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Women's Basketball earns five honors from Big 12 Conference

Texas Women's Basketball players Ariel Atkins, Lashann Higgs and Brooke McCarty have combined to earn five Big 12 Women's Basketball honors, which were announced Wednesday by the league office in Irving, Texas. The accolades were chosen by the conference's 10 head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes.

Atkins and McCarty were named to the All-Big 12 First Team, with McCarty being a unanimous selection. Higgs was selected to the All-Big 12 Second Team. Atkins and Higgs were named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team.

Atkins, who has started all 29 games this season, leads the Longhorns with 14.