WACO, Texas — The No. 13/13 Texas women's basketball team suffered a 75-63 Big 12 Conference defeat at No. 9/12 Baylor Friday evening inside the Bears' Ferrell Center.
With the loss, the Longhorns slip to 15-5 overall with a 5-4 mark in league competition. Baylor moves to 16-5, 6-3.
The Longhorns founds themselves playing from behind early as the Bears opened the game on an 18-7 run in the first quarter. Texas trailed 42-34 heading into the break.
UT trimmed the deficit to three points, 48-45, at the 2:44 mark of the third quarter but Baylor responded and outscored the Longhorns 27-18 the rest of the way to seal it.