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AUSTIN, Texas -- Freshman Joyner Holmes arrived at Texas with a big reputation. Allen Iverson Jersey . After a slow start on Wednesday, Holmes showed why.The forward scored 20 of her 22 points during the final three quarters to lead No. 8 Texas past Houston Baptist 98-46.Among the top recruits in the country, the 6-foot-3 Holmes went 8 of 17 from the field with nine rebounds and three blocks in 22 minutes.Holmes could have scored more, but she missed several shots early from close range.Im going get in the gym and start making layups, said Holmes, of Cedar Hill, Texas.Brooke McCarty had 16 points and Ariel Atkins and Jada Underwood each scored 11 for Texas (1-1).Lauren Calver led Houston Baptist (0-2) with 11 points, followed by Amanda Johnson with 10.Texas led 19-3 and forced five turnovers in the first four minutes. The Huskies finished the first quarter with eight turnovers -- which Texas turned into 16 points -- but trailed by only 11 after making four 3-pointers.Texas led 57-21 at halftime. Houston Baptist finished with 25 turnovers.Texas encountered a reality check on Monday night on national television, losing 71-59 at No. 11 Stanford. Holmes finished with just three points and three rebounds in 17 minutes against the Cardinal, and other Texas players struggled as well.Holmes is among four new Longhorns who played in the first two games.We do have some things we have to dramatically improve on, Texas coach Karen Aston said. You cant discount jitters in the way we played at Stanford. Some of them need to pay more attention in practice, and they need to pay more attention to detail. Some of them had a little of that `this is my first game look.BIG PICTUREHouston Baptist: Coach Donna Finnie has a young team with five freshmen and four sophomores. Theyve already faced top-10 teams in their first two games -- the Huskies lost by 75 points at No. 2 Baylor on Friday. Houston Baptist will move back to its own weight class for most of the remaining non-conference season and in the Southland Conference.People must think were crazy, Finnie said of her tough schedule. I want to test the team early on.Texas: After reaching the NCAA Sweet 16 and Elite 8 the past two seasons, the Longhorns goal is the Final Four in Dallas. The next real test comes Sunday at No. 10 Mississippi State. ... McCarty, a junior, has shifted from shooting guard to point guard after the graduation of Celina Rodrigo. McCarty is averaging 18 points through two games and has converted 6 of 10 3-pointers.MAKE SOME NOISEThe Houston Baptist game was an opportunity for Texas to gain young fans with its annual weekday game. Free tickets were provided to about 5,000 kids from more than 40 elementary schools. Total announced attendance was 6,378.Its always a lot of fun to play this game, Aston said. When you walk out there and you hear those screaming kids, its really exciting. Its community involvement and that is something our players and our program take seriously. Hoping we can get them interested in womens basketball in particular and basketball is a great thing.UP NEXTHouston Baptist: The Huskies host Rice on Saturday.Texas: The Longhorns travel to No. 10 Mississippi State on Sunday. Will Barton Nuggets Jersey . -- Team after team passed on Andre Ellington in the draft. Carmelo Anthony Jersey . It was hard for Luck to pull off another comeback, or even get into the end zone, while standing on the sideline. Rivers threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to rookie Keenan Allen and Nick Novak kicked four field goals to give the Chargers a 19-9 victory against the Colts on Monday night. http://www.nuggetsprostore.com/kids-michael-porter-nuggets-jersey/ . One game after a miserable showing in Oklahoma City, Gay tied a career high with 41 points and the Sacramento Kings cruised to a 114-97 victory at the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Andy Greene felt the pressure before taking his first penalty shot in the NHL.I was just trying not to embarrass myself, Greene said. I didnt want to become the next YouTube sensation.Instead, Greene became the first Devils player to convert a penalty shot in overtime, scoring 29 seconds into the extra period to lead New Jersey in a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.Greene earned his penalty shot when he was held from behind by Buffalos Evander Kane on a breakaway up the left side.I was hoping they would let someone else take it on the ice, the Devils captain joked afterward.Greene, who has never participated in an NHL shootout, is the first Devils defenseman to score on a penalty shot since Scott Niedermyer in 1998. Greene made a move to his left and slipped a forehand between the pads of Sabres goaltender Anders Nilsson. Greenes only other goal this season came on an empty net.The Devils got both their goals from defenseman as Yohann Auvitu scored his first NHL goal to tie the game in the third period. Keith Kinkaid made 25 saves to help the Devils win their third straight.Matt Moulson scored for Buffalo and Anders Nilsson made a season-high 41 saves. The Sabres have lost three straight and are 0-4 in overtime games this season.Both teams played their backup goaltenders in the opener of a back-to-back home-and-home series.The Devils won despite going 0 for 6 on the power play. Buffalo killed a four-minute high-sticking penalty on Kane in the third period and a 5-on-3 disadvantage spanning 1:25 of the second period.The power play is just one part of the game, Devils coach John Hynes said. It was good to see the players who were on the power play, it didnt affect the rest of their game and thats why we were able to find a way to do it in a different way.Auvitu scored the tying goal 3:13 into the third period. Taylor Hall and Travis Zajac cycled the puck to the the French rookie defenseman at the point and his long shot went in off the cuff of Nilssonns glove. Custom Denver Nuggets Jerseys. The goal ended the second-longest shutout streak of Nilssons career at 119:46.Its obviously a save I would like to make, Nilsson said.Nilsson made 17 of his saves in the third period.For his work, youd like him to get the W, Sabres coach Dan Bylsma said.Moulson scored on a power play to give Buffalo the lead 10:34 into the game. Kinkaid stopped Kyle Okposos shot from the left slot but the rebound bounced to Moulson on the other end of the net and he fired the puck into the top right corner. Moulson has five power-play goals this season, tying him for second in the NHL.Top-line center Ryan OReilly returned for the Sabres after missing one game with a mid-body and recorded his 200th NHL assist on Moulsons goal. But OReilly aggravated the injury on a face-off late in the third period and did not return.Well see where hes at for tomorrow, Bylsma said. I dont see it lingering.Game notes Devils F Mike Cammalleri missed the game for personal reasons and his status for Saturday nights game is uncertain, Hynes said. ... Sabres D Dmitry Kulikov missed the game with an undisclosed injury. Star C Jack Eichel has yet to play this season due a high-ankle sprain but is nearing a return, Bylsma said. F Tyler Ennis is also out indefinitely with a groin injury ... Buffalo recalled F Justin Falk from the minors on Friday. ... Former Sabres G Dominik Hasek attended the game wearing his Hall of Fame jacket. He received a standing ovation from the crowd when shown on the video scoreboard during the second period. . The Sabres observed Veterans Day by wearing camouflage jerseys during warm-ups and holding a moment of silence before the game for U.S. Army Capt. Andrew Byers, who was killed last week in Afghanistan.UP NEXTDevils G Cory Schneider and Sabres G Robin Lehner are expected to start when the teams meet again Saturday night at Prudential Center. ' ' '