While the Big Orange and the Burnt Orange scored big upsets, those victories were not the only noteworthy developments from the past week in women’s college basketball:
Super Sunday SEC shake up
South Carolina did not exit Austin with another win on Sunday afternoon. Instead, they saw their 57-game SEC regular-season winning streak snapped, as Texas avenged their previous loss in Columbia with a 66-62 victory.
It was a wire-to-wire win for the Longhorns, earned via a methodical offense and locked-in defense. Texas did their damage inside the arc, scoring 40 points in the paint compared to South Carolina’s 26. That’s an impressive feat against a Dawn Staley coached team, as her squads, characteristically, own the interior. The Longhorns likewise won the rebounding battle.
Forwards Taylor Jones and Kyla Oldacre deserve credit for Texas’ effectiveness, as they combined for 24 points and 12 rebounds. Oldacre was particularly forceful in the fourth, scoring eight of her 13 points in the period to help hold off South Carolina. While Madison Booker was much better than she was in the previous matchup, she still didn’t deliver a masterclass, going just 7-for-22 from the field. However, she enhanced the Longhorns on the glass, grabbing a team-high 11 boards as she…
