BEVO BEAT Women's Basketball
Women’s preview: Kansas vs. Texas
Posted January 15th, 2016
When: 7 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Erwin Center
Records: Kansas 5-14, 0-8 in Big 12; Texas 18-1, 7-1
Radio: 104.9 FM, 1260 AM
TV: LHN
Probable starting lineups
| TEXAS | ||||||
| No. | Pos. | Player | Class | Ht. | PPG | RPG |
| 24 | F | Ariel Atkins | Soph. | 5-11 | 10.9 | 4.0 |
| 34 | P | Imani Boyette | Sr. | 6-7 | 11.5 | 9.0 |
| 1 | G | Empress Davenport | Sr. | 5-9 | 7.0 | 3.1 |
| 11 | G | Brooke McCarty | Soph. | 5-4 | 11.7 | 2.7 |
| 2 | G | Celina Rodrigo | Sr. | 5-6 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| UCONN | ||||||
| No. | Pos. | Player | Class | Ht. | PPG | RPG |
| 30 | F | Breanna Stewart | Sr. | 6-4 | 19.3 | 8.6 |
| 3 | F | Morgan Tuck | Sr. | 6-2 | 9.3 | 1.9 |
| 33 | G | Katie Samuelson | Jr. | 5-9 | 11.2 | 3.3 |
| 11 | G | Kia Nurse | Soph. | 6-0 | 9.3 | 1.9 |
| 4 | G | Moriah Jefferson | Sr. | 5-7 | 12.7 | 2.6 |
KANSAS NOTES
Coach Brandon Schneider was 95-66 in five seasons at Stephen F. Austin before being hired by KU last spring. The Jayhawks are coming off a 74-46 loss to Oklahoma State Sunday in Lawrence…. Freshman Tyler Johnson scored a career-high 9 points in her third career start. Guard Aisia Robertson had 3 of Kansas’ season-high 11 steals…. Kansas has lost 10 straight games, a streak that started after a 61-54 overtime victory over Navy on Dec. 11…. Guards Lauren Aldridge, Kylee Kopatich and Timeka O’Neal have combined for 91 of the team’s 105 three-point shots.
TEXAS NOTES
Imani Boyette and Empress Davenport combined for 26 points and 18 rebounds in UT’s 75-38 victory over Kansas earlier this month in Lawrence…. Texas is coming off an 83-76 victory over Oklahoma Saturday with roughly 40 ex-players in attendance…. Boyette surpassed the 900-rebound milestone with 11 boards. She is the ninth player in team history to reach that plateau…. Freshman Lashann Higgs scored a Big 12 career-high 11 points on 5-of-9 shooting. Sophomore Ariel Atkins hit all 4 of her shots from the field and contributed 4 rebounds in 17 minutes.
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