For Texas, rebounding consistently has been a struggle. But Saturday, the Longhorns (15-7, 4-4 Big 12) won the rebound battle against Kansas, doing so for the first time since their mid-January loss to Oklahoma.
At halftime, Texas women’s basketball coach Gail Goestenkors was not pleased with her team, clinging to a one-point lead in a dog fight of a first half. Her squad was being out-rebounded, outshot and out-worked.
It took the Longhorns a few games to get into a rhythm, but Sunday’s 67-50 win over Colorado marked their third consecutive win against a Big 12 opponent.
The Longhorns ventured into hostile Red Raider territory Wednesday night and handed Texas Tech its first home loss of the season, 75-67, thanks to a strong rebounding effort.
The last three undefeated teams in league play — Baylor, Texas A&M and Oklahoma — are preparing for a busy week that will see at least one of those squads pick up a loss.
Five games into Big 12 play and the Longhorns have given themselves a good, hard look in the mirror before facing their next opponent on the road tonight, the Texas Tech Lady Raiders.