Let's forget the referees for a moment.
What four things did Texas have as play or strategies to take us out early in this game?
1 Focus on smothering Ryan with Holle. It took 60% of our offense away. Vic saw Ryan's limitations in speed, dribble orientation, and perimeter movements. Keeping her outside, covering passing lanes, is BB 101 and Texas has the size, speed and skill to shut Em's game down. Stymying Emily, and others, in to bad passes and ball-handling errors had a turnover ratio of 5 to 23.
2 Do their best to Keep Audi out of the kill zone and collapse double-, triple-teaming her had some success in the first half. Audi worked to keep the points in the paint somewhat close: 24 to TX's 26 for the game. Most by Audi in her tremendous 2nd half performance.
3 Cover any three-point attempts out of, especially, Belanger and others.
4 Covering Brown well, she was forced into errors and only had TWO points!
Texas's offense was actually held in check (64 points) with the exception that stopping most of Booker's offense was difficult. Rebounding overall was even but turnovers were key and made the results lop-sided.