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Women’s Basketball dominates Texas Tech, 92-66
01.15.2020 | Women's Basketball
Charli Collier records her 10th double-double as four Longhorns score in double figures.
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas began with an 8-2 burst, and then took control of the game in the second quarter – as the Longhorns dominated Texas Tech, 92-66, in a Big 12 Conference contest on Wednesday night at the Frank Erwin Center.
Charli Collier recorded her 10th double-double of the season with 23 points and 12 rebounds for Texas (10-6, 2-2). Joyner Holmes scored 17, and Lashann Higgs and Audrey Warren each had 10 points – a season high for Warren.
Chrislyn Carr and Brittany Brewer each scored 16 for Texas Tech (12-3, 1-3).
Led by Collier's six points, the Longhorns hit four of their first five shots to take an early 8-2 lead. Texas extended its lead to 13-6 before the Lady Raiders went on an 11-0 run to take a four-point advantage, which they held twice. Then, Texas went on a 7-0 streak to lead, 22-19, at the end of the first quarter. Collier scored 13 points in the first period.
Joyner Holmes, who entered the game midway through the first quarter, made three of the Longhorns' first four buckets to start the second quarter, sparkling Texas to a 25-12 domination of the second period. In the last six minutes, Texas held Texas Tech to six points, four of which occurred as the last two buckets of the half. The Longhorns enjoyed 20-point leads twice during the second quarter. Collier had 17 points and Holmes 13 on the halftime score sheet. Texas shot 55 percent from the floor in the first half, as the Horns took a 47-31 lead into the locker room.
Texas Tech never cut the Texas lead below 15 points during the third quarter. The Longhorns had leads of 21 points on four occasions, before taking a 22-point advantage, 68-46, on the last scoring play of the period.
UT began the fourth quarter with a 9-2 run, as the Lady Raiders never threatened.
KEY STATISTICS
- The Longhorns started Higgs, Collier, Sug Sutton, Celeste Taylor and Jada Underwood for the first time this season.
- This was the 104th meeting between the two programs. Texas leads the all-time series, 74-29. This was Texas' 13th consecutive victory against the Lady Raiders.
- Texas shot 50 percent from the floor and limited Texas Tech to 36 percent.
- Texas hit 82 percent of its free throws.
- Texas out-rebounded Tech, 52-26.
- UT scored 48 of its points in the paint and 43 of its points came from the bench.
TEXAS HEAD COACH KAREN ASTON
"I think if you win a home game right now it's a really good thing. I think you have to try to win as many as you can at home because the league is obviously going to be very difficult as we've already witnessed. I'm proud of how we played, in particular just after the disappointment of the West Virginia loss. You need to have a short memory and get to the next game -- and get to the prep or whatever you need to adjust. You have to move very quickly mentally, physically, everything. They asked me about what's next and I'm like, yeah, it's Kansas State. This is over and that'll be a completely different game, and our prep has to be just as good. Our intention has to be just as good, and I thought we played with a lot of intention tonight.
TEXAS TECH COACH MARLENE STOLLINGS
On how Texas' bigger positions played tonight:
"They performed great. You look at Holmes with 17 (points) and Collier with 23 (points), they were dominant. I think their physicality really bothered us and their athleticism at times really bothered us. Certainly, credit to them for winning that battle."
On what she thought about the second quarter:
"Yeah, our discipline defensively was not solid in that quarter and we weren't rebounding the ball, so we were one shot and out a lot. Then they were getting good looks on the interior. We had some mismatches on coverages and they were getting really good looks five feet from the basket and six feet from the basket. We know that they aren't going to miss those kinds of shots."
On not being able to hit open shots:
"Yeah in this conference you have to knock down open shots. Two of 15 from the three-point line is just not going to win you a lot of games. Credit again to Texas: they made us move and some of those shots were off the move. But when you're open, you have to step up and hit those at a higher percentage."
On lessons from this game:
"We have to be tougher. We have to handle physicality more and then the things we control such as rebounding. We have to be better at."
UP NEXT
Texas hits the road on Sunday, traveling to Manhattan, Kan., to face Kansas State. Tip-off at Bramlage Coliseum is slated for 12 p.m. CT and the game will be broadcast on ESPN+. The game will be available on radio at 105.3 FM in Austin and online at TexasSports.com/audio.
