No. 25 Texas (13-6, 4-2 Big 12) at No. 24 Baylor (13-5, 4-2 Big 12)
Game 20
Sunday, January 22, 2023 – 4:00 p.m. Central
Ferrell Center – Waco, TX
GameDay Quick Facts
TV: The game will be nationally televised on ESPN2 with Pam Ward (pxp) and Nikki Fargas (analyst) on the call.
RADIO: The game will be broadcast on 105.3 FM in Austin. Craig Way (pxp) and Kathy Harston (analyst) will call the action. The show will air on TexasSports.Com.
SERIES: Texas leads the all-time series 59-48. The last meeting was in the Big 12 Tournament championship game with Texas winning 67-58. The last time Texas won in Waco was on February 6, 2017.
Notable
RORI HARMON: Sophomore All-American Rori Harmon made history on Jan. 4 in the Longhorns’ win over TCU by becoming the 4th player in program history to record a triple-double. Harmon scored 17 points and added 11 assists and 10 rebounds. After missing the first five games of the season due to injury, the Longhorns are 11-3 with Harmon in the roster this season. In the Big 12 game, Harmon averages 11.5 ppg, 9.2 apg, 6.8 rpg, and 2.5 spg.
HARMON DROPPPING DIMES: Harmon leads all NCAA DI players in assists per game in conference play with an average of 9.2 assists per game.
NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: This week Shaylee Gonzales earned USBWA National Player of the Week honors. Gonzales went for a season-high 26 points to help the Longhorns to a win over No. 23 Kansas.
THE DEFENSE IS MADE: Against an Iowa State team that was averaging 78.7 points per game, the Longhorns held them to 53 points. Texas gave up six fourth-quarter points to the Cyclones, marking the 14th time this season they’ve held an opponent in single digits for a quarter. Texas is 12-0 this season when holding an opponent 59 points or less for a game. Texas leads the Big 12 and ranks 8e in the NCAA in blocked shots per game at 5.6.
FORCING RETURNS: The Longhorns are forcing 22.0 turnovers per game. Over the past nine games, they hold a 224-81 advantage over their opponents in points on turnovers. Texas ranks 10th in the NCAA in forced turnovers per game and 15th in the NCAA in turnover margin.
FAYE/GASTON DUO: Khadija Faye and DeYona Gaston intensify in the absence of Aliyah Moore, who came out with a season-ending ACL injury. Faye, who transferred from Texas Tech, has four double-doubles this season. In the Big 12 game, Gaston is averaging 13.7 points per game and shooting 56.5 percent from the field.
GOING THE DISTANCE: Rori Harmon played 40 minutes in four of the Longhorns’ six conference games and missed just six minutes in all five games. Harmon has hit double-digit assists in four of her last seven games and despite missing the first five games of the season, Harmon ranks 18e in the NCAA in total assists with 105 (7.5 per game).
