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No. 4 Women's Basketball defeats No. 10 Oklahoma, 78-70
02.01.2026 | Women's Basketball
Five players scored in double figures for the Longhorns in the win.
AUSTIN, Texas – The No. 4 Texas Women's Basketball team forced 21 turnovers against No. 10 Oklahoma as the Longhorns secured a 78-70 win at Moody Center on Sunday.
Sophomore Justice Carlton (6-for-11) and junior Madison Booker (7-for-10) led Texas with 16 points each. This is Booker's 20th consecutive game with double digits, with her total this season being 22 games.
Rori Harmon closed in on the Texas all-time steals record with 343 steals, only three away from breaking the record. She recorded 10 points, three rebounds, and two steals in the win against the Sooners. Freshman Aaliyah Crump registered 12 points, her third consecutive game reaching double figure. Sophomore guard Jordan Lee put up her 18th double digit scoring game with 14 points.
Carlton scored the first points of the game for Texas and helped go on a 6-0 run against the Sooners. The Longhorns ended the opening quarter 19-10 utilizing a 7-0 run, with Carlton contributing five in that span. In the second quarter Texas forced Oklahoma into six turnovers and capitalized on a 12-0 run. The Longhorns defense pressured the Sooners to have more turnovers (13) than field goals scored (10) in the first half. Crump led the Longhorns with 10 points, shooting 4-5, helping Texas going into halftime up 40-24.
To start the second half Texas forced Oklahoma into an offensive foul and went 6-of-8 in field goals in the last four minutes of the quarter. They ended the third period with a lead of 60-47, led by Booker, who added six points and ended the second half with ten points.
Oklahoma scored the first four points of the fourth quarter, but Kyla Oldacre made a strong move and converted a layup to help ignite a Texas scoring run.
Harmon's lock down defense caused Oklahoma's second offensive foul in the final quarter. The Longhorns continued and went on a 9-0 run, holding the Sooners to no field goals for the final 3:30 of the game.
Up next the Longhorns will host No. 6 LSU on Feb. 25 at 8:00 p.m. CT at Moody Center. That game will be televised on ESPN.
Postgame Notes
- Texas improved to 21-2 for the season and 6-2 in SEC play.
- Texas won their 38th straight game at Moody Center and improved to 63-5 all-time at their home venue.
- Texas improves to 7-2 on the season vs. ranked opponents and has three wins over teams currently in the AP top 10 (No. 2 UCLA and No. 3 South Carolina, No. 10 Oklahoma).
- The Longhorns improve to 67-6 in games that Madison Booker and Rori Harmon have both played.
- Rori Harmon recorded two steals and is now three steals away from breaking the Texas all-time steals record. She has 344 for her career.
- Head Coach Vic Schaefer now has 79 wins over ranked opponents, 34 wins over top 10s and 14 wins over top 5 teams.
- Texas improved to 14-0 at home this season and extended the home winning streak to 38.
- For the ninth time this season, the Longhorns held an opponent to 10 points or fewer in the first quarter.
- For the eighth time this season, the Longhorns won a game with no lead changes.
- Texas' 45 percent (5-of-11) shooting from three-point range was its second-highest mark of the season, trailing only the 54.5 percent (6-of-11) performance against Northwestern State on December 17, 2025.
- Texas went 30-of-59 (50.8 percent) from the field, marking the 11th time this season the Longhorns have shot at least 50 percent.
- The Longhorns shot at least 50 percent from the field in consecutive games for the first time since November 2025.
- The Longhorns forced 21 Oklahoma turnovers and held a 25-20 advantage in points off turnovers.
