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No. 10/11 Women’s Basketball falls to Oklahoma, 91-87
01.24.2024 | Women's Basketball
Madison Booker leads Texas with 29 points and Shay Holle records 22 points.
AUSTIN, Texas — No. 10/11 Texas (18-3, 5-3) fell to Oklahoma (12-6, 6-1) 91-87 on Wednesday at Moody Center.
Trailing by 10 points heading into the fourth quarter, senior Shay Holle drew a charge at the 9:11 mark and graduate Shaylee Gonzales forced a jump ball at the 8:15 marker to ignite the Texas faithful.
With the Longhorns down six with 2:09 remaining, junior Aaliyah Moore rebounded her own miss and scored the second chance layup to bring the Longhorns within four. Moments later, freshman Madison Booker connected on another Texas second chance bucket to cut the deficit to one.
Despite Texas' efforts, Oklahoma converted on their free throws to close the door for Texas.
The first half was a seesaw affair, with both teams trading blows. Oklahoma struck first by starting the game with an 8-2 lead, but the Horns would respond later in the first quarter with a 12-0 run to give Texas a 21-15 advantage.
With Texas up 23-17 heading into the second quarter, Oklahoma answered by revving up the pace and scoring a total of 28 points in the period. The Sooners turned over the Longhorns seven times in the quarter, but Texas would finish the half with an 8-2 run which included two converted and-ones from senior Taylor Jones and sophomore Amina Muhammad to narrow Oklahoma's halftime lead to 45-39.
Momentum began to build for the Horns at the end of the third quarter as Texas would score five points on their final possession of the period credit to a Holle 3-point made basket in which Jones was fouled with the ball already in the air, sending Jones to the charity stripe where she would make both bonus free throws.
Booker led the Longhorns in the scoring column with a career-high 29 points, followed by Holle's career-high 22 points on 10-12 shooting.
Up next, the Horns will face Cincinnati for the second time in team history at Moody Center on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 2 pm CT.
Postgame Notes
• Texas falls to 18-3 for the season and 5-3 in conference play, ending a three-game winning streak against Oklahoma.
• Texas went on a 14-2 run at the end of the first quarter.
• The Longhorns pounded the paint in the first half scoring 32 out of 37 points in the restricted area. Texas finished the game with 50 points in the paint.
• Freshman Madison Booker broke her career high in scoring in the fourth quarter with 29 points, shooting eight for eight from the foul line, and ultimately shooting 53 percent from the field.
• Shay Holle ended with a career-high of 22 points, shooting 10-of-12 from the field (83 percent) and 100 percent from the three while playing all 40 minutes for Texas.
• The Longhorns capitalized off second-chance points outscoring their opponent 17-7
• Texas was aggressive getting to the basket, shooting 22 of 28 from the foul line (79 percent).
• At the beginning of the third quarter, Texas went on a scoring run, scoring on six consecutive possessions.
• Four players scored in double figures for the Longhorns.
• Madison Booker scored in double-figures for the 11th straight game and Aaliyah Moore reached double-digits for the seventh straight game.
