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No. 5/7 Women’s Basketball preview: Texas A&M
02.01.2025 | Women's Basketball
#5/7 Texas (21-2, 7-1 SEC) at Texas A&M (10-10, 3-5 SEC)
Game 24
Sunday, February 2, 2025 – 5:00 p.m. Central
Reed Arena | College Station, Texas
Cotton Holdings Lone Star Showdown
GameDay Quick Facts
TELEVISION: The game will be nationally televised on SEC Network. Sam Gore (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 63-24.
Notables
• RANKED WINS: The Longhorns won their fifth game of the season against a ranked opponent with their 80-76 win over No. 17 Tennessee. Texas has beat three top-10 opponents this season.
• FAST START: At 21-2 the Longhorns are off to their best start since the 2015-16 season.
• 20 WINS FOR SCHAEFER: Texas head coach Vic Schaefer has guided teams to 20 or more wins in 12 straight seasons.
• AWARDS FOR THE HORNS: This week Texas was named the USBWA National Team of the Week. Madison Booker earned Naismith Trophy Player of the Week and Taylor Jones earned SEC Player of the Week. In the last three games Booker is averaging 18 points per game and 7.3 rebounds per game while shooting 44.9 percent. Jones is averaging 20.7 points and 8.7 rebounds while shooting 62.9 percent.
• ON THE BOARDS: Texas has limited opponents to single digits for second chance points in 21 of their 23 games this season. In the last eight games combined Texas leads opponents 113-45 in second chance points
• OVERCOMING DEFICITS: In two SEC games (Oklahoma and Missouri) Texas rallied from down double digits to come back and win the game.
