AUSTIN, Texas | Ayana Emmanuel led all scorers with a game-high 21 points but the Alabama State women's basketball team fell short to the Texas Longhorn 107-54 on Sunday afternoon at the Moody Center.

THE BASICS 
Score: Texas - 107 | Alabama State - 54 
Records: Lady Hornets 1-7 | Longhorns 5-4 
Date: December 11, 2022 
Location: Austin, Texas | Moody Center 
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HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Samiya Steele scored Alabama State's first points but Texas held an eight-point advantage (10-2) with three minutes gone off the clock.
• Alabama State fell behind 34-13 heading into the second quarter. Ayanna Emmanuel finished the first frame with five points.
• Dakiyah Sanders knocked down a three-pointer to start the second quarter to cut the deficit to 34-16.
• Emmanuel scored eight of the Lady Hornets' 19 second-quarter points to send ASU into the intermission down by 21 (56-35).
• Jayla Crawford responded to a Texas score with a fastbreak layup on a steal from Cordasia Harris to cut the deficit back to 21 (58-37) just one minute into the third quarter.
• The Longhorns' lead grew to 34 points over the Lady Hornets headed into the final frame.
• Ayana Emmanuel finished with 21 points but the Lady Hornets fell to the Texas Longhorns 107-54.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 

• Alabama State finished shooting 38% from the field and 30% from behind the three-point line.
• Ayana Emmanuel led all scorers with 21 points on 6-of-18 shooting from the field and 1-of-4 from three. Emmanuel also logged four rebounds and three assists.
• Samiya Steele shot 50% from the field to finish with 11 points on the afternoon. 
• Ashley Gray tied with Emmanuel for a team-high in rebounds with four total. 
• Dakiyah Sanders finished with three assists. 

NEXT UP
Alabama State women's basketball returns to action on Wednesday (Dec. 14) as they head to Jacksonville, Alabama to take on cross-state foe Jacksonville State at 4:15 p.m. inside Pete Matthews Coliseum.