BEVO BEAT Women's Basketball
Women’s preview: No. 6 Texas at Kansas State
Posted January 29th, 2016
When: 7 p.m. Saturday
Where: Bramlage Coliseum (Manhattan, Kan.)
Records: Texas (19-1, 8-1 Big 12); Kansas State (14-5, 4-4)
Radio: 104.9 FM, 1260 AM
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 |
About Texas
Senior post Imani Boyette has been selected as a recipient of the Haier Achievement Award, presented to student-athletes for their accomplishments beyond their sports. Boyette will be recognized during the Texas-Baylor men’s game on Feb. 20 at the Erwin Center. Haier will donate $2,000 to the university’s general scholarship fund and a 48-inch high-definition television to the athletic department. … Texas has won three straight games since losing to Baylor on Jan. 17. … Sophomore guard Brooke McCarty leads Texas with 38 three-point baskets and has hit at least one three-pointer in 15 of UT’s 20 games this season. … Texas beat Kansas 70-46 Wednesday for UT’s 1,000th victory all-time. Only five NCAA Division I women’s programs have reached the milestone.
About Kansas State
After an 0-4 start in conference play, the Wildcats have won four in a row. That includes a 65-53 victory over Texas Tech on Sunday in Lubbock. Wildcats guard Megan Deines had 20 points in the victory over Tech. … KSU defeated Texas 66-57 last season in Manhattan as junior guard Kendred Wesemann scored 25 points, hitting 8 of 11 shots from behind the three-point line. Wesemann ranks 29th in the country in three-point accuracy, connecting on 42.6 percent of her shots from behind the arc. She’s also 19th in the nation in free-throw percentage at .882. … The Wildcats reached the second round of the NCAA tournament last year before losing to Missouri 67-48.
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