AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Madison Booker had 22 points, 12 rebounds and six steals, and No. 4 Texas beat No. 24 Richmond 85-56 on Friday night.
Texas (2-0) has won 26 straight home games.
Richmond (1-1) has lost 24 straight games to teams ranked in the AP Top 25, dating back to February 2006.
Jordan Lee scored 16 points for Texas, and freshman Aliyah Crump scored 14 points. Brianna Preston had nine points and three steals, and Rory Harmon had six assists.
The Longhorns shot 54.7% from the field, better than their shooting from the free throw line (45.8%), and made 15 steals.
Texas, which led by 11 points in the first half, pulled away, beating Richmond 31-19 in the third quarter. The Longhorns converted 13 of 17 shots from the field in the period. Crump scored 10 points.
Maggie Duggan, the Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Year last season, led Richmond with 22 points and seven rebounds but committed seven of Richmond’s 24 turnovers, which the Longhorns turned into 26 points.
Richmond lost starting guard Alicia Newell midway through the first quarter. She suffered a broken nose and a concussion, according to a team spokesman, because of a foul by Crump. Officials reviewed the play but did not raise the foul to blatant level.
Newell had six takeaways, two steals and scored two quick baskets before the injury.
A few minutes later, Texas began a 14-0 run as Richmond went scoreless for seven minutes in both periods.
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Richmond is at William & Mary on Wednesday, and Texas hosts Louisiana-Lafayette on Monday.