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No. 4/6 Women’s Basketball preview: South Carolina
02.08.2025 | Women's Basketball
#4/6 Texas (23-2, 9-1 SEC) vs. #2/2 South Carolina (22-1, 10-0 SEC)
Game 26
Sunday, February 9, 2025 – 1:00 p.m. Central
Moody Center | Austin, Texas
Presented by T-Mobile
GameDay Quick Facts
TELEVISION: The game will be nationally televised on ESPN. Ryan Ruocco (pxp), Rebecca Lobo (analyst) and Holly Rowe (reporter) will broadcast 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: South Carolina leads the all-time series 3-2.
Notables
• RANKED WINS: The Longhorns won their sixth game of the season against a ranked opponent with their 87-66 win over No. 24 Vanderbilt. Texas has beat three top-10 opponents this season.
• IN THE MOOD: Texas is 12-0 at home this season and 44-5 all-time inside Moody Center. The Longhorns have won 19 in a row at Moody Center going back to last season.
• FAST START: At 23-2 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.
• BOOKER REACHES 1,000 POINTS: Madison Booker became the 49th member of the Texas women's basketball 1,000 point club on Thursday against Vanderbilt. Booker has scored 1,003 points in 61 games at Texas. In the current Texas seven game win streak, Booker is averaging 20.1 points per game and shooting 51.9 percent from the field, while also grabbing 7.3 rebounds per game.
• HONORS FOR HARMON: This week Rori Harmon was 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.
• USBWA NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST: The Longhorns had three players recognized on the USBWA National Player of the Year watch list this week with Madison Booker, Rori Harmon and Taylor Jones all making that list.
