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No. 7/7 Women’s Basketball picks up 74-57 road win at Auburn, Holle sets wins record
01.16.2025 | Women's Basketball
Shay Holle becomes all-time winningest player in the NCAA Era in program history with 126 victories.
AUBURN, Ala. — Madison Booker and Rori Harmon combined for 42 points and Shay Holle became the all-time winningest player in the NCAA Era in program history as the No. 7 Texas women's basketball team beat Auburn, 74-57 on Thursday.
Holle played in her 151st game at Texas on Thursday in Auburn. In her time at Texas the Longhorns are 126-34. Texas has a 60-13 record in games Holle has started in her career. Holle scored seven points in the game and added three rebounds and two steals.
Booker led Texas (17-2, 4-1) with 22 points and added six rebounds and three steals. Harmon scored 20 points and led Texas with six assists. Taylor Jones scored 15 points and added a team-high seven rebounds.
The Longhorns used a 10-0 run in the first quarter and Kayla Oldacre made a strong move to the basket and put it in to give Texas a 21-12 lead. Texas held Auburn without a field goal the final 4:08 of the opening period.
Booker scored 12 points in the second period and finished the half with 17 points. Booker knocked down a pair of free-throws to give Texas 13 straight points and a 39-20 lead. Texas kept the momentum as they outscored Auburn 23-11 in the second quarter to take a 44-23 lead at halftime.
The Longhorns connected on 20-of-23 from the free-throw line down the stretch to keep themselves ahead.
Up next, the Longhorns travel to Newark, N.J. to take on Maryland in the Coretta Scott King Classic at the Prudential Center on Monday, Jan. 20 with a 4:30 p.m. CT tip.
Postgame Notes
• Texas improved to 17-2 on the season and 4-1 in SEC play.
• The Longhorns forced Auburn into 19 turnovers.
• Texas limited Auburn to three second chance points. The Longhorns have limited opponents to single digits in second chance points in 17 of their 19 games this season.
• Texas opened the game shooting 8-of-14 (57.1 percent) in the first quarter.
• The Longhorns limited Auburn to 21-of-55 (38.2 percent) shooting from the field. Texas is 10-0 this season when holding an opponent below 40 percent shooting.
• Madison Booker scored 20 or more points for the seventh time this season with her 22 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the field and connected on 8-of-9 from the free-throw line.
• Rori Harmon dished out six assists to increase her career total to 616. Harmon is one of two players in program history with at least 1,000 points and 600 assists.
