The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
20-7,11-3Big 12
#22 Iowa State
16-7,8-5Big 12
Women's Basketball falls at Iowa State, 66-61
02.13.2023 | Women's Basketball
Rori Harmon scores a season-high 19 points and Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda tallies 10 points.
AMES, Iowa — The Texas women's basketball team came up short on the road at No. 22/19 Iowa State in a 66-61 defeat on Monday.
Rori Harmon scored a season-high 19 points and dished out six assists. Freshman Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda scored 10 points. Freshman Amina Muhammad contributed six points and pulled down 11 rebounds. DeYona Gaston scored nine points and added eight rebounds.
Texas (20-7, 11-3) trailed by as many as 15 at 55-40 with 8:51 to play in the fourth quarter. The Longhorns used a 13-2 run and closed to within three at 58-55 on a Harmon jumper with 2:52 to play. Texas trailed by four at 61-57 with 1:24 to play but the Cyclones knocked down a 3-pointer to go up seven and held on for the victory.
Up next the Longhorns host West Virginia on Sunday, February 19 at 3:00 p.m. CT at Moody Center.
Game Notes
• Texas falls to 20-7 overall and 11-3 in Big 12 play.
• The Longhorns grabbed 22 offensive rebounds and converted 20 second chance points.
• Texas scored 30 points in the paint.
• The Longhorns got 20 points from their bench players.
• Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda scored in double-figures for the fifth time this season with her 10 points.
• Rori Harmon dished out six assists to push her season total to 156 and her career total to 336. Harmon ranks fourth in school history on the all-time list for assists in a season for sophomores.
• Amina Muhammad tied her season-high for rebounds with 11. Six of her rebounds were offensive rebounds.
