No. 23 Kansas at Texas | Big 12 | 1.10.23

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AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas defense held No. 23/25 Kansas to 21.4 percent shooting in the fourth quarter and came away with a 72-59 victory on Tuesday night at Moody Center.
Shaylee Gonzales scored a season-high 26 points on 11-16 shooting from the field. Sonya Morris provided an early spark for the Longhorns with nine of her 13 points in the first half. Sophomore All-American Rori Harmon recorded her eighth career game with double digit assists as she dished out 11.
Texas (12-5, 3-1) overcame a Kansas (12-3, 2-2) team that got within four at 43-39 with six minutes to play in the third quarter. The Longhorns responded with a 9-2 run to go up 54-43 with 2:29 to play in the third quarter.
With Texas up 61-53 the Longhorns used a 7-0 run to extend their lead to 68-53 with 4:42 to play in the fourth quarter. Shaylee Gonzales scored all seven points for Texas.
Gonzales scored 14 of her 26 in the fourth quarter to lift the Longhorns to victory.
Game Notes
• For the 11th time this season Texas held an opponent to 59 points or less. The Longhorns are 11-0 on the season when they do this.
• Texas held Kansas well below their season scoring average of 75.9 points per game.
• Rori Harmon recorded 11 assists, her eighth career game with double-digit assists.
• The Longhorns forced Kansas into 17 turnovers. Texas ranked ninth in the country in turnovers forced per game.
• Texas got 16 points from their bench players in the game.
• Sonya Morris scored the first six points of the game for the Longhorns.
• Texas assisted on all eight of their field goals in the first quarter.
• In the second quarter Texas held Kansas without a field goal for four minutes and 56 seconds.
• Shaylee Gonzales scored 10 points in the second quarter and 14 points in the fourth quarter.
• Taylor Jones played her most minutes since Nov. 14 at UConn. She recorded seven points and added five rebounds. Jones missed nine game due to injury.
• Rori Harmon and Shaylee Gonzales each tallied three steals.

[@daliasanchez3762]

so proud of shaylee definitely one of her best performances & can’t wait to see how much better she will get :) keep it up shaylee!!

[@charlestaylor8785]

Sonya Morris How are you doing friend have a great night and stay safe I still miss you being here in Chicago