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No. 18/19 Alabama
No. 5/6 Women’s Basketball preview: Alabama
01.08.2025 | Women's Basketball
#5/6 Texas (15-1, 2-0 SEC) vs #18/19 Alabama (15-1, 2-0 SEC)
Game 17
Thursday, January 9, 2025 – 7:00 p.m. Central
Moody Center | Austin, Texas
Presented by Sprouts
GameDay Quick Facts
TELEVISION: The game will be streamed on SECN+. Lincoln Rose (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 leads the all-time series vs. Alabama 3-0.
Notables
• HARMON MOVING UP: Rori Harmon is four assists from moving into second on the Longhorns all-time assist list. Harmon has 602 career assists and is one of two players in program history with at least 1,000 points and 600 assists.
• HOME COOKIN': The Longhorns are 8-0 at Moody Center this season and 40-5 all-time at Moody Center.
• LEE NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Freshman Jordan Lee led Texas with 17 points in the win against Oklahoma. Lee connected on 4-of-5 from beyond the 3-point arc. Lee followed that up by going 4-of-7 from 3-point range in the win over Arkansas. In her last five games Lee has shot 13-of-20 (65 percent) on 3-point field goals. Lee was recognized on Tuesday as both the SEC and USBWA National Freshman of the Week. Lee is the second UT freshman to earn those honors as Justice Carlton also was National Freshman of the Week earlier this season.
• TWO HEADED MONSTER: Taylor Jones and Kayla Oldacre have been a force for Texas this season. The duo is averaging 22.7 points and 13.2 rebounds combined per game and are shooting a combined 66.4 percent. Oldacre is 19-of-26 (73.1 percent) from the field in her last five games.
• DEFENSIVE PRESSURE: In their two SEC wins, the Longhorns have forced a total of 52 turnovers and converted those turnovers into 60 points. Texas leads opponents in points off turnovers 60-23 in SEC play.
