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Incarnate Word
No. 4/3 Women’s Basketball preview: Incarnate Word
10.31.2025 | Women's Basketball
Longhorns open the 2025-26 season Monday at Moody Center.
Game 1
Monday, Nov. 3, 2025 – 7:00 p.m. Central
Moody Center | Austin, Texas
GameDay Quick Facts
TELEVISION: The game will be streamed on SECN+ which is available on the ESPN app and Watch ESPN. Lincoln Rose (pxp) and Fran Harris (analyst) will call the action.
RADIO: The game will be broadcast on AM 1300 The Zone and TexasSports.Com. Craig Way and Kathy Harston will have the call.
Notables
• FINAL FOUR: The Longhorns are coming off the 2024-25 season in which they advanced to the Final Four for the fourth time in program history and first time since 2003. Texas set a program record for wins in the NCAA Era with 35 and shared the regular season SEC Championship in their first season in the league. Texas has won a regular season or conference tournament championship in each of the last four seasons.
• BOOKER NAMED AP PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN: For the second straight season Madison Booker has been selected one of five players as an AP Preseason All-American. In the 2024-25 season Booker earned SEC Player of the Year and First Team All-America honors.
• HARMON RECORD WATCH: Point guard Rori Harmon comes into the season with 731 career assists and needs 46 to break the UT career record of 776 set in 1986 by Kamie Ethridge. Ethridge was the national player of the year in 1986 and helped the Longhorns to a 34-0 season and a national championship.
• BOOKER AND HARMON NAMED TO PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH LSIT: Madison Booker and Rori Harmon were named to the Naismith Trophy National Player of the Year watch list this week. Booker and Harmon both earned preseason All-SEC honors from the media and coaches.
• TEXAS PICKED TO WIN SEC: In a vote of the Southeastern Conference head coach the Longhorns were picked to win the SEC championship. Texas earned a share of the 2025 SEC regular season championship in their first year in the league.
• INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: Madison Booker and Jordan Lee represented USA Basketball in international events this summer. Booker won her fourth gold medal with Team USA as they won the FIBA Women's AmeriCup. Lee was part of the USA basketball team that won gold in the U19 World Cup. It was the second gold medal with Team USA for Lee.
• NEW ADDITIONS: Texas has six newcomers on their roster. Ashton Judd (Missouri), Breya Cunningham (Arizona), Teya Sidberry (Utah, Boston College) and Lovisa Asbrink Hose (FAU) came via transfer and Aaliyah Crump and Grace Prenter are incoming freshmen. Crump was ranked No. 5 in the 2025 class by ESPN.
• TEXAS AT MOODY CENTER: The Longhorns set a record for season ticket sales with over 6,450. Texas has won 24 straight games at Moody Center and have a 49-5 all-time record at their home arena.
