AUSTIN, Texas — Sonya Morris scored 15 points, Taylor Jones had a double-double and No. 19 Texas beat Princeton 74-50 on Sunday.
Morris made 5 of 10 shots from the floor with two 3-pointers for Texas (3-3). Jones finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Rory Harmon had 11 points and Aaliyah Moore had 10.
The Longhorns won their second straight after a three-game losing streak. Texas fell 16 spots in the AP poll.
Kaitlyn Chen led Princeton (3-2) with 15 points. Julia Cunningham added 10 points. Ellie Mitchell leads the nation in rebounding with 16.2 rebounds per game. She was scoreless and had seven boards.
Moore scored nine points in the first quarter, making all four of her shots to help Texas take a 17-13 lead.
The Longhorns extended their lead to 29-20 at halftime. Texas shot 30% in the second quarter, but the Tigers made just 2 of 14 shots (14.3%).
Jones had 10 points, Harmon had nine and Texas made 8 of 15 shots in the third quarter to open a 50-35 lead.
Texas retired Annette Smith-Knight (1981-86) jersey before the game. Smith-Knight is the all-time leading scorer in Texas men’s and women’s basketball history with 2,523 points. In 1986, Smith-Knight led the Longhorns to an undefeated national championship season. In 2013, she was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
