Texas women’s basketball upsets No. 4 Baylor to win Big 12 Title

The No. 7 ranked Texas women’s basketball team is absolutely on a roll right now. After hanging on to beat the No. 10 ranked Iowa State Cyclones in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament this weekend, Texas was able to pull off the upset in the finals against the No. 4 ranked Baylor Bears.

Behind the efforts of freshman guard Rori Harmon and freshman forward Aaliyah Moore, head coach Vic Schaefer and the Longhorns were able to pull off a convincing win over Baylor to round out the weekend. Texas was able to get the early jump on the Bears and never really looked back.

By halftime, the Longhorns had a comfortable 11-point lead over the Bears. Texas did waiver a little bit in the second half, but not enough for Baylor to mount any sort of significant comeback.

Baylor would win the second half by just a two-point margin. But that was still enough for Texas to come out with a win to get their elusive Big 12 Tournament crown by the final score of 67-58.

Texas women’s basketball gets a comfortable win over Baylor to win the Big 12 behind Rori Harmon and Aaliyah Moore

This was the first win of the season for the Longhorns over the Bears. And it really came at a good time. Texas now has plenty of momentum heading into Selection Sunday for the women’s bracket.

Harmon got it done for the Longhorns with a game-high 20 points on an efficient 8-of-10 shooting from the field, no attempts from beyond the arc, and a perfect 4-of-4 from the free-throw line. She also gave Texas five rebounds, five assists, one steal, no blocks, and no turnovers.

Harmon was definitely solid for the Longhorns throughout the Big 12 Tournament. But you also have to give props to Moore for providing a real spark for the Longhorns coming off the bench.

Moore came up with a dozen points on 4-of-8 shooting from the field, no attempts from beyond the arc, and a perfect 4-of-4 from the free-throw line. She also gave Texas five rebounds, no assists, one steal, no blocks, and one turnover.

Texas got the job done in this game behind some very solid free-throw shooting efforts. The duo of Moore and Harmon played a big role in Texas shooting an efficient 18-of-22 from the charity stripe. Meanwhile, Baylor shot just 11-of-20 from the free-throw line.

This is the first Big 12 Tournament crown for this women’s hoops program since 2003. Texas now heads into Selection Sunday on the women’s side of the bracket sporting a record of 26-6 (13-5 Big 12).