#5/7 Texas (11-0) vs The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (0-9)
Wednesday, Dec 20 at 6:30 p.m. Central
Edinburg, TX Bert Ogden Arena
TELEVISION: The game will be televised on ESPN+. Jonah Goldberg (pxp) and Bryan Smith (analyst) will call the action. There will also be a spanish broadcast on Televisa with Luis Rubio and Hector Zapata on the call. RADIO: All women's basketball games will air in Austin on 103.1 FM, along with the web streams on TexasSports.com and the Longhorn App. Craig Way will call the action on Wednesday night.
Ugly Sweater T-Shirt Giveaway • Alumni Night
•The first 500 fans in attendance ugly sweater t-shirts.
•Free pictures with Santa starting at 5:30 p.m.
BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK: For the second time this season Texas point guard Rori Harmon was named the Big 12 Player of the Week on Monday.
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UT Rio Grande Valley Team Stats
UT Rio Grande Valley's 57 points per game this season out-paces the 54.9 points per contest Texas allows.
The Vaqueros are only 0-5 when they put up over 55 points.
As a team, the Vaqueros shoot 77.8 percent from the free throw line, good for first in the WAC.
Dorsey leads UT Rio Grande Valley, knocking down 6.6 free throws a game while shooting 84 percent from the charity stripe.
UT Rio Grande Valley Players to Watch
Kade Hackerott grabs 8.4 boards and dishes out 2.6 assists to lead UT Rio Grande Valley, while also scoring 10.0 points per contest. Dorsey leads the Vaqueros in scoring and averages 16.4 points and 1.8 steals per game.
Arianna Sturdivant has a 31 percent shooting percentage from downtown and leads the squad in made threes per game, connecting on 1.8 three-pointers per contest.
Regular Season
@ Texas Tech L95-53
vs FIU L65-64
@ Texas St L66-63
@ Incarnate Word L67-57
vs Oral Roberts L72-63
@ Grand Canyon L63-50
vs Tarleton St L72-66
@ Texas A&M-CC L69-46
vs Texas A&M-CC L57-51
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You might want to avert the children's eyes for this game.
We may roll out the all knee brace team, hopefully Maul, Codio, Herron, Moore and Jak will get plenty of playing time.