The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
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No. 15/16 Women’s Basketball falls against Louisville in NCAA Second Round
03.20.2023 | Women's Basketball
Longhorns finish the season 26-10 with a Big 12 regular season championship.
AUSTIN, Texas. — Texas women's basketball fell in the NCAA Second Round against Louisville, 73-51 on Monday at Moody Center.
DeYona Gaston led the Longhorns with 12 points and Rori Harmon and Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda added 10 each. Harmon led the team with nine rebounds.
Texas (26-10) shot 7-14 (50 percent) in the first quarter closed the period with consecutive baskets to tie the game 16-16.
Texas trailed 37-23 at halftime, but opened the second half with a 7-0 run to cut the deficit to nine at 40-31. Louisville responded with a 12-0 run to go up 52-31 at the 2:54 mark of the third quarter.
The Longhorns and Cardinals went back and fourth in the final quarter, which Louisville narrowly outscored Texas, 17-16.
Game Notes
• Texas finishes the season at 26-10
• The Longhorns earned a Big 12 regular season championship for the first time since the 2003-04 season.
• Rori Harmon finished the season with 228 assists, the third most in a single season in program history.
• Harmon's average of 7.4 assists per game for the 2002-23 season set a new Texas women's basketball program record.
• Texas finishes the season with a program record 214 blocked shots, an average of 5.9 blocks per game.
• Rori Harmon and Shay Holle each recorded three steals in the game.
• DeYona Gaston, the All-Big 12 First Team honoree, recorded double-digit points for the 21sttime this season.
