HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

Seven Lakes advances to the 6A state final, while The Woodlands is eliminated.

AUSTIN — Brooke McCarty and Jada Underwood scored 19 points apiece to lead No. 2 Texas to a 120-70 victory over UTSA on Friday night.

McCarty, a senior guard and Big 12 player of the year last season, shot 7-for-11 from the field, including 3-for-4 on 3-pointers, in an efficient 21 minutes. Underwood set career-bests in scoring and rebounding (nine), also in 21 minutes, for Texas (3-0). Ariel Atkins added 13 points on 6-for-8 shooting.

Crystal Chidomere led UTSA (1-3) with 19 points. Marie Benson scored 15 and led the Roadrunners with seven rebounds.

Texas guard Lashann Higgs left the game early in the third quarter after she was knocked to the ground by a UTSA player setting a screen, hitting her head on the court. After getting examined by medical personnel, Higgs was cleared to return but watched the rest of the game from the Longhorns’ bench.

HOUSTON 74 MILWAUKEE 59

Jasmyne Harris scored 22 points, Dorian Branch added a career-best 18, and the Cougars outscored the Panthers 31-10 in the fourth quarter to win in the consolation round of the Preseason WNIT at New Orleans.

Serithia Hawkins added 12 points for Houston (1-1).

CONNECTICUT 82 CALIFORNIA 47

Crystal Dangerfield, Kia Nurse and Napheesa Collier each scored 14 points to help the topranked Huskies rout the No. 20 Golden Bears in Storrs, Conn.

Connecticut trailed 4-3 early before scoring 23 of the next 25 points to take command of the game.

OKLAHOMA 87, SMU 75

Gabbi Ortiz scored 20 points, freshman Ana Llanusa hit two key 3-pointers down the stretch, and the No. 21 Sooners beat the Mustangs (1-2) in Norman, Okla.

SOUTH FLORIDA 98 ARKANSAS ST. 55

Kitija Laksa scored 13 of her 25 points in the first quarter, and the No. 22 Bulls rolled to a win over the Red Wolves in Tampa, Fla.

MULKEY TO MISS GAME

Baylor coach Kim Mulkey didn’t travel with the No. 3 Lady Bears for their game at No. 8 UCLA after her daughter lost her unborn girl.

Makenzie Fuller, a former Lady Bears player in her third season on her mother’s staff, had shared on social media last weekend that the baby was dealing with two lifethreatening birth defects.

When Fuller went to a doctor’s appointment Thursday, the baby had no heartbeat, said Jil Price, the athletics communications associate director for the team. Fuller, who was about 18 weeks pregnant, delivered the baby early Friday after labor was induced.

Associate head coach Bill Brock, who will coach the team Saturday, said Mulkey stayed home to be with her daughter and son-in-law, former Baylor football player Clay Fuller.