Madison Booker Scores 30 and Moves to Third on Texas' All-Time Scoring List in a 91-29 Rout of Northern Colorado
Booker's 30 points on 10-of-14 shooting carried her to 2,023 for her career — past Clarissa Davis and into third place in program history — as No. 6 Texas smothered Northern Colorado 23-6 in the first quarter and never looked back.
AUSTIN — Madison Booker needed one Saturday night in November to pass a name that had stood in the Texas record book for nearly four decades. The junior scored 30 points as the sixth-ranked Longhorns crushed Northern Colorado 91-29 in Austin, climbing into third place on the program's all-time scoring list, Field Level Media reported.
Booker ended the night with 2,023 career points — 15 more than Clarissa Davis recorded from 1985 to 1989. Ahead of her now stand only two names: Annette Smith, the program standard at 2,523 points from 1981 to 1986, and Linda Waggoner, who scored 2,256 from 1976 to 1980. Booker reached the mark efficiently, sinking 10 of 14 shots from the floor and adding a game-high six assists in a game that was decided almost before it started.
Texas (2-0) outscored the Bears 23-6 in the first quarter and 26-3 in the second, a 49-9 halftime margin built on the defensive pressure that has defined the Longhorns' opening week. Addison Bjorn put up 13 points, Brihanna Crittendon contributed 11, and Breya Cunningham registered 10 points and a game-high six rebounds. Northern Colorado's offense never found a foothold: Mia Galbraith topped the Bears with seven points and Neenah George added six.
The milestone lands early in a season carrying Final Four expectations, and it arrives with most of the schedule still in front of her: at her current pace, Booker will spend the winter closing on Waggoner's second place, with Smith's 44-year-old record the longer chase. For one night, though, the number that mattered in the Moody Center was simpler — 30 points, a 62-point win, and a record book rewritten in the season's second game.
