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No. 1/1 Women’s Basketball preview: Mississippi State
02.26.2025 | Women's Basketball
#1/1 Texas (27-2, 13-1 SEC) at Mississippi State (19-9, 6-8 SEC)
Game 30
Thursday, February 27, 2025 – 6:30 p.m. Central
Humphrey Coliseum| Starkville, Miss.
GameDay Quick Facts
TELEVISION: The game will be streamed on SEC Network Plus. Bart Gregory (pxp) and Brittany Lange (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. Roger Wallace (pxp) and Cameron Parker (analyst) will call the action.
SERIES: Mississippi State leads 3-2.
Notables
• RANKED WINS: The Longhorns won their ninth game of the season against an AP-top 25 team and fifth win over an AP-top 10 team with their win over No. 5 LSU. Texas became the first program in 20 years to win three straight games over top-10 teams.
• SCHAEFER ON NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST: Texas head coach Vic Schaefer was named to the Naismith Women's College Coach of the Year watch list this week. Schaefer, the 2018 Naismith National Coach of the Year has guided teams to the Elite Eight or further in six of the last seven seasons and has collected 10 seasons of 25 or more wins.
• HONORS FOR HARMON: Rori Harmon was recently named to the watch list for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year as well as a top-10 finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Award. Harmon became the first player in Texas women's basketball history to reach 1,200 points and 600 assists.
• TOUGH D: Texas tied an SEC record for fewest points allowed in holding Georgia to 26 points in their most recent game. The Longhorns defense limited Georgia to just 10 points in the second half of the game. Taylor Jones notched a double-double with 17 points and 16 rebounds.
• GOING BACK TO STARKVILLE: Texas head coach Vic Schaefer was the head coach at Mississippi State from 2012-20. Schaefer led the Bulldogs to three SEC championships and twice to the final four and national championship game. Schaefer was the 2018 Naismith National Coach of the Year. Blair Schaefer played on both of those national finalist teams. Schaefer was an All-SEC Defensive player and ranks fifth in Mississippi State program history for career 3-pointers made.
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