Texas Women’s Basketball 2022-2023: Get on board or get out the damn way

[Js1 85340]

1 minute ago, Rickylovesweed said:

If Muhummad has a cold she may still be forced to give us a few minutes. 

She’s in again 

[Js1 85340]

Muhammad got that rebound shoeless lol

And refs love to call offensive fouls/charges. My goodness 

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

Muhammad is already the best offensive rebounder on the team. 

 

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

Harmon is special in the open court. 

[Js1 85340]

Just now, Rickylovesweed said:

Harmon is special in the open court. 

She needs to go work with the men on her FT shooting. It’s all mental 

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

Free throw shooting is in Harmon's head now. No reason she should be this poor of a FT shooter. 

[orangeut 212]

I think Rori is 0-3 on free throws.   Odd

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

Just now, orangeut said:

I think Rori is 0-3 on free throws.   Odd

She's just a 50% FT shooter on the year. It's been a problem all year with her for some reason. 

[orangeut 212]

Ugly ballgame

[Js1 85340]

Just now, orangeut said:

Ugly ballgame

Sloppy. Kinda not surprised playing an 0-12 team in conference. We may be looking ahead to Monday 

[LTtxfan 49188]

Thanks for all the updates... hope Horns finish this game better than they did vs tech

[Js1 85340]

52-38 Texas after 3

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

Jones needs more touches. They can't stop her. 

They're reviewing that Gonzales basket at the shot clock. It was close. 

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

Keep going inside. Jones is still getting good looks. 

[Js1 85340]

Jones is having a great game. 14-8 and 4 blocks. 

[Pato del Muerto 52499]

Let’s just ease this one on home 

[Js1 85340]

Jesus Christ Jak. The ball doesn’t be in her hands to break a press. 

[Js1 85340]

Up 21 now with 2:44 left. Close it out without Tech-like drama and off to Ames tomorrow 

[Js1 85340]

ISU up 35-34 on WV at half in Morgantown.  OU is off today, plays KSU tomorrow 

[TommysTinyTowels 787]

10 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Jesus Christ Jak. The ball doesn’t be in her hands to break a press. 

Mildly concerned about Jak, she hasn't improved this year the way Amina has.

[Js1 85340]

Texas wins 70-50. Great game for Taylor and Shaylee

On to Ames 

Just now, TommysTinyTowels said:

Mildly concerned about Jak, she hasn't improved this year the way Amina has.

Muhammad played at DeSoto. Jak played in SD. Competition level is way way different. Jak didn’t play against a lot of D1 talent in HS 

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

Jak also hasn't played many minutes. Tough to improve without game experience. 

[perfectchaos007 6642]

Joens can't carry ISU by herself

[Js1 85340]

WV up 56-48 on ISU after 3

[LTtxfan 49188]

WV trying to fall apart late... have not scored in last 3 minutes

WV is up 63-55       3:30 left

 

Edited February 12, 2023 by LTtxfan

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

Iowa State is not the same team since they lost their center for the year. 

I just hope we're somewhat healthy for that game. 

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

The big thing is we really need Muhammad healthy because she's going to be the one chasing Joesn around for large portions of the game.

Hopefully, she just had a cold or something. 

[LTtxfan 49188]

9 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Iowa State is not the same team since they lost their center for the year. 

I just hope we're somewhat healthy for that game. 

Wow, just an UGLY 4th quarter... 

WV defeats Iowa State    73-60

 

Edited February 12, 2023 by LTtxfan

[Js1 85340]

Texas will be 3 up in the loss column on Baylor and ISU and 1.5 games up on OU. It does look like it’ll come down to that game in Norman

[LTtxfan 49188]

Siap...  Just stumbled onto this

 

[LTtxfan 49188]

 

[perfectchaos007 6642]

Doesn't look like KState will do us any favors today. 

