For the Texas women’s basketball team, a busy week began with a win.
Kentucky
Texas vs. Kentucky basketball: Replay, highlights as Texas beats another ranked opponent
Justice Carlton scored 17 points to lead No. 4 Texas to a 64-53 win over No. 16 Kentucky at Moody Center. With the victory, Texas extended its home winning streak to 40 games.
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Texas (23-2, 8-2) has also beaten a ranked opponent in each of its last three games. The Longhorns are 9-2 against top-25 teams this season.
Carlton scored 12 of her points during Monday’s first quarter, and she later knocked down a big 3-pointer after Kentucky made things interesting in the final frame. Carlton has scored at least 16 points in two of her last three games, and she also had a 17-point game against Auburn last month.
In addition to Carlton’s contributions, Texas got 13 points from sophomore guard Jordan Lee. Texas junior Madison Booker was limited to a season-low eight points while shooting 1-for-6 from the field, but the All-American forward did tally five rebounds, four assists and two steals.
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Kentucky (18-7, 5-6) was led by Asia Boone’s 16 points while Clara Strack and Tonie Morgan respectively added 14 and 12 points. Kentucky trailed by as many as 14 points in Monday’s third quarter, but the Wildcats weren’t able to complete their rally after pulling within 49-48 with 6:23 left.
Up next for Texas is Thursday’s trip to see a fifth-ranked Vanderbilt team that has SEC Player of the Year candidate Mikayla Blakes and former UT guard Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda on its roster. The Longhorns will then play a road game at No. 22 Tennessee this upcoming Sunday.
Texas Longhorns guard Rori Harmon (3) and Kentucky Wildcats guard Asia Boone (8) dive for the ball as Texas takes on Kentucky at The Moody Center in Austin Monday, Feb. 9, 2026.
Texas vs. Kentucky: Live updates, highlights
4th (3:13): Texas 56, Kentucky 50
Texas sophomore forward Justice Carlton’s fifth 3-pointer of the season has extended the Texas lead back to six points. Carlton has scored 17 points tonight.
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4th (4:58): Texas 51, Kentucky 48
With two free throws, senior center Kyla Oldacre has given Texas a little bit of breathing room since its last timeout. Oldacre will also shoot two free throws after this media timeout.
Kentucky had a chance to tie the game, but Asia Boone’s 3-point attempt rimmed out with 5:13 left. Boone has made four of her six deep tries tonight.
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4th (6:14): Texas 49, Kentucky 48
A bad fourth-quarter stretch by reserve forward Ashton Judd has opened the door for a Kentucky rally. Judd made her first appearance of the night with 8:11 left in the game and subsequently missed two free throws, badly missed a 3-pointer and committed a turnover. With Judd and the rest of her Texas team struggling, Kentucky went on a 5-0 run and forced a UT timeout.
For those doing math at home, Kentucky trails by one points. The Wildcats are 8-for-15 from the free throw line.
End 3: Texas 48, Kentucky 41
Texas struggled offensively in the third quarter, but Kentucky wasn’t much better over the past 10 minutes. The Longhorns were held to 10 points in the third quarter while shooting 26.7% from the field and committing six turnovers. Meanwhile, Kentucky missed eight of its 12 shots in the third quarter and gave away the basketball on seven occasions.
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Justice Carlton leads Texas with her 14 points, but the sophomore forward has scored just once since the first quarter. Kentucky guard Asia Boone leads all scorers with her 16 points.
3rd (4:42): Texas 45, Kentucky 35
Despite having as many turnovers as made shots in the second half (three), Texas has maintained its 10-point lead over the visiting Wildcats. Texas has also forced four Kentucky turnovers in the second half, two of which were offensive fouls on UK guard Teonni Key that were drawn by UT counterparts Rori Harmon and Jordan Lee.
Halftime: Texas 38, Kentucky 28
Behind Justice Carlton’s 12 points and the 13 turnovers forced by its defense, Texas has built a 10-point lead at the halftime break. Texas scored the final 10 points of the first half.
