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UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Through the first five minutes Sunday, 15th-ranked Texas owned No. 2 Connecticut.Looking for their first win against a ranked opponent in four attempts this season, the scrappy and athletic Longhorns overwhelmed and outplayed the Huskies on both sides of the ball. Texas used its size for early success in the frontcourt, freshman forward Joyner Holmes and senior center Kelsey Lang combining for 10 points.By the end of the period, Texas held a two-point lead, had grabbed nearly three times as many rebounds as UConn and scored more than twice as many points in the paint. Katie Lou Samuelson, UConns leading scorer, and junior guard Kia Nurse were both scoreless.And thats when UConn coach Geno Auriemma delivered what he described as his best 30-second timeout speech -- one he says he saves for special occasions in an attempt to awaken his team from an uncharacteristic start.When they came over I said, Guys, just take a deep breath, this game is over. They just kicked our [butts] for five minutes and this is going to keep happening for the next 35 minutes, so dont worry about it, Auriemma said. The first five minutes it was all them, it was all Texas.Auriemmas sermon worked. Nurse scored UConns first seven points of the second period and teamed with sophomore Napheesha Collier, who finished with a game-high 24 points, to help the Huskies stave off the Longhorns 72-54.We took it upon ourselves to fight back, said Nurse, who finished with 15 points three days after a career-high 33 against DePaul. We had to get every board we could, every loose ball we could. Offensively we had to read what they were giving us [and] execute.Texas led 17-15 after the opening 10 minutes, outscoring UConn 10-4 in the paint and outrebounding the Huskies 14-5. Samuelson was whistled for two fouls in the opening 5:15 and played just six minutes with no points in the first half.But balance helped the Huskies beat the Longhorns. They got timely contributions from freshman guard Crystal Dangerfield (six points) and junior forward Gabby Williams (11 points, six assists and four steals). Junior center Natalie Butler might have made the most crucial contribution, however.Auriemma subbed in Butler to counteract the Longhorns size advantage inside and clog the lane against Texas perimeter players, a move Texas coach Karen Aston labeled as a key to the shift of momentum. Butlers presence in the paint allowed for players like Collier and Williams to play defense out on the perimeter. The adjustment rattled the Texas offense, which Aston said became stagnant. Texas finished the game with 25 turnovers, 13 belonging to Holmes and Lang collectively.We needed Nat in the lane, we needed a presence in the lane, Auriemma said. I thought she did a great job, she played some really solid basketball for us.Samuelson eventually found her rhythm after the break, rallying for 12 points in 19 minutes of second-half play.When teams try to take me out I just have to keep moving on the floor, Samuelson said.The Longhorns -- who dropped to 2-4 on the season, with all four losses suffered against Top 25 opponents -- got an impressive showing from junior guard Brooke McCarty, who scored a team-high 15 points. But Aston said an inability to adjust to UConns frontcourt switch, as well as not having an answer for Collier, cost Texas the game. UConn is 8-0 all-time in the series.I thought they competed better, competed a little longer than we did on possession and were just a little tougher than we were, Aston said. Weve got to fix ourselves in several areas in the next few weeks.Now the Huskies, who have won 82 consecutive games, turn their focus to Wednesdays game at Notre Dame, arguably the biggest womens college basketball game of the regular season. Auriemma says the teams identity has changed, but when the team needs someone to step up, the Huskies have delivered.We dont appear to be the kind of team that just goes in there and imposes their will on the other team like we have been doing the last couple of years, Auriemma said. Its a little bit frustrating sometimes from a coaching standpoint, but we seem to find someone each game that kind of gets it going for us. Today it was Pheesa and Kia. Robert Franks Jersey . Takahashi, who had a 10-point lead after the short program, received 268.31 points after the free skate to finish 15 points ahead of second-place Nobunari Oda. 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Gianni Infantino was voted in as new FIFA president on Friday but last week also saw a raft of new measures brought in including a requirement for each continental confederation to have at least one female member.Bareman, who is deputy secretary general of the Oceanic Football Confederation, told Sky Sports News HQ: Its huge for womens football and for womens representation within the administration of football. Its a very, very important step in the reform process for FIFA and for women particularly I think it is a huge step.Calls for stronger female representation at the administration level of the game have grown louder after a year of scandal for world footballs governing body. Gianni Infantino won last weeks FIFA presidential election Six of the 207 federations voting in last weeks presidential election sent women to cast their votes but Bareman was the only woman who was part of the 13-strong panel responsible for drafting FIFA reforms.Its uniqque being the only woman in the room and with women comes a different sort of a mindset, she said.ddddddddddddIts been proven in many academic studies that more diversity in a decision-making body leads to better decisions so I am looking forward to having more women alongside me. Annie Zaidi won the 2015 Helen Rollason Award for Inspiration Annie Zaidi was a guest on Tuesdays Sportswomen show on Sky Sports News HQ and the Midlands-based football coach - winner of the Helen Rollason Award for Inspiration at the 2015 Sunday Times and Sky Sports Sportswomen of the Year Awards - hopes women are being given decision-making powers for the right reasons.She said: I think we could do with more women. Why six? 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