AUSTIN, Texas (AP) \u2014 Madison Booker scored 18 points, Aaliyah Crump added 16 and No. 4 Texas used a big run at the start of the fourth quarter to pull away from No. 5 LSU for a 77-64 victory Thursday night.<\/p>\n
Texas\u2019 Kyla Oldacre scored four points in the 10-0 Texas run. Her layup with 5:01 left pushed the Texas lead to 15 and put the Longhorns in complete control the rest of the way. <\/p>\n
Texas (22-2, 7-2 SEC) ran its home winning streak to 39 \u2014 tied with TCU for the longest active streak of its kind in the nation \u2014 with a victory that keeps the Longhorns within a game of first place in the Southeastern Conference. The Longhorns are 8-2 this season against ranked opponents.<\/p>\n
Longhorns guard Rori Harmon had 5 steals to set the program\u2019s career record. She now has 350, breaking the old mark of 346 set by Linda Waggoner from 1976-1980. Harmon is already the Texas career assists record.<\/p>\n
LSU (21-3, 7-3) had started 0-2 in league play before running off seven straight victories. But the Tigers scored well below their nation-leading average of 98.9 points per game against the Longhorns. Mikaylah Williams led LSU with 20 points.<\/p>\n
Texas shot 51% in a frenetic first half that saw five lead changes over a two-minute span in the second quarter as the teams traded baskets. Booker scored 12 and Crump had 11 in the first half.<\/p>\n
Justice Carlton scored Texas\u2019 first seven points in the third as the Longhorns carried their four-point lead in to final period at 57-53.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
LSU: Visits Auburn on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Texas: Hosts No. 16 Kentucky on Monday.<\/p>\n
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