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No. 10/11 Women’s Basketball preview: Cincinnati
01.26.2024 | Women's Basketball
#10/11 Texas (18-3, 5-3 Big 12) vs. Cincinnati (10-8, 2-5 Big 12)
Game 22
Saturday, Jan. 27 at 2:00 PM CT
Moody Center | Austin, Texas
Presented by Clean Simple Eats
GameDay Quick Facts
TELEVISION: The game will televised nationally on Longhorn Network. Alex Loeb (pxp) and Andrea Lloyd (analyst) will call the action.
RADIO: All women's basketball games will air in Austin on 103.1 FM, along with the web streams on TexasSports.com and the Longhorn App. Roger Wallace and Eryn McMahan will call the action.
Notables
• BOOKER AWARDS: Freshman Madison Booker became the first Big 12 freshman since 2020 to earn Big 12 Player of the Week honors on Jan 8. The next day, Booker was announced as one of five USBWA national players of the week. This was the second national player of the week honor for Booker this season as she earned the Tamika Catchings national freshman of the week following her 20 point performance in the win over UConn. This week Booker earned her third Big 12 weekly honor as she was awarded Big 12 Freshman of the Week. Booker was also named as a top 10 finalist for the Cheryl Miller Award, which goes to the top female collegiate small forward.
• BOOKER ON THE BIG STAGE: In Big 12 play, Booker is averaging 20.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, 5.6 assists, while shooting 47.1 percent from the field and 90.4 percent from the free-throw line. In Big 12 play, Booker ranks second in league games in scoring, eighth in rebounding and first in assists.
Booker is now eighth on the Longhorns all-time list for assists by a freshman with 99.
• AALIYAH MOORE COMEBACK: Last season Aaliyah Moore tore her ACL and played only nine games. On her 21st birthday Moore scored 17 points on 7-7 shooting from the field in the Longhorns win over Kansas. Moore, a native of Moore, Okla., scored 17 points in the Longhorns game at Oklahoma State. Moore is averaging 15 points per game over her last three games.
• HOLLE HEATING UP: Senior Shay Holle had a breakout game with a career-high 22 points against Oklahoma on 10-of-12 shooting from the field. She made both of her two 3-point field goals.
• SHAYLEE GOING OFF: Shaylee Gonzales tied her career-high with six 3-pointers in the Longhorns win over Jackson State on Dec. 27. Gonzales led Texas with 21 points in the game. Gonzales has made 23 three-point field goals over her last 11 games Against Kansas State Gonzales recorded her 200th career 3-point field goal. Gonzales is three assists away from 500 career assists. Gonzales also has over 2,000 career points and is sixth among all active DI players in career scoring with 2,228 points.
• POUNDING THE PAINT: The Longhorns are +18.5 points per game over opponents in points in the paint this season. Texas averages 43.4 paint points per game. Against Oklahoma the Longhorns scored 50 of their 87 points in the paint.
