Texas vs Missouri game score: Replay, highlights as Horns host old Big 12 foe

Posted by author January 31, 2025 Basketball

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On Thursday night, the Texas women’s basketball team will welcome an old foe to town when it hosts Missouri.

This will be Missouri’s first trip to Austin since 2016 and first-ever appearance at Moody Center. But once upon a time, Texas and Missouri were conference rivals in the Big 12. Texas owns a 23-2 lead in the all-time series, which has featured just one game since Missouri left the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference following the 2011-12 season.

Thirteen years later, Texas and Missouri are both led by sophomores. Madison Booker leads Texas with the 16.1 points per game that she is averaging and Missouri is paced by Grace Slaughter’s 14.7 points per game. Over the past week, Booker has made two game-winning shots in the final 30 seconds of games against Tennessee and Ole Miss while Slaughter hit a buzzer-beating jumper in Monday’s 78-77 takedown of Mississippi State.

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Final: Texas 70, Missouri 61

Down by as many as 11 points in the first half, No. 7 Texas thwarted an upset bid by a Missouri team that was tied for last place in the SEC standings. Taylor Jones scored 17 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead Texas (21-2, 7-1) while Madison Booker and Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda respectively added 16 and 10 points.

Laniah Randle scored a game-high 22 points for Missouri (12-11, 1-7).

Texas will return to the court on Sunday when it travels to play rival Texas A&M (10-10, 3-5). The Longhorns last visited College Station in 2021.

4th (4:09): Texas 62, Missouri 55

Taylor Jones has scored six points in the fourth quarter as Texas attempts to put away Missouri. Missouri leading scorer Grace Slaughter has scored just five points after a nine-point first quarter.

End 3: Texas 52, Missouri 45

Rori Harmon has struggled with her shot tonight, but the senior point guard found other ways to contribute in the third quarter. As Texas took control of the game, Harmon distributed four assists, recorded two steals and grabbed four rebounds.

Harmon missed all three of the shots she took in the third quarter. She is 1-for-9 from the floor tonight.

3rd (4:49): Texas 42, Missouri 38

As Missouri struggles to get anything going offensively after halftime, Texas has done enough to seize control of the scoreboard. Leading by four points, Kyla Oldacre will shoot a free throw after this media timeout and attempt to extend UT’s advantage.

Texas grabbed its first lead of the night on Madison Booker’s 3-pointer with 6:26 left in the third quarter.

3rd (7:19): Texas 35, Missouri 35

Neither team has played especially well after halftime, but Texas has scored the third quarter’s only basket and tied the game. Missouri has missed all six of its third-quarter shots so far. Texas is 1-for-3 from the field in the third quarter, and the Longhorns have committed three turnovers.

Halftime: Missouri 35, Texas 33

Down by 11 points with 4:21 left in the second quarter, Texas closed out the first half strongly and will only take a two-point deficit into the halftime intermission. Madison Booker and Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda each scored four points down the stretch to help Texas get back into the game.

Those four points were the only points scored in the first half by Booker, who is the reigning Naismith Trophy Player of the Week.

A Texas team that is already missing starting forward Aaliyah Moore made its late run with two of its starting guards on the bench. Shay Holle was benched for the entire second quarter. Point guard Rori Harmon didn’t play after the quarter’s media timeout.

With 11 points and three rebounds, senior forward Taylor Jones is leading Texas. Grace Slaughter and Laniah Randle have respectively scored 11 and 10 points for Missouri.

2nd (4:49): Missouri 29, Texas 21

Having just picked up its first conference win on Monday, Missouri is tied for last place in the SEC. The Tigers aren’t playing like a team stuck in the conference’s basement, though. Missouri has led by as many as 10 points this evening. Missouri guard Grace Slaughter has scored 11 points and she is 5-for-5 from the field.

End 1: Missouri 20, Texas 13

For the third straight game, Texas is facing a deficit at the end of the first quarter. After falling behind 22-20 and 21-14 in the first quarters of its wins against Tennessee and Ole Miss last week, Texas will need to work itself out of a seven-point hole tonight.

Missouri committed five turnovers in the first quarter, but the Tigers knocked down nine of their 14 shots. Taylor Jones has scored nine points for Texas, but no other Longhorn has contributed more than two points.

1st (4:29): Missouri 10, Texas 7

The SEC’s reigning player of the week, Texas senior forward Taylor Jones has picked up where she left off. Jones is 2-for-3 from the field and has made one of her two free throws. Her five points lead all scorers so far.

Despite committing three early turnovers, Missouri twice led by as many as four points in the opening minutes.

STARTING LINEUPS

MISSOURI

G Grace Slaughter
G Laniah Randle
G Averi Kroenke
G Ashton Judd
F Angelique Ngalakulondi

TEXAS

G Rori Harmon
G Shay Holle
G Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda
F Madison Booker
F Taylor Jones

Missouri center Tionna Herron to miss matchup against her former team

This matchup between the Tigers and Longhorns won’t become a reunion since Missouri center Tionna Herron has been ruled out with an undisclosed injury. Herron last played for the Tigers on Jan. 2. She is averaging 1.8 points, 1.4 rebounds and 5.4 minutes over her 12 games this season.

Following an open-heart surgery that led to her redshirting as a freshman at Kentucky, Herron spent the 2023-24 season with Texas. After playing just 39 minutes over 11 games, Herron elected to transfer.