West Virginia Falls to Texas in Gulf Coast Showcase Last – West Virginia College Athletics

ESTERO, Fla. – The No. 12-ranked West Virginia College ladies’s basketball misplaced to No. 5 Texas in the course of the Gulf Coast Showcase Championship sport, 78-73, on Sunday inside Hertz Enviornment.
 
West Virginia trailed by 10 factors with simply over a minute to play within the fourth quarter. An 11-2 run capped off by a Sydney Shaw nook three pulled WVU inside one level at 74-73. Texas scored the ultimate 5 factors at hand WVU its first lack of the season.
 
The Mountaineers shot 54 p.c to the ground, outshooting the Longhorns who made 43 p.c of their makes an attempt. The distinction got here on the charity stripe as Texas scored 26 of their factors on the line to WVU’s 18 factors.
 
Senior guard JJ Quinerly led all scorers within the contest with a season-high 29 factors. She knocked down 9 jumpers and made 10 of 14 from the stripe. Junior guard Jordan Harrison completed with 20 factors and 6 assists. Shaw was the ultimate Mountaineer in double figures with 10 factors.
 
The Mountaineers scored the opening bucket, however a 10-2 Texas run gave UT a six-point benefit on the first media timeout. Harrison attacked the glass for WVU scoring the opening eight factors to drag inside 4 on the 2:31 mark. 4 straight factors from Quinerly to shut out the quarter noticed the Mountaineers trailing 17-12 after the primary.
 
A gradual begin afforded Texas a 30-16 lead over the opening 5 minutes of the second body. Senior ahead Danelle Arigbabu then took over, scoring eight straight Mountaineer factors to trim the deficit to eight. West Virginia and Texas traded scores the remainder of the best way earlier than a Quinerly three gave the Longhorns a 36-29 lead on the break.  
 
Trailing by 11 factors halfway by the third, WVU outscored the UT 10-2 to drag inside two factors at 48-46. Quinerly and Harrison break up the work with 4 factors every as Harrison added two to drag inside two factors with slightly below two minutes to play. Texas led by 4 factors on the finish of the third. The Longhorns had been simply 4 of 14 from the ground within the quarter however linked on 8 of 11 free throws to keep up their lead.
 
WVU completed the event with a 2-1 document, defeating Excessive Level and Boise State on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
 
Of observe, WVU is now 10-19 all-time within the collection towards Texas. West Virginia is 13-25 all-time towards the Southeastern Convention. West Virginia strikes 19-1 in regular-season nonconference motion beneath head coach Mark Kellogg.
 
Subsequent up, West Virginia returns residence for training day on Friday, Dec. 6 on the WVU Coliseum towards East Tennessee State. Tipoff for the competition is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. ET.