Austin, Texas: Booker Scores 30 as No. 6 Texas Women Rout Northern Colorado 91-29
Madison Booker reached 2,000 career points in the first quarter and moved to third on the Texas all time scoring list as the Longhorns held Northern Colorado to 29 points at the Moody Center on Saturday night.
Key points
- No. 6 Texas beat Northern Colorado 91-29 on Saturday night at the Moody Center in Austin, and Madison Booker made it a record night.
- Booker reached 2,000 career points at the free throw line with 5:37 left in the first quarter.
- Booker made 10 of her 14 shots, including two three pointers, and added six assists and two steals.
No. 6 Texas beat Northern Colorado 91-29 on Saturday night at the Moody Center in Austin, and Madison Booker made it a record night. Booker scored 30 points, reached 2,000 points for her career in the first quarter, and moved into third place on the Texas all time scoring list in front of 9,306 fans.
Booker passes 2,000 and keeps going
Booker reached 2,000 career points at the free throw line with 5:37 left in the first quarter. She finished with 2,023 points, passing Clarissa Davis, who scored 2,008 from 1985 to 1989. Booker is the fourth Texas player to reach 2,000. The school list ahead of her is led by Annette Smith with 2,523 and Linda Waggoner with 2,256.
Booker made 10 of her 14 shots, including two three pointers, and added six assists and two steals. She scored 15 points in the third quarter and left the game early in the fourth. It was her third career game with 30 or more points, her 45th game with 20 or more, and it gave her 54 points in two games this week after her 24 in the opener against Fairleigh Dickinson.
Four Longhorns in double figures
Texas got scoring across the lineup. Freshman Addison Bjorn scored 13 points, freshman Brihanna Crittendon added 11, and Breya Cunningham scored 10 with six rebounds. Guard Jayda Clark, a starter who joined the program on August 24 after two years in the Australian WNBL as an unpaid developmental player, scored eight points and made two three pointers in the first quarter.
Texas led 23-6 after one quarter and 49-9 at halftime. Northern Colorado did not score in the second quarter until 4:36 remained in the half, and the Bears scored only three points in the period. The Texas bench alone had outscored Northern Colorado 18-9 by halftime, and the bench finished with 38 points.
Defense held the Bears under 30
Northern Colorado shot 31.6 percent and committed 32 turnovers. Texas turned those turnovers into 33 points, shot 56 percent, and scored 46 points in the paint. Mia Galbraith led the Bears with seven points.
It was the ninth time in program history that Texas held an opponent under 30 points, and the first since a 57-26 win at Georgia on February 24, 2025. The win was the 46th straight home win for Texas at the Moody Center, where the Longhorns are 71-5 all time. Texas is 2-0, and Northern Colorado fell to 1-1. The Bears were picked to finish third in the Big Sky Conference by the league coaches.
What is next
Texas stays at the Moody Center and hosts South Dakota State on Wednesday, November 11, with tipoff at 6 p.m. CT on SEC Network. Texas beat South Dakota State by 19 points on the road last season. Northern Colorado hosts Northern New Mexico on Monday.
Timeline
- Nov 4, 2026Texas beats Fairleigh Dickinson 85-65 in its season opener at the Moody Center. Booker scores 24 points and moves to 1,993 career points, seven short of 2,000.
- Nov 7, 2026Booker reaches 2,000 career points at the free throw line in the first quarter, finishes with 30, and No. 6 Texas beats Northern Colorado 91-29 in Austin to move to 2-0.
- Nov 11, 2026Texas hosts South Dakota State at the Moody Center, with tipoff at 6 p.m. CT on SEC Network.