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No. 2 Women’s Basketball preview: South Dakota State
12.19.2025 | Women's Basketball
Game 14
No. 2 Texas (13-0) vs. South Dakota State (10-3)
Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025 – 1:00 p.m. Central
First Bank & Trust Arena | Brookings, S.D.
GameDay Quick Facts
TELEVISION: The game will be nationally televised on CBS Sports Network. Alex Heinert (pxb), Missy Heidrick (analyst) and Jay Elsen (reporter) will call the game.
RADIO: The game will be broadcast on AM 1300 The Zone and TexasSports.Com. Roger Wallace and Kathy Harston will have the call.
Notables
• ANOTHER RANKED WIN: Texas now has five ranked wins on the season after an 89-54 victory over No. 13 Baylor last week. Texas is the only team in the country with five wins over ranked opponents at the time of the game. The Longhorns are the only team in the nation with two wins over opponents ranked in the AP top-5.
• TRIPLE-DOUBLE BOOKER: Madison Booker became the fifth player in UT women's basketball history to record a triple-double with her 28 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds in the win at UTRGV. Over her last three games Booker is average 27.7 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game and is shooting 71.7 percent from the field.
• HARMON TAKING CARE OF THE BALL: Point guard Rori Harmon, the Longhorns all-time career assist leader, has recorded 44 assists to two turnovers over her last four games. For the season Harmon has 102 assists and 18 turnovers. Harmon leads the country in assist to turnover ratio.
• ACC/SEC CHALLENGE WIN: Texas secured their third top-10 win of the season and fourth ranked win last week with a 79-64 win over No. 11/10 North Carolina. Sophomore Jordan Lee posted a career-high 22 points on 10-of-16 shooting from the field in the win.
• PLAYERS ERA CHAMPIONSHIP: The Longhorns beat No. 3 UCLA and No. 2 South Carolina on back-to-back days to win the Players Era Championship. The Longhorns became the first program in at least 25 years to win games over top-three opponents on back-to-back days. Rori Harmon was named the MVP of the Players Era Championship. The Longhorns moved up to No. 2 in the AP poll and received 10 first place votes.
• HARMON BREAKS ASSIST RECORD: Rori Harmon tallied nine assists and the game-winning shot against South Carolina in Las Vegas. Harmon broke the 40-year record previously held by Kamie Ethridge with her 777th assist. Harmon now has 833 career assists.
• TURNOVERS: The Longhorns have outscored their opponents 163-15 in point off turnovers over the last five games, including 74-4 over the last two games. On the other end Texas is taking care of the ball as they lead the country in fewest turnovers committed at 9.8 per game.
• NUMBER ONE RECRUITING CLASS: The Longhorns have inked the No. 1 recruiting class for 2026. Texas is the only program to sign multiple top-10 kids. The Longhorns recruiting class of Brihanna Crittendon, Addison Bjorn, Lizzy Spaight and Amalia Holguin has been ranked No. 1 by CBS Sports and the Dan Olson Collegiate Basketball Report.
