AUSTIN (KXAN) — A shorthanded Texas Longhorns women’s basketball squad still got the job done Saturday with a 67-50 win over Cincinnati at Moody Center.
The No. 10 Longhorns were without forward DeYona Gaston for the fourth consecutive game and freshman point guard Madison Booker sat out with a hamstring injury, so head coach Vic Schaefer played seven players with the starters logging 30 or more minutes each.
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Cincinnati did Texas a favor by committing 25 fouls and sending the Longhorns to the free throw line 29 times. Texas made 23 foul shots to the Bearcats’ nine to create the separation. Texas made just one more field goal than Cincinnati did, shooting 20 for 54.
Aaliyah Moore scored 16 points on 4 of 14 shooting with an 8-for-11 performance from the foul line. Taylor Jones stuffed the stat sheet with 13 points, nine rebounds and seven blocked shots while Shaylee Gonzales played all 40 minutes and scored 13 points on 5 of 10 shooting with six rebounds.
Texas outrebounded the Bearcats 46-32 and had 15 second-chance points from 10 offensive rebounds.
Texas (19-3, 6-3 Big 12) heads to Waco on Thursday to take on No. 13 Baylor. The game is set for 7:30 p.m. and will air on ESPN.
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