[Js1 85340]

Can’t believe anyone gave LSU and that toilet paper soft schedule a chance against SC 

[perfectchaos007 6642]

Houston upset USF today. I wish we had Jones the day we lost to USF

[TommysTinyTowels 787]

No. 20/23 Texas (20-6, 11-2 Big 12) at No. 21/19 Iowa State (15-7, 7-5 Big 12)
Monday, February 13, 2023 – 6:00 p.m. Game 27
Hilton Coliseum – Ames, Iowa
TELEVISION: The game will be nationally televised on ESPN2. Beth Mowins (pxp) and Debbie Antonelli (analyst) will have the call.
RADIO: The game will be carried on 105.3 FM in Austin. Roger Wallace (pxp) and Kathy Harston (analyst) will call the action.

The Longhorns won the first matchup of the season in Austin, 68-53 on Jan. 15.   
RORI HARMON: Harmon leads the Big 12 in assists per game. Harmon leads the team in fouls drawn (105) and charges taken (26). Against TCU last time out, Harmon drew 10 fouls and took four charges.
LEADING THE PACK: The Longhorns currently rank first in the Big 12 standings with an 11-2 mark in conference play. The 11-2 start is their best conference start through 13 games since the 2016-17 season.
STREAKS: The Longhorns have won seven straight Big 12 games
20 WINS: The Longhorns notched their 20th win of the season against TCU. For head coach Vic Schaefer, he has now won 20 or more games in 10 straight seasons as a head coach.
Against TCU, Gonzales not only scored 16 points, but added seven rebounds, six assists and three steals. In two games last week Gonzales averaged over 20 points a game while shooting over 50 percent from the field.

Iowa State Players to Watch
Joens paces the Iowa State's scoring effort, averaging 20 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. Emily Ryan is the team's top passer, dishing out 7.0 assists to go with 11.0 points per game.
Very little inside game, shoot a lot of three pointers
@ KState 8-22 3Pt (36%)
Baylor 5-24 3Pt (21%)
@ WV  5-30 3Pt (17%)

ISU Schedule:
@Texas Tech  W81-58     
West Virginia  W70-50
@Oklahoma  L82-79     
Kansas State    W67-56     
@Texas Texas    L68-53     
Oklahoma State  W69-64     
Kansas  W64-50     
@TCU  W75-35     
Oklahoma  W86-78     
@Kansas State   L78-77     
Baylor   L76-70     
@West Virginia   L73-60

_____________________________

Picked to finish first in the B12 by the coaches.

 

[Pato del Muerto 52499]

2 hours ago, Js1 said:

Can’t believe anyone gave LSU and that toilet paper soft schedule a chance against SC 

43/25 rebounding edge might have contributed. 

[Js1 85340]

Tonight is the kind of game where Jones/Gaston/Faye should feast because ISU has no one to guard the 3 headed monster have in the post. 

Without Soares, they are relying on:

6'2 Nyamer Diew (20.6mpg, 6.0 ppg, 4.6 rpg)
6'3 Morgan Kane (13mpg, 4.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg)
6'4 Izzy Zingaro (7.1mpg, 3.8 ppg, 1.9 rpg)

They will play pretty small for most of the game - Joens is 6'1, Diew is 6'2 and Donarksi is 6'0.  At many points, Gaston/Jones/Faye are going to have a 6'1 or 6'2 player or a smaller guard on them and they need to own the paint. 

If we shut down the 3 point shooting and protect against the backdoor cuts ISU likes to run, Texas will win. 

In Austin, Joens had 21 and no one else for ISU hit double digits.  They shot 40% from the field and 26.7% from three and only attempted 11 FTs.  Texas shot 50% from the field, 25% from three and went to the line 11 times as well.  Gaston had 17 and Shaylee had 11.  Taylor Jones had 8 points in 17 min on 3-5 shooting and no fouls. 

Our 3 post players had 30 points on 11-19 shooting.  I expect them to have many more shots tonight without Morris.  Let Joens get hers. 

Edited February 13, 2023 by Js1

[TommysTinyTowels 787]

Was hoping Morris could go tonight but I guess it's still too early, the offense looks so much better with her on the floor.

If Sonya is out Shay needs to look for her offense more, she's a good shooter who defers too much. I'm also hoping for a little less Jak in this game, still trying to wash her

 0 for 10 vs TCU out of my eyes.

