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The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! AUSTIN, Texas — Newcomer Kyla Oldacre had career-bests of 21 points and 14 rebounds in just 17 minutes, point guard Rori Harmon made a successful return from a knee injury, and No. 4 Texas opened its season with a 119-47 victory over Southeast Missouri on …

Texas freshman Madison Booker leading the No. 10 Longhorns after Rori Harmon’s injury

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas freshman Madison Booker was supposed to spend this season as the talented sidekick to Longhorns’ star guard Rori Harmon. “Put her in national freshman of the year conversation, because ‘Wow!’ ” said Collen, who was familiar with Booker’s play at the youth levels with USA Basketball, where she won world titles on the under-17 and under-19 …

Texas women’s basketball star Rori Harmon to miss rest of season with torn ACL from practice injury

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas standout junior point guard Rori Harmon will miss the rest of the season for the No. “We have big goals for this season and those are not going to change.” Harmon was injured in Wednesday’s shoot-around before that night’s 97-52 win over Jackson State and she did not play. Harmon is averaging 14.1 points and 7.8 …

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AUSTIN, Texas — Shaylee Gonzales matched a career high with six 3-pointers while scoring a season-best 21 points, and No. 5 Texas beat Jackson State 97-52 on Wednesday night while playing without star point guard Rori Harmon and leading scorer Taylor Jones. “I don’t really have anything for you right now.” Freshman forward Madison Booker took over point guard duties, …

Rori Harmon, Taylor Jones power No. 5 Texas to an 88-75 win over Arizona

TUCSON, Ariz. — Rori Harmon had 19 points, 11 assists and finished a rebound shy of a triple-double, and Taylor Jones added 16 points as No. “Offensively we’re pretty hard to deal with,” said Texas coach Vic Schaefer, whose team topped 80 points for the ninth time and is averaging 91.6 points per game. “There’s not another guard in the …

AP Player of the Week: Rori Harmon of Texas averaged 18.5 points, 13.0 assists and 6.5 rebounds

The Associated Press national player of the week in women’s basketball for Week 4 of the season: RORI HARMON, Texas The 5-foot-6 junior guard from Houston led the Longhorns to two wins last week, averaging 18.5 points, 13.0 assists and 6.5 rebounds to go along with 3.0 steals. She had 27 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds in the Longhorns’ …

AUSTIN, Texas — Rori Harmon scored points 27 and had 13 assists, and No. 11 UConn 80-68 on Sunday, sending the struggling Huskies to their third loss of the early season. “These kids answered the question, ‘Are they that good?’” Texas bolted to a 15-3 lead as the Longhorns made their first six shots in the biggest game of their …