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No. 5/6 Women’s Basketball preview: UTRGV
12.27.2024 | Women's Basketball
#5/6 Texas (12-1, 0-0 SEC) vs UTRGV (6-6, 1-1 Southland)
Game 14
Sunday, December 29, 2024 – 3:00 p.m. Central
Moody Center | Austin, Texas
GameDay Quick Facts
TELEVISION: The game will be nationally televised on SEC Network. Alex Loeb (pxp) and Andrea Lloyd (analyst) will call the game.
RADIO: All women's basketball games will air in Austin on 103.1 FM, along with the web streams on TexasLonghorns.com. Craig Way (pxp) and Kathy Harston (analyst) will call the action.
SERIES: Texas is 11-0 all-time against UTRGV
Notables
• HARMON NCAA RANKS: Rori Harmon ranks third in the NCAA in assists (85), seventh in assist to turnover ratio (3.54) and eighth in assists per game (6.5). Harmon has 586 career assists and is 20 from moving into second on the Longhorns all-time list. Harmon is one of three players in UT program history to reach the combination of 1,000 points and 500 assists.
• BOOKER THE ONLY ONE: Madison Booker is the only player in NCAA DI women's basketball that is averaging 16.5 points per game and 6.3 rebounds per game while also shooting over 52 percent from the field and over 50 percent from 3-point range. Booker is also shooting 86.1 percent from the free-throw line.
• HOLLE SETS GAMES PLAYED RECORD: Shay Holle played in her 140th game on Dec. 5 to set a program record for games played in the NCAA Era. Holle will play in her 146th game on Sunday. The Longhorns are 115-30 in games that Holle has played and 55-12 in games she has started. With four more Texas wins, Holle will become the all-time winningest player in program history.
• JONES SCORES 1,500TH CAREER POINT: Senior Taylor Jones passed 1,500 career points. Jones now has 1,565 points for her career with 812 of those points at Texas. Jones has recorded four double-doubles this season and has 22 for her career.
• CARLTON NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Texas freshman Justice Carlton was named the USBWA National Freshman of the Week as well as the SEC Freshman of the Week on Dec. 3. Carlton averaged 15.3 points and 5.0 rebounds in the three games at the Gulf Coast Showcase. Carlton scored 30 points on 12-of-15 shooting in the win over Butler. Carlton was named the SEC Freshman of the week for the second time this season on Dec. 23. Carlton has scored in double figures in five games this season.
• TEXAS PRESSURE: The Longhorns are forcing an average of 24.5 turnovers per game from opponents and hold a 399-146 advantage over opponents in points off turnovers.
• OLDACRE MAKING AN IMPACT: Kyla Oldacre in her first season at Texas after transferring from Miami has made an impact for the Longhorns. Oldacre has scored in double-figures in six games this season and led Texas with 18 points in the win against La Salle.
• FROM THE CHARITY STRIPE: The Longhorns have made more free-throws (252) this season than opponents have attempted (233). Texas ranks second in the NCAA this season in free-throws made per game at 19.4 per game.
