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No. 24 Women’s Basketball preview: West Virginia
01.31.2023 | Women's Basketball
No. 24 Texas (16-6, 7-2 Big 12) at West Virginia (14-5, 5-3 Big 12)
Game 23
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 – 6:00 p.m. Central
WVU Coliseum – Morgantown, W.Va.
GameDay Quick Facts
TELEVISION: The game will be streamed by Big 12 Now/ESPN+. Nick Farrell (pxp) and Meg Bulger will have 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 15-10.
Notables
DEFENSE GETTING IT DONE:
The Longhorns held an Iowa State team that was averaging 78.7 points per game to 53 points. Texas gave up six points in the fourth quarter to the Cyclones. Against Oklahoma, a team averaging 87.3 points per game, Texas held them to 58 points for the game and 6 points in the third quarter. The Longhorns are 14-0 on the season when holding an opponent to 59 points or less and 15 times this season they have held an opponent to single digits for a quarter.
RORI HARMON: Sophomore All-American Rori Harmon made history on Jan. 4 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 13-3 with Harmon in the lineup this season. In Big 12 play Harmon is averaging 12.0 ppg, 8.2 apg, 6.4 rpg and 2.1 spg. Harmon leads the Big 12 in assists per game and steals per game. Harmon recently passed 300 career assists and is No. 6 on the UT all-time list for assists for sophomores with 124.
GASTON COMING UP BIG: DeYona Gaston notched her second double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds in the win over Baylor. Gaston scored 15 of her 19 points in the first half against Oklahoma. Gaston ranks second in field goal percentage in the Big 12 at 55.2 points per game.
FORCING TURNOVERS: The Longhorns are forcing 21.6 turnovers per game. In the last 11 games they hold a 265-105 advantage over opponents in points off turnovers. Texas ranks 11th in the NCAA in turnovers forced per game and 16th in the NCAA in turnover margin.
NANCY LIEBERMAN AWARD TOP 10. This week Rori Harmon was named to the mid season top-10 list for the Nancy Lieberman Award, which goes to the top point guard in NCAA DI women's college basketball.
