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No. 11/12 Women’s Basketball preview: Idaho
12.10.2021 | Women's Basketball
Game 8: #11/12 Texas (6-1, 0-0 Big 12) vs Idaho (1-6, 0-0 Big Sky)
Saturday, Dec.11, 2021 -1:00 p.m. Central
Frank Erwin Center (16,540) - Austin, Texas
GameDay Quick Facts:
• TELEVISION: The game will be televised nationally by Longhorn Network. Tyler Denning (pxp) and Andrea Lloyd (analyst) will call the action.
• RADIO: 105.3 The Bat broadcasts every UT game on the statewide network.
Brant Freeman (pxp) and Kathy Harston (analyst) will call the action. Check TexasSports.com for a listing of affiliates carrying the game.
SERIES: 4th meeting, Texas leads 3-0
Notables:
LEADING IN: The Texas Longhorns return to the Frank Erwin Center on Saturday (1 p.m. CT) looking to keep the momentum rolling as they play host to Idaho. The Longhorns are fresh off an impressive 76-60 victory at No.17/15 Texas A&M this past Sunday and are looking the make it four-straight wins as they move through their nonconference schedule.
ALL ABOUT THE NET: The NCAA released their first NET rankings of the season on Monday and the Longhorns came in as the No.5 team in the country. The NET rankings are formulated based off of a teams' strength of schedule and quality of opponents. The NET is what the NCAA Tournament committee used to help determine bracket seeding.
MATHARU MANIA: Junior Mississippi State transfer Aliyah Matharu continues to turn heads in her first season on The 40 Acres. The Washington D.C. native leads the team in scoring averaging 16.6 points per game. She also ranks No.2 in the Big 12 and No.20 in the NCAA in three-point field goal percentage shooting it at a 48.8 percent clip. She ranks No.3 in the league and No.22 nationally averaging 3.0 triples per game.
DISHIN RORI:Freshman point guard Rori Harmon continues post some impressive numbers in her first season in the Burnt Orange and White. The Houston native enters play leading the Big 12 in assists per game at 6.6 which is good for No.7 in the NCAA and No.2 among NCAA division I freshman. She also leads the conference in assist/turnover ratio (3.83) which ranks No.8 nationally and No.1 among all freshman.
SCOUTING THE VANDALS: Idaho is out to a 1-6 start to their 2021-22 nonconference schedule and are coming off an 87-65 loss to Southern Utah in their last game. The Vandals enter Saturday's matchup averaging 65.9 points and 39 rebounds per contest. Louise Forsyth is the team's leading scorer averaging 14.9 points per game. Allison Kirby and Beyonce Bea share the team lead in rebounding at 7.0 per game. Idaho was picked to finish third by both the coaches and the media in the Big Sky Preseason Poll.
