No. 12 Texas women send High Point to a low point dumping Panthers by 62 points
What a shot by Gisella Maul
What a shot by Gisella Maul, 11/24/2023
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands -- — Shaylee Gonzales scored 15 points and reserve Aaliyah Moore scored 13 points and No. 12 Texas thrashed High Point 101-39 on Friday night.
The 62-point win just missed reaching a place in the top 10 for largest margin of victory in program history. In 1995, 2002 and 2003 Texas teams won games by 65 points, the ninth-highest margin of victory all time.
Texas (6-0) scored the game's first 32 points before High Point's Anna Hager made a jump shot with 10 seconds left in the first quarter. The Longhorns' Gisella Maul made 3-pointer at the buzzer and the Longhorns lead 35-2 at the end of one.
Texas outscored the Panthers 22-6 in the second quarter and led 57-8 at halftime. The Longhorns shot 71% (22 for 31) including 4 for 6 (66.7%) from 3 in the first half. High Point was 14.8% shooting (4 for 27) and missed all eight of its 3-point attempts in the first half.
High Point (3-3) picked up the pace in the third and Texas only outscored the Panthers by a 22-19 margin. The Panthers' score-by-period line read, 2, 6, 19 and 12.
Nakyah Terrell and reserve Anna Hager each scored 10 points for High Point.
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Game Information
- Referees:
- Brandon Enterline
- Kiara Negron
- Alganese Carr
2023-24 Southeastern Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
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South Carolina | 16-0 | - | 38-0 |
LSU | 13-3 | 3 | 31-6 |
Ole Miss | 12-4 | 4 | 24-9 |
Alabama | 10-6 | 6 | 24-10 |
Tennessee | 10-6 | 6 | 20-13 |
Vanderbilt | 9-7 | 7 | 23-10 |
Mississippi State | 8-8 | 8 | 23-12 |
Auburn | 8-8 | 8 | 20-12 |
Texas A&M | 6-10 | 10 | 19-13 |
Arkansas | 6-10 | 10 | 18-15 |
Florida | 5-11 | 11 | 16-16 |
Kentucky | 4-12 | 12 | 12-20 |
Georgia | 3-13 | 13 | 12-18 |
Missouri | 2-14 | 14 | 11-19 |
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Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
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High Point | 14-2 | - | 20-12 |
South Carolina Upstate | 10-6 | 4 | 16-16 |
Radford | 9-7 | 5 | 15-18 |
Presbyterian | 8-8 | 6 | 21-15 |
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Charleston Southern | 8-8 | 6 | 11-19 |
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