The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
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Women’s Basketball preview: USC
12.17.2022 | Women's Basketball
RV Texas (6-4, 0-0 Big 12) vs RV USC (9-1, 0-1 Pac-12)
Game 11
Pac-12 U.S. LBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge
Sunday, December 18, 2022 – 2:30 p.m. Central
American Airlines Center – Dallas, Texas
GameDay Quick Facts
TELEVISION: The game will be nationally televised on ESPN2 with Pam Ward (pxp) and Debbie Antonelli (analyst) on the call.
RADIO: The game will be carried on 105.3 FM in Austin. Roger Wallace (pxp) and Kathy Harston (analyst) will call the action. The broadcast will be streamed on TexasSports.Com.
SERIES: Texas leads the all-time series 8-5.
Notables
RORI'S RETURN: After sitting out the first five games of the season with a toe injury, sophomore All-American Rori Harmon made her return in the Longhorns win vs Princeton. Harmon played 24 minutes and scored 11 points and added two assists and one steal. Harmon was recently named to the Wade Trophy Watch list for the top collegiate women's basketball player, marking her eighth preseason honor. The Longhorns are 4-1 with Harmon in the lineup this season.
HISTORY IN THE BIG D: Head Coach Vic Schaefer has great memories of playing in American Airlines Center. Back in 2017 the Final Four in Dallas was the site of his Mississippi State team snapping the 111-game winning streak of Connecticut. Longhorns assistant coach, Blair Schaefer was a junior on that team. In 2011 with Vic Schaefer was the associate head coach for Texas A&M the Aggies beat top seed Baylor in the Elite Eight at American Airlines Center on their way to the national championship. Sydney Carter, the Longhorns Director of Player Development scored 22 points in the win over Baylor.
GASTON BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK: DeYona Gaston was named the Big 12 Player of the Week on Dec. 12. Gaston posted career-highs of 20 points and 16 rebounds in the Longhorns win over Alabama State on Sunday. She became the first UT player to post 20 points and at least 16 rebounds in a game since Charli Collier in the 2020-21 season. This was Gaston's first Big 12 Player of the Week honor.
GONZALES GOING OFF: Shaylee Gonzales has scored in double-figures in four straight games and has scored 59 points over that stretch. Gonzales tallied a season-high 22 points in the win against Southern.
TOUGH SCHEDULE: The Longhorns have played a challenging schedule through their first nine games. All four of their defeats are against top-25 teams or teams receiving votes, with two of the four against top-10 teams.
GETTING DEFENSIVE: The Longhorns are holding opponents to 58.6 points per game this season. In the second half against Alabama State, the Longhorns held the Hornets to 19 points.
SCORING INSIDE: Texas has a 380-232 advantage over opponents this season in points in the paint.
NCAA RANKS: Texas ranks 17th in the NCAA in free-throws made per game at 16.70 and 17th in blocks per game at 5.3 a game.
