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Women’s Basketball preview: Iowa State
01.13.2023 | Women's Basketball
Texas (12-5, 3-1 Big 12) vs No. 15 Iowa State (11-3, 3-1 Big 12)
Game 18
Sunday, January 15, 2023 – 4:00 p.m. Central
Moody Center – Austin, Texas
GameDay Quick Facts
TELEVISION: The game will be nationally televised on ESPN2 with Courtney Lyle (pxp) and Carolyn Peck (analyst) on the call.
RADIO: The game will be carried on 105.3 FM in Austin. Craig Way (pxp) and Kathy Harston (analyst) will call the action. The broadcast will be streamed on TexasSports.Com.
SERIES: Texas leads the all-time series 25-21.
Notables
TRIPLE-DOUBLE: Sophomore All-American Rori Harmon made history in the Longhorns win over TCU as she became the 4th player in program history to record a triple-double. Harmon scored 17 points and added 11 assists and 10 rebounds. After missing the first five games of the season due to injury, the Longhorns are 10-2 with Harmon in the lineup this season. In Big 12 play Harmon is averaging 12.8 ppg, 9.8 apg, 7.0 rpg and 2.0 spg.
GONZALES GOES OFF: Last time out Shaylee Gonzales scored a season-high 26 points, including 14 in the fourth quarter to help the Longhorns to a 72-59 victory over No. 23 Kansas. Gonzales has scored in double-figures in 10 games this season and has three games where she has scored 20 or more points.
SCORING INSIDE:
The Longhorns have a 672-406 (39.5-23.8 per game) advantage in points in the paint over opponents this season. One of the factors have been the emergence of Khadija Faye, who is averaging 9.2 points and 8.8 rebounds a game over her last five games. Faye has posted four double-doubles on the season.
FAYE/GASTON DUO:
Khadija Faye and DeYona Gaston are stepping up in the absence of Aaliyah Moore. Over the last five games they have combined for 22.8 points per game and 12.8 rebounds per game. The duo has combined to shoot 45-75 (60 percent) from the field. Gaston has scored 20 or more points in four games this season, including two of her last three games. Gaston ranks second in the Big 12 and 28th nationally in field goal percentage at 56.6 percent from the field on the season.
FORCING TURNOVERS:
The Longhorns are forcing 22.6 turnovers per game. In the last seven games they hold a 183-53 advantage over opponents in points off turnovers. Texas ranks 9th in the NCAA in turnovers forced per game and 13th in the NCAA in turnover margin.
