AUSTIN – No. 8/6 Texas used its rebounding advantage to score 24 second-chance points on its way to a 98-46 victory over HBU in non-conference women's basketball Wednesday afternoon at the Erwin Center.
"I'm just really proud of my kids today, I thought we battled hard for 40 minutes," HBU head coach
Donna Finnie said. "When you run up against a Top 10 team, handling pressure for 40 minutes is tough, but our kids didn't back down. We had some goals today facing another Top 10 team and I think in some aspects we got better. For us, it's always been about getting better everyday en route to conference play and I think some of our kids really stepped up today and we did some things really well."
Freshman forward
Lauren Calver scored 11 points to lead the Huskies (0-2), who faced Top 10 teams back-to-back to open the season. Sophomore guard
Amanda Johnson added 10 points, hitting 3-of-8 3 pointers, while freshman guard
Sydney Carr scored eight and freshman guard
Sophie Taylor had seven and a team-leading five assists.
Joyner Holmes led UT (1-1) with 22 points and nine rebounds, while Brooke McCarthy scored 16 and handed out four assists. Jada Underwood and Ariel Atkins each scored 11, while Brianna Taylor chipped in with 10. Lashann Higgs handed out five assists and Audrey-Ann Caron-Goudreau matched Holmes with nine boards.
HBU shot 28.8 percent from the field, 30.0 percent (6-for-20) from behind the arc and went 10-of-14 from the free-throw line, while UT shot 46.1 percent from the floor, 57.1 percent (8-for-14) from deep and 20-for-29 from the line. The Longhorns outrebounded the Huskies, 55-26, and outscored them in the paint, 48-14. UT blocked 10 shots and made 11 steals. The Huskies turned the ball over 25 times, compared to the Longhorns' 11.
After UT scored the first 10 points of the game,
Amanda Johnson got the Huskies' offense going in the first quarter with a pair of threes, then Calver hit a runner off the glass and one-of-two free throws. Daub's trey from the corner pulled the Huskies within eight, but the Longhorns scored six-straight, before Calver nailed a three with six seconds left and UT led, 28-17, at the end of the period.
HBU was outscored, 29-4, in the second, only able to muster layups by Taylor and sophomore center
Veronika Kirienko. UT opened the frame with a 16-0 run, then scored the final 13 points of the half to take a 57-21 lead into the break.
UT scored the first nine points of the third period, before Taylor stopped the run with a three. The Longhorns outscored the Huskies, 24-10, in the quarter to lead 81-31 heading into the final period.
In the final frame, freshman guard
Sydney Carr hit a jumper, a layup, a runner off the glass, then another layup late to score all eight of her points in the fourth. The Longhorns only outscored the Huskies, 17-15 in the final quarter.
HBU opens its home slate with three-straight at Sharp Gym, beginning with Rice Saturday at 2 p.m. The Huskies host Southwestern Assemblies of God Wednesday, Nov. 23 at 7 p.m., before facing Oral Roberts Saturday, Nov. 26 at 2 p.m.
