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No. 4 Women’s Basketball preview: No. 5 Vanderbilt
02.10.2026 | Women's Basketball
Game 26
No. 4 Texas (23-2, 8-2) at No. 5 Vanderbilt (22-2, 8-2)
Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026 – 6:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Gymnasium | Nashville, Tenn.
GameDay Quick Facts
TELEVISION: The game will be streamed on SEC Network+ with Alex Gould and Shan Foster on the call.
RADIO: The game will be broadcast on AM 1300 The Zone and TexasSports.Com. Roger Wallace and Kathy Harston will have the call.
Notables
• RANKED OPPONENTS: This will be the Longhorns 12th game of the season against a ranked opponent. Texas is 9-2 on the season against ranked opponents with four wins against top-10 teams (No. 2 South Carolina, No. 3 UCLA, No. 5 LSU, No. 10 Oklahoma).
• HARMON BREAKS TEXAS STEALS RECORD: Texas point guard Rori Harmon broke the Longhorns all-time steals record on Thursday in the victory over LSU. Harmon tallied six steals in the game and now has 353 for her career. The previous record of 346 was established in 1980 by Linda Waggoner.
• 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 897 career assists. When Harmon reaches 900 career assists she will become the first player in NCAA DI women's basketball history to reach 1,500+ points, 900+ assists, 350+ steals and 600+ rebounds.
• BOOKER IN SEC PLAY: All-American and national player of the year candidate Madison Booker is averaging 18.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.3 steals per game in conference play and is shooting 45.1 percent from the field.
• 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 ESPN. Bjorn, Crittendon and Spaight were named McDonald's All-Americans.
