46 Paint Points Carry No. 6 Texas Past South Dakota State 93-63 as Jayda Clark Scores 24

Photo: Texas Longhorns. Jayda Clark, official roster headshot. Card design: The Dyme.

No. 6 Texas scored 46 points in the paint and beat South Dakota State 93-63 on Wednesday at Moody Center in Austin, per the ESPN box score. South Dakota State scored 28 in the paint. Jayda Clark led Texas with 24 points on 10-of-15 shooting, 3-of-4 from three and 1-of-1 at the line, with five rebounds, three assists and no turnovers in 34 minutes. Attendance was 9,700. The game aired on SEC Network. Texas moved to 3-0 (3-0 at home). South Dakota State fell to 1-2 (0-1 on the road).

Clark scored 14 of her 24 in the third quarter, by our count from the ESPN play-by-play. Her three off a Zya Vann assist at 4:27 of the third made it 61-41, the first 20-point margin, by our count.

Texas won inside; the Jackrabbits won outside

South Dakota State made eight threes to Texas' five. That is a 24-15 edge from deep for the Jackrabbits, by our count. Texas made 34 two-point field goals to South Dakota State's 15, a 68-30 gap, by our count. Texas shot 39-of-68 (57%) overall and attempted only nine threes.

The other gap came from turnovers. South Dakota State committed 21, per ESPN. Texas committed five. The Longhorns turned that into a 28-5 edge in points off turnovers and a 13-0 edge in fast-break points. Texas had 15 steals to South Dakota State's one. Bryanna Preston had four steals. Isi Etute had three off the bench. Mahli Abdouch and Maggie Hartwig committed five turnovers each for the Jackrabbits.

Texas led 26-15 after one quarter and 45-31 at halftime, per the ESPN linescores. The third quarter went 29-18. Preston's driving layup off a Clark assist at 9:07 of the fourth made it 79-49, the first 30-point margin, by our count. Texas closed on a 10-0 run from 83-61 to 93-61. Amalia Holguin's floater at 1:31 made the 32-point margin ESPN lists as the largest lead. The final margin was 30.

Who else scored

Zya Vann scored 14 on 6-of-9 shooting. Preston scored 11 with five assists. Breya Cunningham had 10 points and six rebounds on 5-of-8. Madison Booker scored nine. Etute and Addison Bjorn scored eight each off the bench; Bjorn went 3-of-3. Four Longhorns reached double figures, by our count.

Rebounds went 31-30 to South Dakota State, per ESPN. Katie Vasecka and Claire Sheppard led South Dakota State with 12 points each. Sheppard scored hers on 5-of-7 shooting in nine minutes. Audrey Shindelar scored 10. Brooklyn Meyer had nine points and eight rebounds. Abdouch handed out five assists.

The box score, side by side

Full-game team numbers, per the ESPN box and checked against the CBS Sports gametracker box:

Category	Texas	South Dakota State
Field goals	39-68 (57%)	23-52 (44%)
3-pointers	5-9 (56%)	8-18 (44%)
Free throws	10-13 (77%)	9-11 (82%)
Rebounds	30	31
Offensive rebounds	11	11
Assists	16	12
Turnovers	5	21
Steals	15	1
Blocks	1	2
Points in the paint	46	28
Points off turnovers	28	5
Fast-break points	13	0
Largest lead	32	0

Quarter scoring, per the ESPN linescores:

Quarter	Texas	South Dakota State
1	26	15
2	19	16
3	29	18
4	19	14
Final	93	63

Texas held the No. 6 spot in the Associated Press women's Top 25, per the NCAA.com AP poll and ESPN's game ranking. South Dakota State was unranked.

Next on the schedule

Texas hosts Tarleton State at Moody Center on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 1 p.m. ET, per the ESPN team schedule.

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Sources:

• ESPN: South Dakota State vs. Texas box score
• ESPN: South Dakota State vs. Texas play-by-play
• CBS Sports: South Dakota State at Texas gametracker box score
• NCAA.com: AP Top 25 women's basketball poll
• Texas Athletics: women's basketball schedule