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No. 2 Baylor
Women’s Basketball falls at No. 2/2 Baylor, 69-53
03.05.2020 | Women's Basketball
Longhorns stage scoring runs and play tough defense in each of the last three quarters.
WACO, Texas – Texas mounted comeback efforts in each of the last three quarters, but No. 2/2 Baylor defeated the Longhorns, 69-53, on Thursday night in a Big 12 Conference game at the Ferrell Center.
Audrey Warren scored a season-high 10 points to lead Texas (18-11, 10-7). Charli Collier snagged eight rebounds. Te'a Cooper scored 20 to lead Baylor (28-1, 17-0).
Baylor shot 63 percent in the first quarter to take a 24-10 lead. The Lady Bears had 14 points in the paint and scored nine of their points off of seven UT turnovers in the initial period.
Texas held Baylor scoreless for the first three and one-half minutes of the second quarter, cutting the Lady Bears' lead to ten points on buckets by Jada Underwood and Lashann Higgs. Later in the quarter, Texas went on a 6-0 run with a three-point bucket by Warren, and then a layup and free throw by Underwood. Each team scored ten points in the period and Baylor took a 34-20 lead into halftime.
Texas scored the first five points of the third quarter, a layup and free throw by Sug Sutton and a layup by Holmes – cutting the Lady Bear lead to a single digit. However, Baylor then put together runs of 7-0 and 4-0 while Texas missed several well-positioned shots. Baylor led, 57-34, at the end of the third quarter.
Texas opened the fourth quarter with an 9-2 run, trimming the Baylor lead to 16 points on Higgs' second-chance jumper, consecutive three-point jumpers by Collier and Sutton, and a free throw by Warren. The Texas defense provided nine straight stops during the run. Late in the game, Joanne Allen-Taylor hit a three pointer to cut Baylor lead to 14 points.
KEY STATISTICS
- The Longhorns started Holmes, Sutton, Collier, Taylor and Underwood.
- In the 101st meeting between the two schools, Texas now holds a 58-43 lead.
- Baylor held Texas to 32-percent field goal shooting.
TEXAS HEAD COACH KAREN ASTON
"Obviously, we're disappointed. We not at a point in the season where we're finding a lot of good in a loss. But I did think that we were much more competitive than we were [when we played Baylor] in Austin – for a longer stretch of time and we were able to regroup a little at halftime. The lead was a little too much for us and we weren't able to make enough shots, but I did think our second half was a better performance. I thought that the missed chippies that we had in the third quarter – we missed a couple of layups and a wide-open three that really could have given us a lift. We just didn't make some easy bunnies that could have helped us. Aside from that, Bayor made some big momentum plays that separate them. They just played plays out."
UP NEXT
Texas plays host to Oklahoma State for Senior Day on Sunday. Tip-off at the Frank Erwin Center is slated for 11:30 a.m. CT and the game will be nationally televised by LHN. It will be available on radio at 105.3 FM in Austin and online at TexasSports.com/audio.
