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No. 5/9 Women’s Basketball improves to 10-0 with 106-62 win over Long Beach State
12.06.2023 | Women's Basketball
Longhorns hit 100 points for the fourth time this season in the victory.
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas women's basketball team allowed 18 first half points and came away with a 106-62 win over Long Beach State on Wednesday at Moody Center.
Texas improved to 10-0 on the season, their best start since the 2015-16 season. Prior to the game the Longhorns received their Big 12 championship rings from the 2022-23 season, their first regular season championship since the 2003-04 season.
Taylor Jones led the way with 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting and notched her third double-double of the season as she added 10 rebounds. Rori Harmon tallied 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting and recorded six steals. Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda and Khadija Faye came off the bench to combine for 26 points on 10-of-14 shooting from the field. Madison Booker scored eight points and added five rebounds and seven assists with no turnovers.
2022-23 First Team All-Big 12 selection DeYona Gaston made her return to the court and scored nine points and grabbed five rebounds.
Texas closed the first half on a 20-5 run and took a 57-18 lead into halftime. In the third quarter the Longhorns continued that momentum and outscored Long Beach State 30-19. The Longhorns hit the century point mark for the fourth time this season with an Aaliyah Moore basket with 3:46 to play in the fourth quarter to take a 101-50 lead.
Up next the Longhorns will face their first true road test with a game at Arizona on Wednesday, Dec. 13.
Postgame Notes
• The Longhorns improved to 10-0 on the season, their best start since the 2015-16 season. They improved to 8-2 all-time against Long Beach State.
• The Longhorns used an 8-0 run to end the first quarter and take a 24-9 lead.
• Texas held Long Beach State to single digits in the first and second quarters to mark the 13th and 14th time this season they have held an opponent to single digits for a quarter.
• Texas started the second quarter on a 13-0 run to go up 37-9.
• Texas shot 39-of-72 (54.2 percent) for the game and are shooting over 50 percent for the season. The Longhorns held Long Beach State to 36.5 percent shooting.
• The Longhorns forced 30 Long Beach State turnovers and held a 38-19 advance in points off turnovers.
• Texas outrebounded Long Beach State 56-27 with 26 offensive rebounds. The Longhorns held a 31-8 advantage in second chance points.
• The Longhorns got 51 points from their reserve players in the game.
• Texas hit the century mark for the fourth time this season. The last time the Longhorns had a season with at least four 100-point games was the 1988-89 season.
• The Longhorns never trailed and have not trailed in nine of their 10 games this season.
