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No. 6/9 Women's Basketball preview: UT-Pan American [Nov. 26]
11.25.2014 | Women's Basketball
Longhorns begin six-game home stand on Wednesday against UTPA (7 p.m. Central, Longhorn Network).
Game 4: #6 TEXAS (3-0) vs. UT-Pan American (4-2)
Date/Time: Wednesday, Nov. 26 | 7 p.m. Central
Site: Austin, Texas | Frank Erwin Center (16,540)
TV: Longhorn Network - Fran Harris, Nell Fortner, Tyler Denning
Radio: KVET 1300 or TexasSports.com - Craig Way, Kathy Harston
Live Stats: TexasSports.com
Tickets: TexasSports.com/tickets or 512-471-3333
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Notes at a Glance
• No. 6/9 Texas (3-0) faces UT-Pan American (4-2) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Central in Austin. The game will be televised nationally on Longhorn Network and broadcast on the Longhorn IMG Radio Network (KVET AM 1300). Both teams have won three consecutive games entering Wednesday's game. UTPA narrowly lost by two to then-No. 5 Texas A&M, 63-61, on Nov. 16 in Chicago.
• Series info: Texas leads the all-time series with UTPA, 5-0. The average margin of victory for the Longhorns against UTPA is +48.4 points, while holding the Broncos to 44.0 points per game.
• NCAA Team of the Week: NCAA.com named the Longhorns as the Women's Basketball Team of the Week after starting the season 3-0, including an 87-81 overtime victory at No. 6/1 Stanford (Nov. 20). Texas' win at Stanford broke a 28-game home winning streak for the Cardinal at Maples Pavilion and came days after Stanford was voted No. 1 in the USA TODAY Coaches' poll.
• Texas sweeps Big 12 weekly honors: Senior forward Nneka Enemkpali was named Big 12 Player of the Week and freshman guard Ariel Atkins was named Big 12 Freshman of the Week on Monday. Enemkpali averaged 14.0 points on 58 percent shooting and 8.5 rebounds in Texas' wins at No. 6/1 Stanford and UCLA. Atkins averaged 15 points and 3.5 rebounds last week, including 16 points in UT's overtime victory at Stanford.
• Orange paint: Texas is out-scoring its opponents 100-58 in the paint through three games. The Longhorns have an average scoring margin in the paint of +14.0 points.
• Dominating the boards: Texas features a rebounding margin of +12.3 through three games. On Sunday, Texas out-rebounded UCLA 50-to-34 with 20 second-chance points.
• Atkins at the line: Freshman guard Ariel Atkins made the first 14 free throws of her collegiate career. The Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year has started all three games, averaging 12.0 points per game.
• Efficient shooters: Posts Nneka Enemkpali (12.0 ppg; 60.0 FG%) and Kelsey Lang (12.7 ppg; 54.5 FG%) lead the Longhorns in both scoring and shooting accuracy.
• McCarty's break-out performance:
• McCarty's breakout performance: Freshman guard Brooke McCarty came off the bench to lead Texas to a 75-65 win at UCLA, scoring 20 points on 5-of-9 shooting from 3-point range. It was the first 20-point game from a UT guard since Feb. 20, 2013 (Chassidy Fussell 26 points vs. Kansas).
• Big 12 favorites: The Longhorns were selected as the preseason favorite to win the 2014-15 Big 12 regular season title in a preseason vote of the league's head coaches. UT was also picked at the top of the preseason rankings in 2003-04 and 2004-05.
• Next up: Texas continues its six-game home stand against No. 4 Tennessee on Sunday, Nov. 30 at 5:30 p.m. Central (FOX Sports 1).
