AUSTIN — Freshman Empress Davenport scored a season-high 15 points, and freshman Imani McGee-Stafford tallied 15 points and 12 rebounds for her 12th double-double of the season, as Texas (11-16, 4-12) swept its first Big 12 season series against TCU (8-19, 1-15) with a 59-46 victory at the Erwin Center.
Davenport shot 7 of 12 from the field in 36 minutes. McGee-Stafford, a center, and Gigi Mazionyte led Texas with seven points apiece in the opening stanza to give the Longhorns a 30-18 halftime edge. McGee-Stafford is averaging 11.3 points and 11.3 rebounds per game over the last six contests.Texas used a 14-0 first-half run to build a 21-3 lead over the first nine minutes of the game. TCU was held to 1-of-19 shooting to start the game and went scoreless for a stretch of 9:44.Mazionyte’s 3-pointer with just over four minutes to play in the first half matched Texas’ biggest lead of the night at 30-10.TCU used a 24-4 run spanning from 4:15 to play in the first half to 12:51 remaining in the second half to tie the game at 34. TCU got only as close as seven the rest of the way as the Longhorns outscored the Horned Frogs 25-12 over the final 12:51.Kamy Cole led TCU with 14 points.Have more to add? News tip? Tell us