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So far this season, Texas is 22-0 when it leads at halftime.
In addition to Carlton’s offensive efforts, Texas got eight points from Jordan Lee and six points from Madison Booker. Senior guard Rori Harmon ended the halftime with her first basket, which were scored on a highlight-reel play in which she broke down a UK defender and knocked down a jumper.
Asia Boone leads Kentucky with her 12 points. Boone has been responsible for four of Kentucky’s six 3-pointers.
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2nd (7:01): Kentucky 28, Texas 28
Kentucky guard Asia Boone has knocked down all three of the 3-pointers that she has attempted in the second quarter. Two of those 3-pointers were made in the past 30 seconds, and Texas coach Vic Schaefer was forced to take a timeout after the Liberty transfer knocked down an open try from behind the arch.
End 1: Texas 23, Kentucky 19
The first quarter belonged to the Longhorns’ sophomore class as Justice Carlton and Jordan Lee combined to score 17 points. The No. 9 and No. 12 prospects in the 2024 recruiting class, Lee and Carlton were respectively averaging 10.8 and 7.9 points per game in conference play. Lee opened Monday’s game with five quick points while Carlton scored 12.
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Carlton shot 6-for-7 from the field with her only miss being a 3-pointer, and the 6-foot-1 forward also recorded two steals and a block. Lee made two of her three attempts and a free throw.
Kentucky seized two short-lived leads in the first quarter. The Wildcats made three 3-pointers but also committed five turnovers.
1st (4:22): Texas 11, Kentucky 8
Justice Carlton scored eight of the Longhorns’ first 11 points, and Jordan Lee has also chipped in three early points. Madison Booker has been held without a shot so far, but UT’s leading scorer has assists on baskets scored by Carlton and Lee.
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Kentucky center Clara Strack is responsible for half of her team’s points.
Texas Longhorns starting lineup
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Kentucky Wildcats starting lineup
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Texas basketball vs Kentucky time, TV info
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Texas fans react to a play in the fourth quarter of the Longhorns’ game against the LSU Tigers at the Moody Center in Austin, Feb. 5, 2026. Texas won the game 77-64.
Texas hasn’t lost at Moody Center in a while
At stake for Texas on Monday night will be a 39-game home winning streak, which is tied with TCU for the longest active streak among Division I basketball teams. Texas last lost at home on Jan. 24, 2024 against rival Oklahoma. Since then, UT has pieced together a winning streak that includes 11 regular-season wins over ranked opponents and four victories in the NCAA tournament.
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Texas owns an overall record of 64-5 at Moody Center, which opened ahead of the 2022-23 season.
Before Moody Center opened, Texas called the Erwin Center its home for 45 seasons. The Longhorns’ longest winning streak in that venue was a 45-game run that spanned four seasons in the 1980s.
Texas Longhorns guard Rori Harmon (3) fakes out Louisiana State Tigers guard Milaysia Fulwiley (23) in the third quarter of the Longhorns’ game against the LSU Tigers at the Moody Center in Austin, Feb. 5, 2026.
