BEVO BEAT Women's Basketball
Women’s preview: Texas at No. 19 West Virginia
Posted January 11th, 2020
Texas at No. 19 West Virginia
When: 12 p.m. Sunday
Where: WVU Coliseum
TV/radio: Fox Sports Net/105.3 FM The Bat
About the series: Texas leads 12-6
| Texas (9-5, 1-1 Big 12) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Pos. | Player | Class | Ht. | PPG | RPG |
| 1 | G | Sug Sutton | Sr. | 5-8 | 10.6 | 3.6* |
| 0 | G | Celeste Taylor | Fr. | 5-11 | 8.6 | 4.2 |
| 12 | G | Jada Underwood | Sr. | 6-0 | 5.3 | 3.9 |
| 24 | F | Joyner Holmes | Sr. | 6-3 | 14.7 | 9.4 |
| 35 | F | Charli Collier | Soph. | 6-5 | 13.8 | 10.6 |
| Coach: Karen Aston (174-77, 8th year at Texas; 275-140, 13th year overall) | ||||||
| *-indicates assists per game. | ||||||
About the Longhorns: UT has used the same starting lineup in each of its past six contests. … Texas is 2-2 in true road games this season. The Longhorns have recorded wins over No. 17 Tennessee and Iowa State in its last two tests away from Austin. … The six turnovers committed at Iowa State on Monday were tied for the third-fewest in school history. … Senior guard Lashann Higgs needs seven more points to bypass Joy Williams (1,164) for 30th place on UT’s all-time scoring chart.
| No. 19 West Virginia (12-1, 2-0 Big 12) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Pos. | Player | Class | Ht. | PPG | RPG |
| 30 | G | Madisen Smith | Soph. | 5-5 | 7.2 | 3.5* |
| 2 | G | Kysre Gondrezick | Jr. | 5-8 | 17.7 | 3.9 |
| 5 | G | Tynice Martin | Sr. | 5-10 | 16.3 | 4.1 |
| 14 | F | Kari Niblack | Soph. | 6-1 | 9.6 | 6.5 |
| 22 | C | Blessing Ejiofor | Jr. | 6-5 | 1.7 | 5.2 |
| Coach: Mike Carey (405-206, 19th season at WVU; 693-308, 32nd year overall) | ||||||
| *-indicates assists per game. | ||||||
About the Mountaineers: West Virginia has lost four straight home games against Texas. … Martin, who is a redshirt senior, dropped 27 points during last year’s 64-58 win at the Erwin Center. Joked Aston this week: “I thought she graduated. When is she going to leave?” … During its current eight-game winning streak, West Virginia took out Mississippi State and Michigan State teams that were ranked 10th and 19th at the time. … Niblack is responsible for 31 of West Virginia’s 63 blocks.
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