ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — Shaylee Gonzales scored 15 points and reserve Aaliyah Moore scored 13 points and No. 12 Texas thrashed High Point 101-39 on Friday night.
The 62-point win just missed reaching a place in the top 10 for the largest margin of victory in program history. In 1995, 2002 and 2003 Texas teams won games by 65 points, the ninth-highest margin of victory all time.
Texas (6-0) scored the game’s first 32 points before High Point’s Anna Hager made a jump shot with 10 seconds left in the first quarter. The Longhorns’ Gisella Maul made a 3-pointer at the buzzer and the Longhorns led 35-2 at the end of the first quarter
Texas outscored the Panthers 22-6 in the second quarter and led 57-8 at halftime. The Longhorns shot 71% (22 for 31) including 4 for 6 (66.7%) from 3 in the first half. High Point was 14.8% shooting (4 for 27) and missed all eight of its 3-point attempts in the first half.
High Point (3-3) picked up the pace in the third and Texas only outscored the Panthers by a 22-19 margin. The Panthers’ score-by-period line read, 2, 6, 19 and 12.
Nakyah Terrell and reserve Anna Hager each scored 10 points for High Point.
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