by AUSTIN, Texas — No. 6 Texas beat Baylor 85-64 in an exhibition Thursday night at Moody Center, with junior guard Zya Vann leading the charge.
Vann scored a team-high 18 points, shooting 6-for-8 from the field and a perfect 6-for-6 from three-point range, and added three rebounds. She was 5-for-5 from behind the arc in the first half alone. Texas led 50-29 at halftime, shooting 75 percent from three in the half, and never let Baylor back in it.
The Longhorns won points off turnovers 38-20, bench points 23-15, and steals 14-7. Breya Cunningham and Madison Booker added 12 points each, and Addison Bjorn had 11 points with five steals.
Baylor’s Trinity Turner led all scorers with 20. Baylor stepped in as the exhibition opponent after Eastern New Mexico dropped out earlier in the week.
Texas opens the regular season against FDU on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m. CT at Moody Center.
