Women’s Basketball’s season ends in Elite Eight against NC State, 76-66

PORTLAND, Ore. — The No. 1 seed Texas girls’s basketball crew had their season come to an finish within the Elite Eight as they fell 76-66 in opposition to NC State on Sunday on the Moda Middle. 

Texas completed the season with a 33-5 general report. The 33 wins are probably the most since they went 34-0 and gained the nationwide championship within the 1985-86 season. Texas had superior to the Elite Eight for the third time within the final 4 seasons. 

Freshman Madison Booker led Texas with 17 factors, six rebound and 5 assists. Booker set a brand new program report for assists by a freshman with a complete of 185 for the season. The earlier report of 180 was held by Rori Harmon. 

Shay Holle performed 40 minutes for the 12^th time this season and scored 12 factors on 6-of-10 taking pictures from the sphere. Aaliyah Moore scored 10 factors and grabbed 9 rebounds and Taylor Jones contributed 11 factors. 

Shay Holle and Aaliyah Moore had been voted to the All-Event Crew for the Portland 4 Regional. 

NC State led by as many as 18 within the second quarter with a 40-22 lead on the 3:02 mark of the interval. Gisella Maul knocked down a 3-pointer with 9 seconds left within the first half to shut that hole to 12 at 43-31. 

Texas used a 7-0 run within the third quarter and following a Booker basket lower the result in seven at 51-44. A hook shot by DeYona Gaston pulled Texas to inside six at 54-48 with 1:06 to play within the third quarter. 

Down by 11 early within the fourth quarter the Longhorns would lower it to seven on a Jones free-throw to make it 65-58 with 4:41 to play within the last interval. That may be the closest Texas would get the remainder of the best way with NC State claiming a 76-66 victory. 

Postgame Notes

• Texas completed the season with a 33-5 general report. The 33 wins are probably the most since they gained 34 video games within the 1985-86 season. 

• The Longhorns superior to the Elite Eight for the third crew within the final 4 years and the 12^th time in program historical past. 

• Texas head coach Vic Schaefer has guided groups to the Elite Eight in six of the final seven seasons. 

• The Longhorns held a 44-24 benefit in factors within the paint in opposition to NC State. 

• Texas acquired 19 factors from their bench gamers. 

• The Longhorns outrebounded NC State 44-31 and grabbed 18 offensive rebounds. Texas held a 18-4 benefit in second probability factors. 

• Texas completed the season profitable 14 of their final 16 video games. 

• The Longhorns captured the 2024 Large 12 Event championship, their 12 convention

 title in class historical past. 

• The Longhorns claimed a No. 1 seed within the NCAA event for the primary time since 2004. 

• Madison Booker grew to become the primary freshman in Large 12 girls’s basketball historical past to earn the Large 12 Participant of the 12 months award. Booker was voted an Related Press Second Crew All-American. 

• Booker completed the season with a freshman college report of 185 assists and ranked fourth on the UT freshman scoring checklist with 611 factors for the season. 

• Shaylee Gonzales completed her profession with 2,369 factors. Gonzales performed in 73 video games over two seasons for Texas. She scored 814 factors in a Longhorn uniform. Gonzales performed in 161 collegiate basketball video games in her profession. 

• Khadija Faye performed in 64 video games for Texas and scored 371 factors and grabbed 282 rebounds.