BEVO BEAT Women's Basketball
Women’s preview: Texas vs. Iowa State
Posted February 11th, 2020
Texas vs. Iowa State
When: 7 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Erwin Center
TV/radio: Longhorn Network/105.3 FM The Bat
About the series: Iowa State leads 20-19
| Iowa State (14-8, 6-5 Big 12) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Pos. | Player | Class | Ht. | PPG | RPG |
| 4 | G | Rae Johnson | Jr. | 5-7 | 8.4 | 4.5* |
| 13 | G | Adriana Camber | Sr. | 5-10 | 6.5 | 4.0 |
| 24 | G | Ashley Joens | Soph. | 6-0 | 21.3 | 10.5 |
| 25 | F | Kristin Scott | Jr. | 6-3 | 14.7 | 7.2 |
| 32 | G | Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw | Fr. | 5-10 | 9.0 | 3.7* |
| Coach: Bill Fennelly (519-270, 25th year at Iowa State; 685-323, 31st year overall) | ||||||
| *-indicates assists per game. | ||||||
About the Cyclones: Joens, who dislocated her shoulder in last week’s game against Oklahoma but returned to help Iowa State seal a 63-59 victory, was recently named the Big 12’s Player of the Week for the fifth time this season. No other player has won the award more than two times. … Iowa State is 4-4 in road games with only one win over a team that currently boasts a top-50 RPI (No. 50 Oklahoma State). Texas has the 31st-best RPI. … Iowa State leads the Big 12 in both made free throws (349) and free throw percentage (76.9%). … Four Cyclones have made at least 30 3-pointers.
| Texas (15-7, 7-3 Big 12) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Pos. | Player | Class | Ht. | PPG | RPG |
| 0 | G | Celeste Taylor | Fr. | 5-11 | 9.0 | 4.5 |
| 1 | G | Sug Sutton | Sr. | 5-8 | 11.4 | 4.0* |
| 12 | G | Jada Underwood | Sr. | 6-0 | 5.0 | 3.8 |
| 24 | F | Joyner Holmes | Sr. | 6-3 | 13.2 | 8.9 |
| 35 | F | Charli Collier | Soph. | 6-5 | 13.1 | 10.4 |
| Coach: Karen Aston (180-79, 8th year at Texas; 281-142, 13th year overall) | ||||||
| *-indicates assists per game. | ||||||
About the Longhorns: On Jan. 6, Texas secured an 81-75 win over Iowa State in Ames. … Sutton is one of 10 semifinalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award. That honor is given annually to the nation’s top point guard. … Coming off the bench, Texas senior Lashann Higgs has scored at least 10 points in four of UT’s last five games. … Texas ranks 12th nationally in rebounding (43.4 per game), but UT was out-rebounded 42-28 by Iowa State in their first meeting. Said Aston: “They whipped us on the boards last time so we’re going to have to do a much better job than we did up in Ames.”
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