Meanwhile, No. 6 Texas suffered its first loss in its new league. Having also lost in overtime at then-No. 10 Notre Dame in December, UT is now 16-2 with a 3-1 mark in conference play.
Texas Longhorns forward Kyla Oldacre often feels that because of her physicality, she gets officiated differently than other post players. In Texas' l
Fresh off their biggest win over a ranked opponent in 25 years, the No. 5 Texas Longhorns were unable to carry any of that momentum to Columbia as they fell to
The Texas Longhorns weren’t ready to face South Carolina’s wrath on Sunday when they suffered a 67-50 loss in Columbia. “We were very uncomfortable early, and then it just went south in a hurry,” Texas coach Vic Schaefer said following the loss.
No. 2 South Carolina rolled past No. 5 Texas for its 11th straight win Sunday in front of a sold-out crowd of 18,000 at Colonial Life Arena.
BOTTOM LINE: No. 5 Texas takes on No. 2 South Carolina. The Gamecocks are 7-0 in home games. South Carolina is fifth in the SEC with 25.8 defensive rebounds per game led by Chloe Kitts averaging 4.7.
After winning its first 13 games and vaulting to No. 12 in the AP poll, Oklahoma has done a 180, losing each of its first four games as a new member of the Southeastern Conference.
Texas coach Vic Schaefer praised South Carolina women's basketball after loss to Gamecocks, Dawn Staley on Sunday.
A pair of teams with hopes of playing for a national championship this season face off on Sunday, Jan. 12 with the No. 2 South Carolina Gamecocks hosting the No. 5 Texas Longhorns at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, S.C.
No. 5 Texas takes on the No. 2 South Carolina Gamecocks after Madison Booker scored 21 points in the Longhorns' 84-40 victory against the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Te-Hina Paopao and Chloe Kitts led South Carolina with 11 points apiece, while freshman Joyce Edwards added 10 points off the bench. Defensively, the biggest highlight was Bree Hall holding Texas star Madison Booker to just 3 of 19 shooting.
The Sooners are still winless in conference play in their first season as an SEC member, but that can change against South Carolina on Saturday.