Foul trouble, missed free throws, and a lack of late boards prevented Vic Schaefer’s women’s hoops program from advancing to the Final Four on Sunday night as a valiant effort by the No. 2-seed Texas Longhorns fell just short against an electric No. 1-seed Stanford Cardinal team in an 59-50 loss in Spokane.
Schaefer called upon a fast lineup with an innate ability to create mismatches in the paint to face the defending national champions and Texas won the turnover battle in the first quarter with five forced turnovers. However, the Longhorns failed to convert many of those leaving plenty of room for improvement while going 5-of-15 from the floor.