On the same day it rose to the No. 1 ranking in the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2004, the Texas women’s basketball team crushed Georgia 57-26 on Monday in Athens, Ga., for its 11th consecutive win.
Taylor Jones recorded 17 points, a career-high 16 rebounds and five blocked shots for the Longhorns (27-2, 13-1 Southeastern Conference). Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda and Rori Harmon added 10 points apiece.
De’Mauri Flournoy scored nine points for the Lady Bulldogs (10-18, 2-12), who took their third consecutive loss.
Georgia trailed just 20-16 at halftime after shooting 35.3 percent from the floor and limiting Texas to 29 percent shooting. However, the Lady Bulldogs managed just 10 second-half points while going 5-for-19 (26.3 percent) from the floor and committing 13 turnovers. Texas heated up to 50 percent after the break and gave the ball away only four times in the second half.
No. 17 Baylor 79, No. 14 Kansas State 62
Aaronette Vonleh put up a season-high 24 points and matched her season best with 12 rebounds as the Bears downed the Wildcats in Manhattan, Kan.
Yaya Felder and Aliyah Matharu each scored 15 points for Baylor (25-5, 15-2 Big 12), which ran its winning streak to nine games. The Bears’ Sarah Abrams logged 12 points and Jada Walker dished out 11 assists.
Serena Sundell produced 20 points, but third-place Kansas State (25-5, 13-4) took its third loss in six games to fall two games behind the Bears in the conference standings. Kennedy Taylor totaled 16 points and a team-best seven rebounds.
–Field Level Media
