Once again, the Texas women's basketball team clobbered its opponent, earning a 30-point victory over the South Dakota State Jackrabbits to improve to 3-0 on the season.
As the Longhorns secured the win, the usual suspects (Bryanna Preston, Madison Booker, Breya Cunningham, etc.) all played well, but it was sophomore guard Jayda Clark who made headlines with her performance.
Clark started for the Horns and racked up a truly incredible stat line, including a team-leading 24 points.
She shot 10-of-15 (67%) from the field and 3-of-4 (75%) from beyond the arc to rack up her double-digit scoring performance, as well as contributing five rebounds, three assists, and one steal, all while committing zero turnovers and just one personal foul.
Simply put, Texas head coach Vic Schaefer has an absolute star on his hands, and Longhorn Nation should be excited for Clark's future on the 40 Acres.
what a night for Jayda Clark 📈#HookEm pic.twitter.com/0Ou40PKVRL
— Texas Women's Basketball (@TexasWBB) November 12, 2026
Booker, who is the "star" of the team, exited early after going down hard from contact and scored a season-low nine points behind an out-of-character shooting performance for the senior forward. Beyond that, she only earned three rebounds and two assists before leaving the game.
Senior center Breya Cunningham had yet another impressive performance, nearly reaching a double-double with 10 points and six rebounds, as well as one assist and one steal.
Vic Scheafer's bench continues to impress for the Longhorns
Of course, the starting five (rounded out by former Oklahoma Sooner Zya Vann) weren't the only Longhorns to see playing time on Wednesday evening.
Schaefer was able to rotate seven players into the game from off the bench, and those backup players (and future stars) contributed a highly impressive 25 points to push the Horns to their 93-63 victory.
Freshman forward Isi Etute and freshman guard Addison Bjorn logged eight points apiece, and fellow freshman Brihanna Crittendon earned seven points of her own, all while coming off the bench.
As is tradition on the 40 Acres, the crowd chanted for beloved guard Sarah Graves to enter the game as the Longhorns built a larger and larger lead, and of course, Schaefer acquiesced to their demands. So far this season, Graves has played in two games (against SDSU and in the Horns' win over the Northern Colorado Bears), but has yet to land one of her crowd-pleasing buckets.
Over the next nine days, Texas will face two more unranked opponents: the Tarleton State Texans and the Green Bay Phoenix, before facing the first ranked opponent of the regular season: the No. 17 Ohio State Buckeyes.
While the 3-0 start is obviously what the Horns wanted to see for the start of their season, Schaefer needs to continue pushing for improvement with ranked matchups just over the horizon.
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