30 From Madison Booker as No. 6 Texas Beats Northern Colorado 91-29
Madison Booker scored 30 points as No. 6 Texas beat Northern Colorado 91-29 on Saturday night at Moody Center in Austin.
30 From Madison Booker as No. 6 Texas Beats Northern Colorado 91-29
Kicker: NCAA (women's college)
Photo: The Dyme
Madison Booker scored 30 points as No. 6 Texas beat Northern Colorado 91-29 on Saturday night at Moody Center in Austin. Booker shot 10-of-14 from the field, 2-of-5 from three and 8-of-11 at the line in 28 minutes, with six assists, three rebounds, two steals and four turnovers, per the ESPN box score. The game aired on SECN+. Texas moved to 2-0. Northern Colorado fell to 1-1.
Northern Colorado committed 32 turnovers, and Texas turned them into 33 points, per ESPN. The Bears scored two points off Texas' eight turnovers. That 31-point gap in points off turnovers is half the 62-point final margin, by our count.
Addison Bjorn scored 13 off the bench on 5-of-6 shooting and 3-of-5 at the line in 18 minutes. Brihanna Crittendon added 11 on 5-of-7 with two steals. Breya Cunningham scored 10 on 4-of-5 shooting and 2-of-2 at the line, with six rebounds, four of them offensive, two steals and two blocks in 22 minutes. Jayda Clark scored eight on 2-of-4 from three. Lizzy Spaight scored eight with four assists and went 4-of-5 at the line. Bryanna Preston had five points and three assists. Zya Vann went 0-of-6 from the field but had four rebounds, two steals and two blocks. Four Longhorns reached double figures, by our count from the ESPN player box.
Mia Galbraith led Northern Colorado with seven points on 3-of-8 shooting, with four rebounds and eight turnovers in 20 minutes. Neenah George scored six on 3-of-14 from the field, with three assists and seven turnovers in 33 minutes. Alex Pirog scored four on 2-of-3. Heather Baymon had three points and six turnovers. No Bear reached double figures, by our count.
Texas held the No. 6 spot in the Associated Press Top 25, per the NCAA.com AP poll and ESPN's game ranking. Northern Colorado was unranked.
A 14-0 run, then a 12-0 run
Preston's driving layup at 9:14 of the first quarter opened the scoring, per the ESPN play-by-play. Booker scored nine in the first quarter, by our count, including a 25-foot three at 6:12, and assisted Clark's threes at 3:44 and 3:06 that pushed the lead to 17-4. Galbraith's driving layup at 2:40 made it 19-6.
Texas then scored the next 14 points, from 19-6 to 33-6, by our count from the play-by-play, starting with Booker's driving layup at 2:04 of the first and ending with Spaight's free throw at 5:55 of the second. Booker's driving layup, assisted by Isi Etute, at 8:30 of the second made it 27-6, the first 20-plus-point lead. Texas led 23-6 after one and 49-9 at the half, per ESPN linescores. Cunningham's layup, assisted by Vann, at 0:29 of the second made it 49-9, the first 40-point lead, by our count. Northern Colorado scored three points in the second quarter.
A second stretch went 12-0, from 39-9 to 51-9, by our count, from Booker's 15-foot jumper, assisted by Spaight, at 2:33 of the second to Booker's layup, assisted by Clark, at 9:46 of the third. Booker had 13 at the half and scored 15 in the third quarter alone, by our count from the play-by-play. Her driving layup at 2:46 of the third made it 66-16, the first 50-point lead. Texas led 72-18 after three.
Preston's 26-foot three, assisted by Crittendon, at 7:55 of the fourth made it 79-19, the first 60-point lead, by our count. Bjorn's layup, assisted by Spaight, at 2:41 made it 88-25, matching ESPN's listed largest lead of 63. Grace Prenter's driving layup at 0:59 was the last basket of the game. ESPN listed zero lead changes and Texas leading for 98% of the game.
32 turnovers, 12 steals and 46 points in the paint
Texas shot 33-of-59 from the field (56%), 5-of-16 from three (31%) and 20-of-27 at the line (74%), per ESPN. Northern Colorado shot 12-of-38 (32%), 1-of-8 from three (13%) and 4-of-8 at the line (50%). The Longhorns outrebounded the Bears 30-26, with an 11-7 edge on the offensive glass. Assists went 18-5. Steals went 12-5. Blocks went 7-0.
Turnovers went 8-32, per ESPN, with five of the Bears' turnovers charged to the team rather than a player. Points off turnovers went 33-2. Texas scored 46 points in the paint to Northern Colorado's 14. Fast-break points went 12-2. Personal fouls went 11-28.
Northern Colorado took 38 field-goal attempts to Texas' 59, a 21-shot gap, by our count. The Bears' 32 turnovers outnumbered their 12 made field goals by 20.
Texas made 28 two-pointers for 56 points; Northern Colorado made 11 for 22, by our count from the ESPN team box. Texas scored 15 points on threes to three, and 20 at the line to four. That splits the 62-point margin into 34 on two-pointers, 12 on threes and 16 at the line, by our count.
The box score, side by side
Full-game team numbers, per the ESPN box:
| Category | Texas | Northern Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| Field goals | 33-59 (56%) | 12-38 (32%) |
| 3-pointers | 5-16 (31%) | 1-8 (13%) |
| Free throws | 20-27 (74%) | 4-8 (50%) |
| Rebounds | 30 | 26 |
| Offensive rebounds | 11 | 7 |
| Assists | 18 | 5 |
| Turnovers | 8 | 32 |
| Steals | 12 | 5 |
| Blocks | 7 | 0 |
| Points in the paint | 46 | 14 |
| Points off turnovers | 33 | 2 |
| Fast-break points | 12 | 2 |
| Largest lead | 63 | 0 |
| Percent of game led | 98% | 0% |
| Personal fouls | 11 | 28 |
Quarter scoring, per the ESPN linescores:
| Quarter | Texas | Northern Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 | 6 |
| 2 | 26 | 3 |
| 3 | 23 | 9 |
| 4 | 19 | 11 |
| Final | 91 | 29 |
Booker, Bjorn, Crittendon and Cunningham combined for 64 of Texas' 91 points on 24-of-32 shooting, by our count. Booker alone outscored Northern Colorado's team total through three quarters, 28 to 18, by our count from the play-by-play.
What the box leaves next
Booker’s six assists produced 14 points: two Clark threes and four two-point baskets, by our count from ESPN’s play-by-play. Together with her own 30 points, those directly assisted baskets account for 44 of Texas’ 91 points without counting any basket twice. Texas beat Fairleigh Dickinson 85-65 in its opener, per the ESPN schedule. The Longhorns host South Dakota State on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 7:00 p.m. ET on SEC Network, then Tarleton State on Nov. 14.
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