Jayda Clark, who totaled 15 points in her first two games for Texas, exploded for 24 on Wednesday as the sixth-ranked Longhorns trounced South Dakota State 93-63 in Austin, Texas.
Clark, who spent the past two seasons playing in the WNBL in her native Australia, hit 10 of 15 shots from the floor and added five rebounds.
Texas (3-0) also got 14 points from Zya Vann and 11 from Bryanna Preston. Breya Cunningham contributed 10 points and six rebounds. The Longhorns turned 21 Jackrabbits turnovers into 28 points.
Katie Vasecka and Claire Sheppard each scored 12 points for South Dakota State (1-2), and Audrey Shindelar added 10. The Jackrabbits finished with a 31-30 rebound advantage, led by eight boards from Brooklyn Meyer.
No. 8 Vanderbilt 101, Western Kentucky 59
The Commodores reached triple-digit scoring for the fourth straight game to start the season as they blitzed the Lady Toppers in Nashville.
Mia Woolfolk hit 12 of 14 shots from the floor and put up a season-high 27 points for Vanderbilt (4-0). The Commodores’ other starters also all reached double figures, with Aubrey Galvan scoring 19, Olivia Jones 14, Mikayla Blakes 12 and Vernell Atamah 10.
Hayven Smith produced 15 points for Western Kentucky (2-1), which trailed 31-18 after one quarter and 57-25 at halftime. A 22-4 Vanderbilt run to start the second quarter turned the game into a blowout.
–Field Level Media
