Cold shooting dooms Texas basketball in Final Four loss to UCLA: QUOTE
The Texas Longhorns women's basketball team couldn't overcome a shaky night from Madison Booker in the team's Final Four loss to UCLA
Texas women's basketball picked the worst time to have its worst offensive performance of the season. The Longhorns recorded season-low output in a 51-44 loss to UCLA on Friday . The 44 points Texas scored were not only its fewest all season, they didn't finish any game with less than 60 points this season and they've scored fewer than 50 just one other time over the past 65 games.
Texas Longhorns forward Madison Booker (35) is blocked from shooting by UCLA forward Angela Ugalic (32) during the NCAA Final Four game at the Mortgage Matchup Center on Friday, April 3, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Aaron E. Martinez/Austin American-Statesman) Tough break for a team that Vic Schaefer has called one of his most offensively talented.
But Texas could not overcome an ice-cold performance from leading scorer Madison Booker, who was named an All-American for the third time in her career this season. But teammate Rori Harmon came to Booker's defense. GOLDEN : Vic Schaefer's best shot at an NCAA title ends in heartbreak “You guys have to realize she’s human," the 5-foot-6 senior guard said, "and we wanted her to shoot her shot.
No matter the stats... all eyes go to Madison Booker. " The 6-foot-1 forward averaged 19.