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No. 4 Women’s Basketball preview: Texas A&M (Cotton Holdings Lone Star Showdown)
01.16.2026 | Women's Basketball
Game 21 | Cotton Holdings Lone Star Showdown
No. 4/4 Texas (18-2, 3-2) vs Texas A&M (8-5, 1-3)
Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026 – 3:00 p.m. Central
Moody Center | Austin, Texas
GameDay Quick Facts
TELEVISION: The game will be nationally televised on SEC Network with Tiffany Greene (pxp) and Carolyn Peck (analyst) on the call.
RADIO: The game will be broadcast on AM 1300 The Zone and TexasSports.Com. Craig Way and Kathy Harston will have the call.
Notables
• COTTON HOLDINGS LONE STAR SHOWDOWN: Cotton Holdings is the title sponsor for the year-long scoring system comprised of the results of up to 19 sports to determine which school wins the annual Lone Star Showdown rivalry series trophy. Texas has posted a 7-2 all-time advantage in the Lone Star Showdown series. The Longhorns earned an 11.0-7.0 victory during the 2024-25 season, which marked the first time since 2011-12 that the Showdown series had been contested.
• HARMON APPROACHING TEXAS STEALS RECORD: Texas point guard Rori Harmon is second on the Longhorns all-time list for career steals. Harmon has 338 steals and is nine away from breaking the Texas record of 346 that was set in 1980 by Linda Waggoner.
• EMERGENCE OF JORDAN LEE: Jordan Lee has already scored more points (291) this season than all of her freshman season (227). Lee has scored in double figures in 17 of the 20 games this season and is averaging 14.6 points per game.
WINS: Texas has six ranked wins on the season after an 67-64 victory over No. 15 Ole Miss.
• 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.
• HARMON TAKING CARE OF THE BALL: Point guard Rori Harmon, the Longhorns all-time career assist leader, has recorded 87 assists to 13 turnovers over her last 11 games. For the season Harmon has 145 assists and 29 turnovers.
• 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 876 career assists.
• 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.
• MOODY CENTER: The Longhorns have won 36 straight games at Moody Center and have an all-time record of 61-5 at their home arena.
