{
  "id": 18259195,
  "title": "Texas women beat Fairleigh Dickinson to open season, but clearly are a work in progress",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/texas-women-beat-fairleigh-dickinson-to-open-season-but-clearly-are-a",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-05T05:56:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/texas-women-beat-fairleigh-dickinson-055607366.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Texas women's basketball team made a strong start to the season with an 85-65 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson, despite the departure of several key players. Madison Booker, the team's go-to scorer, led the way with 24 points, seven rebounds, five assists, and five steals. The Longhorns struggled defensively, allowing Fairleigh Dickinson to hit 20 three-pointers, which frustrated head coach Vic Schaefer. With five freshmen and three McDonald's All-Americans, the team showed promise but still had much to learn, as Schaefer acknowledged the need to improve rapidly.",
  "summary": "Five of Texas' seven best players from a Women's Final Four team departed, so this year's Longhorns have room to grow. But Vic Schaefer is confident they'll get there.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}