Texas women beat TCU to achieve Final Four of March Madness

Birmingham, Ala. – For the first time since 2003, Texas longhorns He returns to the final of women.

Seed No. 1 in Birmingham Regional 3 Wore Seed No. 2 TCU 58-47 In the elite eight on Monday evening and now heading for Tampa.

Madison BookerSEC of the year, led Texas with 18 points and 6 rebounds while Harmon Road – Back this season after most of the previous knee injury lacked- had 13 points and 5 assists.

Horned Frogs, which appear in the first elite of the program, will end the season 34-4.

TCU Sedonawho fouled the remaining 6:32, completed her career of 4 points and 9 rebounds because Texas did her fantastic work. Guard Hailey van lith She also saw her five season’s university end of her career with 17 points and 8 rebounds. Both of them are expected to be selected in the April design of WNBA.

Last time Texas played in the last weekend of the season, Hall of Famer Jody Conradt was still coaching Longhorns. They lost with Diana Taurasi and a possible champion Uconne in the national semifinals.

Now, 22 years later under the coach Vic Schaefer, Texas hopes to add the second trophy of the National Championship to the One Conradt team, who won in 1986 to 34-0. These longhorns, in their first season in SEC, are now 35-3 and on Friday they will face the co-clergy champion of the regular season in the conference.

It will be the fourth meeting this season between Longhorns and Gamecocks, who divided their games in a regular season before South Carolina won the final of the Sec tournament over Texas.

This will be Schaefer’s third trip to Final Four as the head coach; he took State Mississippi to the game Championship in 2017 (lost in South Carolina) and 2018 (lost to Virgin Mary). Was also an assistant to Texas A & M The team that won the National Championship in 2011.

The defense was for Texas on behalf of the game throughout the season, which on Monday evening forced TCU up to 21 turns and committed only eight.

Texas held TCU at 26.7% shooting after a Tennessee 67-59 on Saturday, a game in which Longhorns held Lady Vols at 37.9% of the field and their second smallest point of the season.