{"id":66622,"date":"2025-08-14T03:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T03:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/66622\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T03:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T03:08:14","slug":"womens-basketball-opens-globl-jam-with-85-45-victory-over-puerto-rico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/66622\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Basketball opens Globl Jam with 85-45 victory over Puerto Rico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2013\u00a0Four Texas players scored in double figures led by 18 points from <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/justice-carlton\/14479\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14479\" target=\"_blank\">Justice Carlton<\/a> as the Texas women&#8217;s basketball team picked up an 85-45 win over Puerto Rico in their first game of the Globl Jam on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carlton shot 6-of-11 from the field and added seven rebounds. <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/kyla-oldacre\/14485\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14485\" target=\"_blank\">Kyla Oldacre<\/a> notched a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/ashton-judd\/14511\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14511\" target=\"_blank\">Ashton Judd<\/a> connected on four 3-point field goals and tallied 15 points and <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/teya-sidberry\/14512\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14512\" target=\"_blank\">Teya Sidberry<\/a> recorded 10 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Postgame Notes<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Texas used a starting lineup of <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/kyla-oldacre\/14485\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14485\" target=\"_blank\">Kyla Oldacre<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/justice-carlton\/14479\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14479\" target=\"_blank\">Justice Carlton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/jordan-lee\/14482\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14482\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Lee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/madison-booker\/12621\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12621\" target=\"_blank\">Madison Booker<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslonghorns.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/rori-harmon\/12614\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12614\" target=\"_blank\">Rori Harmon<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Texas newcomers scored 14 of the teams 21 points in the first quarter and at one point scored 17 straight points for Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Longhorns went on a 20-0 run in the second quarter to go up 48-10 and led 58-14 at the half.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Texas held Puerto Rico to three field goals in the first half of the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Longhorns outrebounded Puerto Rico 60-37.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Texas forced 34 Puerto Rico turnovers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Texas held a 42-18 advantage in point in the paint.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Longhorns limited Puerto Rico to 16-of-57 from the field (28 percent).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Texas was +11 in made free-throws.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Up next Texas will take on Canada on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. CT.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2013\u00a0Four Texas players scored in double figures led by 18 points from Justice Carlton as the 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