Texas Women's Basketball Punches Final Four Ticket

0:00Texas women's basketball just punched their ticket to the final four for the second straight year, crushing Michigan 77 to 41 in the. Fort Worth, regional final. The top seeded Longhorns, now 35 and 3, dominated from the jump, hitting 11 of 12 shots in the first quarter to build a lead day. Never let Slim. Madison Booker led with 19 points and 7 rebounds, while Spark Plug Guard Rory Harmon dished out 13 assists in the route. Justice Carlton dropped 15, and Kyla Oldacre grabbed a double double with 12 points and 11 boards, pushing Texas to a 40 point bulge. At one point, that post-game hub between Coach Vic Schafer and Harmon said at all, five years of grind, tears, and triumphs tying a school record for wins. Schafer called her the heart of the program, and players echoed the bond at the sharing every hardship on the road to this moment. Schafer's making history as the first coach to hit multiple final fours with different teams, including back-to-back runs at Mississippi State.

1:01For Texas, it's their fifth trip overall, echoing their national title run in 1986. Up next, the Horn Space UCLA on Friday in Phoenix, a rematch with the Bruins, who they've beaten once this season, but lost to nowhere else. Coach wants his squad to soak in today before chasing that championship ring. Local news, powered by AI. This is El Paso News today. I'm Cory with the story.