[Js1 85340]

33 minutes ago, TommysTinyTowels said:

Was hoping Morris could go tonight but I guess it's still too early, the offense looks so much better with her on the floor.

If Sonya is out Shay needs to look for her offense more, she's a good shooter who defers too much. I'm also hoping for a little less Jak in this game, still trying to wash her

 0 for 10 vs TCU out of my eyes.

Considering Muhammad ended up playing 9 minutes to Jak's 14, sure felt like Vic felt the opponent (0-12 in conference play) warranted playing time for Jak and some extra rest for Muhammad. Conference play is a damn grind for the freshman. 

[perfectchaos007 6642]

Up to #17 in the AP poll.

 

OU is 15, and ISU is 22

[Js1 85340]

28 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Up to #17 in the AP poll.

 

OU is 15, and ISU is 22

Ok State RV. They’re earning their way into the top 25 if they can beat ISU or OU

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

2 hours ago, Js1 said:

Tonight is the kind of game where Jones/Gaston/Faye should feast because ISU has no one to guard the 3 headed monster have in the post. 

Without Soares, they are relying on:

6'2 Nyamer Diew (20.6mpg, 6.0 ppg, 4.6 rpg)
6'3 Morgan Kane (13mpg, 4.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg)
6'4 Izzy Zingaro (7.1mpg, 3.8 ppg, 1.9 rpg)

 

They're probably going to go zone and force Texas to hit open 3s. 

[Js1 85340]

17 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

They're probably going to go zone and force Texas to hit open 3s. 

Yeah, probably.  The open looks will be there. 

Shaylee at 33% (40% in conference play)
Rori at 21% but we know she can hit them (3-5 against Tech)
Holle at 39% (46% in conference play)

Texas is also a rebounding beast offensively.  Texas is #1 in the conference in offensive rebounding.  Last 5 games: 16, 14, 13, 16, 12.  And that was against OSU (6'3 De Lapp), KU (6'6 Taiyanna Jackson), WV (2 different 6'3 posts), Tech (6'5 Tofeano and 6'4 Lewis) and TCU (6'3 Cravens and 6'7 Morris)

Edited February 13, 2023 by Js1

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

Also, this is a game where Texas should go really big with Jones and Gaston. 

With no Soares they are playing Joens at the 4 which means she would have to guard either Jones or Gaston. Joens is way too small to guard either of those two. Make her work on the defensive end and get her in foul trouble. 

 

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

With no Soares, Iowa State really only plays 6 players. They play their starters huge minutes. 

Getting them in foul trouble would be great.

[Js1 85340]

1 minute ago, Rickylovesweed said:

With no Soares, Iowa State really only plays 6 players. They play their starters huge minutes. 

Getting them in foul trouble would be great.

Texas can and will rotate 5 different players who are 6'2 or taller.  It's going to be a nightmare for them inside, especially if they can't hit their threes.  We will miss Morris for being able to have 5'10, 5'10 and 6'0 guards all over them (Morris, Gonzales and Holle). 

We are only 8 deep right now without Morris and Moore. So not much better, basically 7 with Jak. 

[Js1 85340]

Remaining 5 conference games:

@ ISU - NET 15 (Quad 1)
WV - NET 66 (Quad 2)
@ OU - NET 36 (Quad 1)
Baylor - NET 24 (Quad 1)
@ KSU - NET 67 (Quad 1)

Winning out would give us a 9-5 quad 1 record and an 8-1 quad 2 record going into the Big 12 tournament. 4-1 is the actual goal here , with a win in Norman being one of the 4 wins, as 15-3 should easily win the Big 12 regular season if we sweep OU. 

Kansas or Ok State could do us a huge favor with a W at home over OU. 

[Js1 85340]

The Taylor Jones effect

32 blocks in 17 games (22% of our blocks)

[Js1 85340]

Our 3 point FG defense is bad early. ISU 2-2. Texas ice cold. Faye has no post moves, Jesus. She also gets tied up so easily on rebounds 

[perfectchaos007 6642]

Texas needs to get off the bus