Hook ’em early: Longhorns take the first punch
By Ira Gorawara
April 4, 2025 4:24 p.m.
Wow, well, we’re over five minutes into this first game and it’s all Longhorns.
Madison Booker – a candidate alongside UCLA’s own Lauren Betts for Player of the Year – is on the brakes both offensively and defensively. She’s running the show for her unit, and has everyone following right behind.
The dynasty that is Dawn Staley’s team is struggling out the gates. Not much offense going, with just four points on the board.
Hook ’em early, as a Longhorn might say.
Gorawara is Sports senior staff and Copy staff. She was previously the 2024-2025 Sports editor on the football, men’s basketball and NIL beats, an assistant Sports editor on the men’s volleyball, men’s tennis, women’s volleyball and rowing beats and a contributor on the men’s volleyball and rowing beats. She is a fourth-year economics and communication student minoring in professional writing from Hong Kong.
Gorawara is Sports senior staff and Copy staff. She was previously the 2024-2025 Sports editor on the football, men’s basketball and NIL beats, an assistant Sports editor on the men’s volleyball, men’s tennis, women’s volleyball and rowing beats and a contributor on the men’s volleyball and rowing beats. She is a fourth-year economics and communication student minoring in professional writing from Hong Kong.
