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Texas Longhorns guard Rori Harmon (3) leaves the court at halftime during the NCAA Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament Sweet 16 game against Kentucky at Dickies Arena on Saturday, March 28, 2026 in Fort Worth, Texas.<\/p>\n
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FORT WORTH \u2014 On Saturday afternoon, Rori Harmon and\u00a0Texas women’s basketball<\/a> handed Kentucky a season-ending loss.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Harmon shook off a hand injury to lead Texas to an NCAA Tournament win at Dickies Arena. The 76-54 victory<\/a> \u2014 which featured No. 1-seeded Texas behind on the scoreboard for all of 58 seconds \u2014 advances the Longhorns (34-3) into Monday’s Elite Eight against Michigan (28-6). The senior point guard\u00a0finished with 11 points, seven assists, seven rebounds and six steals.<\/p>\n With 4:41 left in the first quarter, however, Harmon jammed the middle finger on her right hand after tumbling to the ground on a foul by Kentucky’s Asia Boone.<\/p>\n More: Subscribe to the Statesman’s Texas sports newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Did the injury impact her? Before Harmon could answer that question after the game,\u00a0the all-time leader in assists at Texas<\/a> was set up by head coach Vic Schaefer’s own assist.<\/p>\n “First of all, she made two jumpshots after (it happened). … it doesn’t seem to be too big a deal,” Schaefer said.<\/p>\n It should be noted that Harmon walked into that news conference with a bag of ice for her hand. The fifth-year senior also was seen grimacing in pain during the game.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n But Schaefer wasn’t wrong. In terms of game time, less than 20 seconds separated Harmon’s injury and her first basket of the game, and she made another jumper a couple of minutes later. After spending some time on the bench between the first and second quarters, she re-entered the game and knocked down her 12th 3-pointer of the season.<\/p>\n “It’s pretty swollen right now, but like coach said, I think in the heat of the moment, you kind of forget about it,” Harmon said. “I missed two free throws, so I’m going to blame it on that.”<\/p>\n MORE: Fans react to Texas’ blowout March Madness win over Kentucky<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n