TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 24/23 Alabama women’s basketball team concluded the 2025-26 regular season Sunday, falling to No. 4/4 Texas, 72-65, inside Coleman Coliseum. The Crimson Tide (21-9, 7-9 SEC) outscored the Longhorns 45-42 in the second half, but UA was unable to overcome Texas as they claimed a seven-point win.

Jessica Timmons posted her 25th double-figure game after scoring a team-high 24 points, which included shooting 6-of-11 (55 percent) from the field and 10-of-10 (100 percent) from the free throw line. Essence Cody finished with 16 points to round out the top scorers for Alabama. 

Karly Weathers and Ta’Mia Scott grabbed six rebounds apiece to lead the team defensively. 

Texas (28-3, 13-3 SEC) was paced by Madison Booker who collected 21 points while tying a team-high nine rebounds. 

“I thought we had a good crowd come out today. I thought for the most part we’ve really seen growth in our attendance. I appreciate our fan base first and foremost.

Credit to Texas. I thought we were able to make a few more stops. I thought we gave them a couple offensive rebounds late, missed a couple free throws, missed a couple wide open layups. Throughout the course of the game, you just had a very small margin for error. We just weren’t able to do it down the stretch and get enough stops and find enough makes but very proud of the opportunity today. 

We’ve played four top-10 teams for the last five games. So, I think you have to have perspective, and you have to take these experiences into the SEC Tournament, NCAA Tournament and grow from them. So, we’ll continue to stay positive and have perspective and know that we have a lot of basketball to play. I think that with our senior class today, they’re not done. So that’s really special to be a senior and not be done after the SEC Tournament.” 

Game Notes

• Ta’Mia Scott surpassed 100 rebounds on the season while she made her 100th career start on senior day
• Jessica Timmons also played in her 100th career game on Sunday 
• With 16 points, Essence Cody recorded her 13th game scoring in double digits and first game doing so since Feb. 8 
• The Alabama reserves scored 16 points off the bench as Waiata Jennings paced the group with eight points 
• The Crimson Tide and Longhorns both scored 34 points in the paint 
• UA concluded the season with its best home record since the 2017-18 season as the Tide finished 16-4 in Coleman Coliseum 
• Alabama shot 22-of-46 (48 percent) from the floor, 4-of-13 (31 percent) from deep and 17-of-22 (77 percent) from the free throw line
• In comparison, Texas shot 27-of-63 (43 percent) from the floor, 4-of-10 (40 percent) from deep and 14-of-18 (78 percent) from the charity stripe

How it Happened

• Texas opened the game with an 11-4 run despite two-point contributions by Jessica Timmons and Essence Cody
• A Joy Egbuna‘s layup flipped the game for the Tide, starting what would be a 7-0 run to eventually tie the game before ending the stanza down two, 13-11
• The Longhorns outscored the Crimson Tide in the second frame, widening the deficit to nine by the end of the quarter (29-20)
• Texas started the second half with an 8-0 run in the opening two minutes, which was halted by a layup and three pointer from Waiata Jennings 
• The Tide kept up with Texas for the remainder of the half, but failed to cut into the lead and ended the third trailing 49-37
• Cody made two free throws to cut the deficit to 10 early in the fourth quarter
• Tamia Scott followed with a steal before passing to Jennings for a layup
• The Tide would hold Texas to just one point through the opening three minutes of the fourth, but the Longhorns would record the victory with a 72-65 score

Up Next

• Alabama will await its official seeding for the 2026 SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament
• The tournament is set to begin on Wednesday, March 4 in Greenville, S.C.