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Women's Basketball Gameday: at No. 3/3 Tennessee [Dec. 8]
12.06.2013 | Women's Basketball
Longhorns and Lady Vols meet for the 35th time on Sunday (12 p.m CT, FOX Sports South).
Game 9: Texas at No. 3/3 Tennessee
Sunday, Dec. 8 • 12 p.m. Central
Knoxville, Tenn. • Thompson-Boling Arena / The Summitt (21,678)
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FOX Sports South FOX Sports Tennessee |
AM 1300 / TexasSports.com | UTSports.com | Twitter / Instagram | UTSports.com |
Texas Tennessee |
NOTES AT A GLANCE
• Long-time rivals Texas and Tennessee meet for the 35th time on Sunday in Knoxville, Tenn. (12 p.m. CT, FOX Sports South). Tennessee leads the all-time series with Texas, 22-12. The Lady Vols have won the last four games in the series, including a 94-75 decision on Dec. 16, 2012 in Austin last season.
• Senior guard Chassidy Fussell was born and raised in Troy, Tenn., and was named the 2010 Tennessee Class AA Miss Basketball. Kathy Harston, Texas' Senior Associate Athletics Director for Sports Programs, served as Tennessee's Director of Basketball Operations from 2008-12. Texas' Jody Conradt and Tennessee's Pat Summitt are both Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees and were the first two coaches to record 900 victories in Women's College Basketball.
• Freshman center Kelsey Lang has started the last three games for the Longhorns, averaging 11.3 points on 65.4 percent shooting during that three-game span.
• Junior forward Nneka Enemkpali ranks tied for second in the Big 12 in rebounding (8.4 rpg) and leads Texas in scoring (13.0 ppg). Enemkpali has two double-doubles and two games with over 20 points.
• Texas held UALR to 26 points, including 10 first-half points, in a 34-point victory (60-26) on Wednesday in Austin. It is the second consecutive game UT held its opponent to 10 points in the first half, also limiting Memphis to 10 first-half points on Nov. 30 in the Paradise Jam.
• UALR's 26 total points marked the 15th game in Texas history that UT held its opponent to 30 points or less and the lowest since defeating Southern, 72-23, on Nov. 30, 2006.
• The Longhorns lead the Big 12 in field goal percentage defense (.287), rank second in scoring defense (49.5 ppg), fourth in scoring margin (+17.9 ppg) and third in rebounding margin (+14.4 rpg).
• UT has held seven of its eight opponents to under 40 percent shooting, including four under 30 percent shooting.
• Texas has out-rebounded all eight of its opponents by an average of 46.9-to-32.5 per game. The also lead their opponents in average points in the paint, 30.3-to-13.5.
