Basketball
Four Longhorns score in double figures as Texas closes non-conference schedule.
AUSTIN, Texas – Four Longhorns scored in double figures as No. 25 Texas closed its non-conference schedule with a 91-49 win over Northwestern State on Sunday afternoon at the Frank Erwin Center.
Charli Collier achieved her ninth double-double of the season, scoring 16 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. Joanne Allen-Taylor scored a career high 15 points. Isabel Palmer and Lashann Higgs each scored 12. Every player on the Longhorn roster played and scored in the game.
Texas (8-4) shot a season high of 55.2 percent from the floor.
Kira Bonner scored 21 for Northwestern State (3-8).
UT began the game by missing five of its first six shots, but then put together an 15-0 run to take a 17-2 lead in the game's first five and one-half minutes. Led by Collier's eight points, the Longhorns ended the first quarter with a 25-16 lead and 53-percent field goal shooting accuracy. The Lady Demons kept it close on the strength of Bonner's 12 points, which included a trio of three-pointers.
Texas held NSU scoreless for the first four and one-half minutes of the second quarter, as the Longhorns went on to establish 19-point leads on three occasions. Texas took a 46-30 lead into halftime. Collier had earned her double-double by intermission, scoring ten points and getting 10 rebounds. UT shot 56 percent from the floor in the first half.
Texas broke the game open with a surge midway through the third quarter that saw the Horns take a 24-point lead at the 4:37 mark and a 29-point lead at the end of the period.
KEY STATISTICS
- The Longhorns started Collier, Celeste Taylor, Joyner Holmes, Jada Underwood and Sug Sutton.
- Texas now leads the all-time series with NSU, 8-0.
- While achieving 55.2 percent field goal shooting percentage, Texas held Northwestern State to 26 percent.
- Texas got 49 points from its bench and scored 50 points in the paint, 33 points on fast breaks and 22 second-chance points.
- Texas won the rebounding battle, 54-25.
TEXAS HEAD COACH KAREN ASTON
"I want to start with our condolences to the Northwestern State family and the LSU family.
"As far as the game is concerned, I thought we had some good moments today, most definitely. You know, we needed to knock the rust off from the holidays. I did bring them back a day later than I traditionally do. Maybe there was a little bit of the rust, in particular with our older players that have played considerable minutes in non-conference play. But I thought that it was really good for everybody to be involved in this game. Like I said out on the radio, I think that the players that prepare us in practice every day, whether they be playing on the practice team or just trying to simulate what our opponent may do, need to be rewarded either verbally by me or with playing time. I thought that today was a good day to be able to do that. I thought they played really good minutes. It's a reflection of who they are and what type of preparation they do every day. But we definitely have to get to work starting tomorrow on playing a little bit better basketball than we did today, as we get ready for conference play. A little bit disappointed, I guess, in just, maybe our mental approach. I think the reflection is in the missed free throws and some missed assignments on defense. Some of it may again just be knocking the rust off so we'll get busy tomorrow and correct some of that."
UP NEXT
Texas begins its Big 12 Conference schedule by hosting TCU on Friday, Jan. 3 at 6 p.m. CT at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin. The game will be telecast nationally on the Longhorn Network. It will be available on radio at 105.3 FM in Austin and online at TexasSports.com/audio.
