BEVO BEAT Women's Basketball
Women’s preview: Texas at Kansas
Posted February 14th, 2020
Texas at Kansas
When: 6 p.m. Saturday
Where: Allen Fieldhouse
TV/radio: ESPN+/105.3 FM The Bat
About the series: Texas leads 29-10
| Texas (15-8, 7-4 Big 12) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Pos. | Player | Class | Ht. | PPG | RPG |
| 0 | G | Celeste Taylor | Fr. | 5-11 | 8.8 | 4.6 |
| 1 | G | Sug Sutton | Sr. | 5-8 | 11.2 | 4.0* |
| 12 | G | Jada Underwood | Sr. | 6-0 | 5.0 | 3.8 |
| 24 | F | Joyner Holmes | Sr. | 6-3 | 12.9 | 8.9 |
| 35 | F | Charli Collier | Soph. | 6-5 | 13.3 | 10.4 |
| Coach: Karen Aston (180-80, 8th year at Texas; 281-143, 13th year overall) | ||||||
| *-indicates assists per game. | ||||||
About the Longhorns: In Wednesday’s 69-51 loss to Iowa State, three different Longhorns — Holmes, Collier and senior Lashann Higgs — missed at least 10 shots. Taylor was also 1-for-10 on her attempts from the field. … Texas has won its last four games on the road. … Collier has recorded 12 double-doubles this season. … Tied for fifth in the Big 12 in steals, Texas and Kansas have both swiped 199 basketballs this season. Sutton (26), Taylor (22), Holmes (21) and Underwood (20) each have at least 20 steals in conference play.
| Kansas (12-11, 1-11 Big 12) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Pos. | Player | Class | Ht. | PPG | RPG |
| 4 | F | Mariane De Carvalho | Sr. | 6-2 | 10.5 | 5.4 |
| 5 | G | Aniya Thomas | Soph. | 5-7 | 12.5 | 4.1 |
| 13 | G | Holly Kersgieter | Fr. | 5-10 | 10.1 | 4.6 |
| 15 | G | Zakiyah Franklin | Fr. | 5-7 | 11.8 | 3.4* |
| 35 | C | Bailey Helgren | Jr. | 6-5 | 4.2 | 5.9 |
| Coach: Brandon Schneider (51-93, 5th season at Kansas; 452-232, 21st year overall) | ||||||
| *-indicates assists per game. | ||||||
About the Jayhawks: Kansas’ 85-77 shortcoming against Texas in January was its 15th straight loss in this series. … The Jayhawks have lost their last seven games by an average of 18.4 points. … The 28 points scored by Thomas during an 87-74 loss to TCU on Feb. 8 were the most points scored by a Jayhawk since November of 2018. … Kersgieter, who has made five straight starts, was named the Big 12’s freshman and co-player of the week after the season’s first week. She remains the only Jayhawk to be honored by the conference this season.
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