The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Women’s Basketball’s Harmon, Booker sweep Big 12 weekly awards
12.04.2023 | Women's Basketball
Rori Harmon (player) and Madison Booker (freshman) swept the Big 12 weekly awards.
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas women's basketball's Rori Harmon (player of the week) and Madison Booker (freshman of the week) swept the Big 12 weekly awards, the league announced today.
On Sunday the Longhorns took down No. 11 UConn, 80-68, their first win in program history against the Huskies.
Harmon had 27 points and 13 assists against Connecticut, contributing via score or assist on 22 of UT's 31 baskets. Harmon became the first player in 25 seasons to record at least 25 points and dish out 10 assists against UConn. The Houston native was a pair of rebounds short of a triple-double against Oral Roberts, collecting 10 points, eight rebounds and 13 assists in the 112-74 victory. The junior guard averaged 18.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 13.0 assists for the week, plus had a 6.5 assist-to-turnover ratio. It is the second career player of the week nod for the applied movement science major. For the season Harmon has tallied 73 assists to 10 turnovers. On Sunday she moved into fifth on the Longhorns all-time list for career assists with 481.
Booker, the Big 12 preseason Freshman of the Year, averaged 18.5 points while shooting 56.7 percent from the field to help Texas to its best start since the 2015-16 season at 9-0. In the UConn game, the forward who plans to major in mechanical engineering had a season-high 20 points to go along with three rebounds, four assists and two steals. The Ridgeland, Mississippi native went 8-of-9 from the field against Oral Roberts, scoring 17 points in the game to secure her first career weekly honor.
