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No. 7/8 Women’s Basketball preview: TCU
02.08.2024 | Women's Basketball
#7/8 Texas (21-3, 8-3 Big 12) vs. TCU (15-7, 2-9 Big 12)
Game 25
Saturday, Feb. 10 at 4:00 PM CT
Schollmaier Arena | Fort Worth, Texas
GameDay Quick Facts
TELEVISION: The game will be on ESPN+. John Liddle (pxp) and Jada Curtis (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 TexasSports.com and the Longhorn App. Roger Wallace will call the action on Saturday at TCU.
Notables
• BOOKER NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: For the second time this season and her third national weekly honor, Madison Booker has been named the USBWA Tamika Catchings National Freshman of the Week. Last week Booker helped Texas to victories over No. 13 Baylor and No. 2 Kansas State. Against ranked opponents this season Booker is averaging 20.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists over six games. Only Caitlin Clark and Hannah Hidalgo have better averages against ranked opponents.
• BOOKER ON WOODEN AWARD LIST: Booker was named to the Wooden Award top 20 watch list for the player of the year award. Booker is one of three freshmen on the list and one of two players in the Big 12 on the list. Booker was also named to the Cheryl Miller Award top 10 finalist list, the award for top female collegiate small forward.
• RANKED WINS IN THE SCHAEFER ERA: The win over Kansas State represented the Longhorns 20th win over an AP top 25 team under head coach Vic Schaefer. That is tied for fifth most among all D1 programs over that time. It was also the 19th time in his career as a head coach that Schaefer has beat a top-10 opponent.
• 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 has scored in double figures in seven straight games. Last time out she had a double-double with 10 points and 15 rebounds vs. Kansas State.
• JONES BLOCK PARTY: Taylor Jones set a career-high with seven blocked shots in the Longhorns win over Cincinnati.
• 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.
• 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 is one of four active players with over 2,000 points and at least 500 assists.
• POUNDING THE PAINT: The Longhorns are +16.1 points per game over opponents in points in the paint this season. Texas averages 41.9 paint points per game.
• GETTING TO THE FREE-THROW LINE: Texas has made (378) more free-throws than their opponents have attempted (374) this season. Texas is +120 in made free-throws over opponents this season.
• MARGIN OF VICTORY: The Longhorns rank third in the NCAA in margin of victory on the season at +26.3. 20 of the Longhorns 21 wins this season have been by double digits.
