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No. rv/24 Women's Basketball preview: Oklahoma State [Feb. 25, 2015]
02.24.2015 | Women's Basketball
Longhorns look to even season series with Cowgirls on Wednesday (7 p.m. Central, LHN).
Game 27: #rv/24 TEXAS (18-8, 7-8) vs. #rv/rv Oklahoma State (18-8, 8-7)
Date/Time: Wednesday, Feb. 25 | 7 p.m. Central
Site: Austin, Texas | Frank Erwin Center (16,540)
TV: Longhorn Network - Fran Harris (play-by-play), Nell Fortner (analyst), Tyler Denning (reporter)
Radio: 103.1 FM iHeart Austin or TexasSports.com - Craig Way (play-by-play), Kathy Harston (analyst)
Live Stats: TexasSports.com
Tickets: TexasSports.com/tickets or 512-471-3333
TEXAS-OKLAHOMA STATE SERIES
• Texas and Oklahoma State will meet for the 41st time on Wednesday (7 p.m. Central, Longhorn Network).
• The Longhorns lead the all-time series with the Cowgirls, 26-15, including a 15-4 mark in Austin.
• Oklahoma State won the first meeting of the season, 66-60, on Feb. 11 in Stillwater. Freshman guard Brooke McCarty scored 21 points on 5-of-9 shooting beyond the arc with six rebounds and four assists in 40 minutes. But the Longhorns turned the ball over 23 times in what was their fourth straight loss. UT hasn't lost since, entering Wednesday on a three-game winning streak.
• Oklahoma State has won four of the last five overall meetings, but Texas has won four of the last five meetings played in Austin.
• Texas and OSU split last season's series, as both teams won on their respective home courts.
• Texas is 1-4 against Oklahoma State under Coach Karen Aston.
• The all-time series dates back to a 80-79 Texas victory on March 11, 1977 in Monroe, La.
RECENT TRENDS
• Texas is on a three-game winning streak -- its first winning streak since starting the season 13-0.
• Texas has made five or more 3-pointers in five consecutive games. In the first 21 games of the season, Texas had just three games with five or more treys.
• After visiting the free throw line just twice at Oklahoma State (Feb. 11), UT has averaged 28.3 free throw attempts in the last three games, with a free throw percentage of 74.1.
• Texas has out-rebounded 25 of 26 opponents this season.
• In the last 10 games, Texas is shooting 76.3 at the free throw line.
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
• Texas holds a 13-2 record at home this season and a 27-4 mark since last season.
• At home this season, the Horns are averaging 71.1 points on 45 percent shooting with a +18.4 scoring margin and a +11.4 rebounding margin.
JOHNSON ADDED TO THE ROSTER
• Head Coach Karen Aston announced the addition of Emily Johnson to the roster on Monday.
• Johnson, a walk-on guard, joins the team immediately after serving as a student manager for the program since the start of the 2014-15 academic year. The Georgetown, Texas, native played at Colorado State for two seasons (2012-14), totaling 45 points, 44 rebounds, and a .739 free throw percentage (17-23 FT) in 43 games played.
• She will not compete this season due NCAA transfer rules and will have two years of eligibility remaining, starting with the 2015-16 season.
• Johnson is a second-generation Longhorn; her mother, Debbie (Riverkamp) Johnson, walked on under hall-of-fame coach Jody Conradt during the 1983-84 season.
HIGGS A FINALIST FOR NAISMITH TROPHY
• The Atlanta Tipoff Club named Texas signee Lashann Higgs (Round Rock, Texas) as one of five finalists for the Naismith Trophy Girl's High School Player of the Year, presented by Hilton Worldwide.
• The winner will be announced on Thursday, March 12.
McCARTY NAMED BIG 12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK, AGAIN
• Freshman guard Brooke McCarty was named Big 12 Freshman of the Week for the second consecutive week on Monday.
• McCarty has averaged 12.2 points in the last five games.
• McCarty scored 11 points with two steals in 17 minutes in a win over K-State (Feb. 18), and led the Longhorns in scoring with 13 points and six rebounds in 25 minutes at Texas Tech (Feb. 21).
• The League City, Texas, native leads Texas with 34 3-point field goals this season.
LONGHORNS LEAD CONFERENCE IN ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 SELECTIONS
• A conference-leading eight Texas student-athletes were named to the 2015 Academic All-Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Team on Feb. 19.
DEEP BENCH
• 11 Longhorns average more than 10 minutes per game. Texas' bench out-scores its counterpart by an average of 24-to-14.
CRASHING THE BOARDS
• Texas has out-rebounded 25 of 26 opponents this season.
• UT's +10.8 rebounding margin ranks 10th in the nation.
• The Horns are averaging 42.8 rebounds per game and holding opponents to 32.0 boards.
• The Longhorns posted a +23 rebound margin at Kansas (Feb. 14). It marked the third-largest rebound margin this season and largest in a Big 12 contest.
WINS AND LOSSES
• During its 18 wins this season, Texas has averaged 72.6 points on 44.5 percent shooting from the field.
• During UT's eight losses, the Horns average 59.4 points on 36.4 percent shooting.
• The Longhorns are 18-2 when scoring 60 points or more in a game and 12-0 when scoring 70 points or more.
• Texas has a +2.0 turnover margin during wins and a -6.4 turnover margin in losses.
SHOOTING POTENTIAL
• Despite this season's long-range shooting slump, UT's perimeter shooters are proven to have long-range accuracy.
• In the last four games, Texas is shooting 40.3 percent from beyond the arc (29-72 3FG); in the previous 21 games, Texas shot 25.9 percent from 3-point range.
• Last season, Texas led the Big 12 in 3-point field goal percentage (.365, 187-512 3FG). But this season, Texas ranks 9th in the Big 12 in 3-point field goal percentage.
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