Head coach Karen Aston walked into the Texas locker room following Sunday’s second-round win in the NCAA Tournament and gave high fives to all 13 of her players.
After dropping four of their last seven games, the No. 3 seeded Longhorns used a dominant 24-4 opening quarter to down Central Arkansas 78-50 at the Frank Erwin Center in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday.
It’s clear that the Longhorns aren’t playing with the same sense of urgency they showed during their historic 19-game win streak earlier in the season.
With the score within six, Brooke McCarty didn’t falter. In the biggest game of the season, the junior guard calmly knocked down a short jumper — prompting a run by Texas that would put the game away.
