Replay: Texas Longhorns end Big 12 run by winning the conference tournament's championship

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Later tonight at the T-Mobile Center, the Big 12 will close out its women's basketball tournament and crown a champion.

Will that champion be Texas, the tournament's second seed that has won 11 of its last 12 games? Or fourth-seeded Iowa State, which beat ranked Baylor and Oklahoma teams in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds?

Current Texas starters Shay Holle and Aaliyah Moore and DeYona Gaston, who won the conference's Sixth Player Award this season, were key members of a UT team that won the championship at the 2022 Big 12 Tournament. Iowa State seniors Emily Ryan and Nyamer Diew helped lead the Cyclones past Texas in last year's conference championship content.

Overall, Texas (29-4) is looking to claim its third Big 12 Tournament title. Iowa State (20-10) also won this event in 2000 and 2001.

This championship clash between Texas and Iowa State is set to tip off at 8 p.m. It will be televised on ESPN2. Follow along for live updates from Kansas City.

Final: Texas 70, Iowa State 53

Texas has won the 2024 Big 12 Tournament. This is the third tournament title for Texas, which is leaving for the Southeastern Conference next season. Texas also won in 2003 and 2022.

Madison Booker led Texas with her 26 points, six rebounds and five assists.

Texas (30-4) will now wait until Sunday to find out where it is seeded in the NCAA Tournament.

4th (2:48): Texas 64, Iowa State 47

Texas center Taylor Jones has checked back into the basketball game. Jones suffered an apparent ankle injury early in the quarter.

4th (3:57): Texas 64, Iowa State 47

Texas is less than four minutes away from winning its third Big 12 Tournament title. Madison Booker leads Texas with her 24 points. The Longhorns have made seven 3-pointers, which matches the team's best total from the 20 games it played against Big 12 opponents ahead of tonight.

4th (7:54): Texas 59, Iowa State 39

Texas is closing in on its third championship at the Big 12 Tournament, but there is one thing for the Longhorns to be concerned with. Center Taylor Jones just limped off the court with an apparent injury to her right ankle. She is currently being tended to on the Texas bench.

Jones has six points, three rebounds and three blocks tonight.

End 3: Texas 51, Iowa State 37

Texas freshman Madison Booker enters the final quarter of the Big 12 Championship Game with 20 points after she beat the third quarter's buzzer with a jumper. That shot closed out a 10-minute session in which Texas was outscored by Iowa State by a 16-11 margin.

3rd (4:32): Texas 47, Iowa State 32

This season, the Big 12's top two freshmen were Madison Booker and Audi Crooks. The unanimous honorees on the Big 12's all-conference team have traded highlights to start this second half as Crooks has scored six points for Iowa State and Booker has knocked down two shots for Texas.

But don't forget about the veterans. A crowd at the T-Mobile Center that is largely rooting for Iowa State erupted when Cyclone senior Emily Ryan pulled her team within 15 points on a 3-pointer with 4:47 left in the third quarter.

Halftime: Texas 40, Iowa State 21

After holding Iowa State scoreless over the first 5 1/2 minutes of the second half, Texas expanded its lead at the T-Mobile Center by outscoring the Cyclones by a 21-11 margin in the second session. Texas led by as many as 22 points in the quarter.

Madison Booker currently leads all scorers with her 14 points, and the freshman guard has knocked down two of UT's five 3-pointers. This marks just the second time in UT's last 15 games that Texas has made five deep shots.

Hannah Belanger and Audi Crooks have each scored six points for Iowa State.

2nd (7:43): Texas 25, Iowa State 10

Texas has opened the second quarter on a 6-0 run, and Iowa State was forced to call a timeout after a DeYona Gaston jumper. The top highlight of the second quarter so far was recorded by UT senior Shaylee Gonzales, who stepped in front of a pass by Iowa State's Hannah Belanger, intercepted it and raced down the basketball court for a contested lay-up. Texas has scored nine points off of Iowa State's seven turnovers.

End 1st: Texas 19, Iowa State 10

Behind the play of Madison Booker, Texas has grabbed an early lead at the T-Mobile Center. Over the first 10 minutes, Booker scored 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting and grabbed three rebounds. The freshman point guard also did not commit a turnover.

Meanwhile, Iowa State was forced into four turnovers and a 4-for-13 shooting performance in the first quarter. Hannah Belanger has six of the Cyclones' points.

1st (2:36): Texas 14, Iowa State 10

Nine early points and a 4-for-5 shooting performance from Madison Booker has lifted Texas to a lead at the first media timeout. Hannah Belanger has countered with two 3-pointers for Iowa State.

Both teams have dealt with some early jitters in the opening minutes. Iowa State has committed four turnovers while Texas has given away the basketball twice.

Starting lineups, officials announced for Big 12 Championship Game

Texas won’t shake up its starting lineup tonight. The Longhorns are rolling guards Shaylee Gonzales, Shay Holle and Shay Holle out for the opening tip as well as forwards Aaliyah Moore and Taylor Jones. Texas is 10-2 with this starting lineup.

Iowa State will counter with Arianna Jackson, Emily Ryan, Hannah Belanger, Addy Brown and Audi Crooks. Ryan and Belanger are seniors while the Cyclones’ other three starters are freshmen.

The announced officials for this game are Gina Cross, Dee Kantner and Felicia Grinter.

How did Texas and Iowa State reach the Big 12 finale?

How did Texas reach the Big 12 Championship Game?

• Big 12 quarterfinals: Texas 76, Kansas 60

• Big 12 semifinals: Texas 71, Kansas State 64

How did Iowa State reach the Big 12 Championship Game?

• Big 12 quarterfinals: Iowa State 67, Baylor 62

• Big 12 semifinals: Iowa State 85, Oklahoma 68

Can Texas close out another Big 12 postseason with a title?

So far this school year, the Big 12 farewell tour has gone well for Texas. The Longhorns were the victors at the Big 12 Championship Game in football, and UT had its soccer team claim the championship at that sport's Big 12 Tournament. The Big 12 doesn't not host a postseason volleyball tournament, but Texas cruised to that regular-season title. Texas was also the team atop the podium at the championship meets that the Big 12 has held in recent months for men's swimming and diving, women's swimming and diving and women's indoor track and field.

With a win tonight, the women's basketball team will add another Big 12 championship to its trophy case.

A founding member of the Big 12, Texas will officially leave for the Southeastern Conference this summer.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Replay: Texas, Iowa State battle for Big 12 Tournament title