Sara Diggins/Austin American-StatesmanTexas Longhorns basketball results
- Nov. 3: Texas 123, Incarnate Word 51
- Nov. 7: Texas 85, Richmond 56
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Nov. 10:
- Nov. 16: Texas 111, Texas Southern 45
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Nov. 19:
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Nov. 26:
- Nov. 27: Texas 66, South Carolina 64
- Nov. 30: Texas 81, Penn 63
- Dec. 4: Texas 79, North Carolina 64
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Dec. 7:
- Dec. 10: Texas 110, UTRGV 45
- Dec. 14: Texas 89, Baylor 54
- Dec. 17: Texas 96, Northwestern State 38
- Dec. 22: Texas 70, South Dakota State 51
- Dec. 28: Texas 120, Southeastern Louisiana 38
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Jan. 1:
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Jan. 8:
- Jan. 11: LSU 70, Texas 65
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Jan. 15:
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Jan. 29:
- Feb. 1: Texas 78, Oklahoma 70
- Feb. 5: Texas 77, LSU 64
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Kentucky
Born 35 Years Ago Today in Kentucky, the Grammy-Winning Wanderer Who Gave Voice to the Appalachian Working Class
On this day (June 21) in 1991, Timothy Tyler Childers was born in Lawrence County, Kentucky. Coal and country music reigned supreme in the region near the West Virginia border, with artists like Dwight Yoakum, Loretta Lynn, and Chris Stapleton all hailing from nearby. Today, as he celebrates his 35th birthday, Tyler Childers has earned his place among those names.
How Appalachia Made Tyler Childers
He was born with clubfoot, a congenital disorder that caused both of his feet to twist out of shape. It required surgery when Childers was just 18 months old, followed by a second procedure after he turned five.
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Once spending an entire year in the wheelchair, the “In Your Love” crooner had to relearn how to walk.
He needed regular checkups at Shriners Children’s hospital in Lexington until he turned 18, and spent much of his recovery time reading.
Much like Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, and Tom Waits before him, Childers fell under the spell of writer Jack Kerouac, and those influences are still palpable in his music today.
“Kerouac was my first real permission slip to be a spiritual wanderer and say it’s okay to do that, and that it doesn’t automatically mean you are on your way to the wailing and gnashing of teeth,” he told GQ last year.
Aside from reading, music was another escape. The Americana Music Award winner sang in church on Sundays, learned guitar from his grandfather, and began writing songs at age 13.
Graduating high school in 2009, Childers tried college before dropping out to work odd jobs and fund his music career.
The Winding Path to Stardom
Tyler Childers released his debut album, Bottles and Bibles, in 2011. However, commercial success was still nearly a decade away.
That came with his 2017 album Purgatory, produced by fellow Kentuckian Sturgill Simpson (who also played guitar and sang backing vocals). Purgatory debuted at number 17 on the Billboard country albums chart and earned a Platinum certification—all without the aid of country radio.
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Building off that momentum, Childers released Country Squire two years later, earning a Grammy nomination for the single “All Your’n”. Then came Long Violent History (2020); Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? (2022); Rustin’ in the Rain (2023); and Snipe Hunter (2025).
In 2023, he scored his first top 10 hit with “In Your Love”.
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There is an old saying that there is no such thing as a minor procedure when it happens to you. But that’s exactly what happened over the spring football season as top transfer Lance Heard had surgery on an undisclosed injury that was deemed “minor.”
While Kentucky did not release what exactly the big left tackle had surgery on, anytime you are down your starting left tackle over Spring is not ideal. The good news is Heard has plenty of SEC experience, starting at LSU before transferring to Tennessee.
The biggest thing for an offensive line is reps, but offensive coordinator Joe Sloan told KSR he was happy with what he was seeing.
“You’re starting to see them work really well together, and they have an opportunity to be a strength of our team.” If that comes to fruition, Kentucky will have a really good year. As for the fans, expect a different style this year in Kroger Field.
Kentucky’s offense will be different
Under Mark Stoops, the calling card became a physical offensive line, a punishing run scheme, and a ball control style. That offense will be very different this year, not because of a shift away from the run game, but because there will be a lot more chances taken.
Sometimes, that is a good thing, and other times it causes turnovers. Will Stein said he never called a play he didn’t think would score a touchdown. That aggressive style is what will define Stein’s time in Lexington. He chose a defensive coordinator known for dialing up the blitz. He has gone after nearly all the top recruits, and he isn’t backing down from saying he expects to be the best head coach in the country.
Will it work? I don’t know, but I do know it will look different than what Mark Stoops was putting out. But it all depends on the health of the key players Stein brought in, and that starts with a healthy offensive line.
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