BEVO BEAT Women's Basketball
Women’s preview: Texas at Iowa State
Posted January 5th, 2020
Texas at Iowa State
When: 8 p.m. Monday
Where: Hilton Coliseum
TV/radio: FS1/105.3 FM The Bat
About the series: Iowa State leads 20-18
No. 25 Texas (8-5, 0-1 Big 12) | ||||||
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No. | Pos. | Player | Class | Ht. | PPG | RPG |
1 | G | Sug Sutton | Sr. | 5-8 | 10.3 | 3.8* |
0 | G | Celeste Taylor | Fr. | 5-11 | 8.9 | 4.2 |
12 | G | Jada Underwood | Sr. | 6-0 | 5.0 | 3.9 |
24 | F | Joyner Holmes | Sr. | 6-3 | 14.5 | 9.5 |
35 | F | Charli Collier | Soph. | 6-5 | 14.2 | 11.1 |
Coach: Karen Aston (173-77, 8th year at Texas; 274-140, 13th year overall) | ||||||
*-indicates assists per game. |
About the Longhorns: Due to this past Friday’s 65-63 loss to TCU, Texas will likely drop out of the Associated Press’ rankings on Monday morning. … Holmes and Collier have both notched nine double-doubles this season. Those totals rank fourth nationally and no team has recorded more double-doubles than Texas’ 19. … Lashann Higgs has come off the bench in each of Texas’ last five games and is averaging 11.4 points. … This is the 1,500th game in UT’s history. Texas boasts an overall record of 1,096-403.
Iowa State (9-3, 1-0 Big 12) | ||||||
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No. | Pos. | Player | Class | Ht. | PPG | RPG |
4 | G | Rae Johnson | Jr. | 5-7 | 9.2 | 4.8* |
15 | F | Inés Nezerwa | Sr. | 6-3 | 8.8 | 4.2 |
24 | G | Ashley Joens | Soph. | 6-0 | 23.6 | 11.1 |
25 | F | Kristin Scott | Jr. | 6-3 | 13.6 | 6.8 |
32 | G | Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw | Fr. | 5-10 | 8.5 | 3.5* |
Coach: Bill Fennelly (514-265, 25th year at Iowa State; 680-318, 31st year overall) | ||||||
*-indicates assists per game. |
About the Cyclones: On Friday, Iowa State beat Texas Tech 96-66 and handed the Lady Raiders their first loss of the season. Iowa State knocked down 16 three-pointers in the rout. … A two-time Big 12 player of the week and the conference’s leading scorer, Joens’ 98 made free throws are tied for tops in the NCAA. … Scott represented the Cyclones on the Big 12’s preseason honor roll. … Iowa State is 6-2 at home this winter but the Cyclones last beat Texas in Ames in 2015.
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