Red Panda performing at the women's basketball game between the Texas Longhorns and Baylor Bears at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas

Red Panda performing at the women's basketball game between the Texas Longhorns and Baylor Bears at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas on February 6, 2022. (Photo: Ralph Arvesen)

Texas women's basketball team suffered its third-straight loss Sunday afternoon inside the Frank Erwin Center falling to No. 9/12 Baylor in the finale of a two-game weekend series with the Bears. With the loss, the Longhorns slip to 15-6 overall with a 5-5 mark in league competition. Baylor moves to 17-5, 7-3.

Trailing 10-8 after a back-and fourth first quarter, the Longhorns' offense started to click in the second quarter as they outscored the Bears 18-8 and took a 26-18 lead into the locker room at the half. Baylor clawed their way back in the third quarter and reclaimed the lead at the 4:23 mark on a Caitlin Bickle three-pointer.

Texas responded in the fourth and led by three, 50-47, at the 5:33 mark, but the Bears used a 16-5 run to close out the game and secure the win. Senior guard Joanne Allen-Taylor paced Texas offensively with a team-best 18 points on an efficient 8-of-10 performance from the field including a 2-of-2 mark on triple attempts.

Aliyah Matharu finished with 10 points and Audrey Warren led the way on the glass with 7 boards. Texas finished the game shooting 35.8 percent (19-of-53) from the field with a 30.8 percent (4-of-13) mark from three-point range and a 59.1 percent (13-of-22) mark at the free throw line.

Baylor held a 40-32 advantage on the glass in the game. Texas won the turnover battle committing 12 while forcing 14 on the other end. Baylor scored 19 points off of Texas turnovers and held a 24-14 advantage in points in the paint.

NaLyssa Smith led the Bears offensively finishing with 28 points on 11-of-18 shooting. She also led the team in rebounding with 13 boards to finish with a double-double. Ja'Mee Asberry tallied 13 points and Jordan Lewis added nine.

Texas is back in action on Wednesday, Feb. 9, as they travel to Lubbock to square off with Texas Tech. Tip is slated for 7 p.m. and will air nationally on ESPN+. (Source: UT Athletics)

Red Panda was born in Shanxi Province in China and began her training at the age of seven. She studied at the Taiyuan Art School for a total of seven years, where four years into her studies, the Taiyuan Acrobatic Troupe invited her to join. Later, she was recruited by Disney World and worked in Epcot Center for almost two years. Red Panda has been performing for 33 years and has done her act in over 30 countries around the world. She has won two Guinness World Records.