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No. 17/22 Women’s Basketball preview: West Virginia
02.17.2023 | Women's Basketball
No. 17/22 Texas (20-7, 11-3 Big 12) vs. West Virginia (16-8, 7-6 Big 12)
Game 28
Sunday, February 19, 2023 – 3:00 p.m. Central
Moody Center – Austin, Texas
GameDay Quick Facts
TELEVISION: The game will be nationally televised on ESPNU. Tyler Denning (pxp) and Andrea Lloyd (analyst) 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 16-10.
Notables
ALUMNI WEEKEND: The Longhorns are expecting to have over 50 former players back in town for alumni weekend. The alums will be recognized at halftime of the game on Sunday.
10K for 10K: For their final home game of the regular season and senior night, head coach Vic Schaefer has pledged $10,000 if 10,000 fans show up to the game against Baylor on Feb. 27 at 6:00 p.m. CT. The money raised will go to the Neighborhood Longhorns Program. Already $60,000 has been pledged.
DEFENSE GETTING IT DONE:
Texas is 16-0 on the season when they hold an opponent to 59 points or less. 17 times this season Texas has held an opponent to single digits for a quarter. The Longhorns held an Oklahoma offense averaging 87.3 points per game to 58 points. For the season the Longhorns are allowing opponents 58.8 points per game.
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 18-4 with Harmon in the lineup this season. In Big 12 play Harmon is averaging 12.7 ppg, 7.6 apg, 5.6 rpg and 2.1 spg. Harmon leads the Big 12 in assists per game. Harmon recently passed 300 career assists (336 now) and is No. 4 on the UT all-time list for assists for sophomores with 156. Harmon was named to the Nancy Lieberman Award Mid Season Top-10 list. Harmon was also named to the Naismith Trophy Player of the Week Midseason Team. Harmon leads the team in fouls drawn (108) and charges taken (26).
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 scored a career-high 24 points in the Texas win at Kanas. Against TCU, Gaston scored 16 points and tallied a career-high four assists. Gaston is one of the most improved players in scoring in the Big 12. Going from 5.3 points per game last year to 12.4 per game this season, that is the fourth largest improvement in the conference. Gaston has the seventh biggest rebounding jump in the conference as well. Gaston ranks second in the Big 12 in field goal percentage at 54.6 percent shooting from the field.
NANCY LIEBERMAN AWARD TOP 10. 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.
FORCING TURNOVERS:
The Longhorns are forcing 21.3 turnovers per game. In the last 16 games they hold a 353-176 advantage over opponents in points off turnovers. Texas ranks 11th in the NCAA in turnovers forced per game. Texas has forced 20 or more turnovers in 17 games this season.
ON THE GLASS: The Longhorns are 17-4 this season when they outrebound their opponent. Texas has been effective on the offensive glass as they lead the Big 12 and rank 15th in the NCAA in offensive rebounds per game at 15.2. Texas has won the offensive glass in 21 games this season. Against West Virginia, the Longhorns grabbed 14 offensive rebounds and only gave up four offensive boards to the Mountaineers. Last time out against Iowa State, the Longhorns grabbed 22 offensive rebounds.
STREAKS: The Longhorns have won 11 straight games at Moody Center and have a 13-1 overall record at home this season. Texas is 7-0 in conference games at Moody Center.
20 WINS: The Longhorns notched their 20th win of the season against TCU. For head coach Vic Schaefer, he has now won 20 or more games in 10 straight seasons as a head coach.
GONZALES GOING OFF: In her first season in Austin, Shaylee Gonzales has made an impact. Gonzales has scored in double-figures in 18 games this season. In the Texas win over Texas Tech Gonzales scored 25 points and went a perfect 10-10 from the free-throw line. Against TCU, Gonzales not only scored 16 points, but added seven rebounds, six assists and three steals.
