No. 1 Seed Texa’s progress for Elite Eight with 67-59 victory against Tennessee

In the regional 3-half-final of the women’s NCAA tournament, the No. 1 seeds in Texas Longhorns with a 67-59 victory against the No. 5-Samen Tennessee volunteers in Birmingham against No. 2-seed on Saturday.

The horns, who are driving the elite eight for the fourth time in five seasons under head coach Vic Schaefer, want to carry out the last four in Schaefer’s first.

Texas started quickly, ended the first quarter with a lead of eight points and closed strongly and exceeded Tennessee 17: 9 in the fourth quarter.

The horns played some of the trademarks of Schaefer and held the nation’s team in the adapted offensive efficiency on 5 von-26 shooting behind the arch (19.2 percent).

With a 10: 2 advantage in fast-break points, Texas was opportunistic in the transition and avoided sending Tennessee to the Freewurfine when the volunteer 4-of-10 shooting ran onto the Charity Stripe.

The second striker Madison Booker, who went on the Longhorns with 17 points and scored 5 out of 6 free throws, while adding six rebounds, three assists, a steal and a block. Three other players scored in two figures for Texas, including Taylor Jones with 12 points, the Freshman Guard Jordan Lee with 13 points and all three three for the horns and the newcomer-wachmann Bryanna Preston with 12 points in the 5-von 7 shoot. Jones led Texas with eight rebounds and Preston, Rori Harmon, with four assists.

Texas is facing ESPN TCU in Birmingham on Monday at 6:00 p.m. Central.