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Women’s preview: Canisius vs. Texas
Posted December 15th, 2015
When: 7 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Erwin Center
Records: Canisius 6-2; Texas 8-0
TV: LHN
Radio: 104.9, 1260
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
Empress Davenport was named the Big 12 player of the week after her career-high 23-point effort in a 77-69 victory over Stanford. … Texas has won 22 straight regular-season games against non-conference opponents. … The Longhorns need 11 more victories to become the fourth NCAA women’s team with 1,000 all-time. … Imani Boyette has hiked her career points total to 1,059 and her career blocks total to 215. … Next up for Texas is a game against Arkansas on Sunday afternoon in Oklahoma City that’s part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge.
About Canisius
Leading scorer Margret Halfdanardottir is the first Canisius player to hail from Iceland. … The Golden Griffins are coming off a 57-55 victory over Lamar on Monday in Beaumont. Senior Jasmine Mungo led Canisius with a career-high 19 points. She shot 9 of 13 from the floor and grabbed a team-high eight boards. … Alief Elsik graduate Crystal Porter notched eight rebounds while playing her first collegiate game in her home state. … Canisius is located in Buffalo, N.Y.
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