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30 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES | 1986 NCAA CHAMPIONS | THREE FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES | 12-TIME CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS TEXAS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE AND RESULTS EXHIBITION | OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY | NOVEMBER 5, 2017 DATE DAY UT OPP OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT SUN N.05 2/6 1 (NAIA) OKLAHOMA CITY [EXH.] LHN 1:00 p.m. 2/6 Head Coach: Karen Aston SUN N.12 STETSON LHN 1:00 p.m. TEXAS at UT: 114-55 (.675), 6th season WED N.15 McNEESE STATE LHN 11:00 a.m. FRI N.17 UTSA LHN 7:00 p.m. 0-0, 0-0 Big 12 Career: 215-118 (.646), 11th season South Point Shootout [Las Vegas, Nev.] FRI N.24 vs. LSU 5:30 p.m. 1 Head Coach: Bo Overton SAT N.25 vs. Washington 3:15 p.m. OKLAHOMA CITY THU N.30 LOUISIANA TECH LHN 7:00 p.m. at OKCU: 54-11 (.831), 3rd season 0-0, 0-0 Sooner Athletic BIG 12/SEC Challenge [Athens, Ga.] Career: 71-58 (.551), 6th season SUN D.03 at Georgia SEC Network 3:00 p.m. SUN D.10 at Tennessee ESPN2 2:00 p.m. WED D.13 NORTHWESTERN STATE LHN 7:00 p.m. SUN D.17 FLORIDA STATE FS1 11:30 a.m. THU D.28 at Oklahoma * FS Oklahoma 7:00 p.m. Date: Sunday, November 5, 2017 Longhorn Network TexasSports.com SUN D.31 WEST VIRGINIA * FSN 3:30 p.m. Time: 1 p.m. CT Play-by-Play: Fran Harris Play-by-Play: Craig Way WED J.03 OKLAHOMA STATE * LHN 7:00 p.m. Location: Austin, Texas Analyst: Nell Fortner Analyst: Kathy Harston SUN J.07 at Kansas State * ESPNU 1:00 p.m. Arena: Erwin Center [16,540] Online: WatchESPN Online: TexasSports.com/audio WED J.10 at TCU * FSSW + 8:00 p.m. SAT J.13 KANSAS * LHN 1:00 p.m. MON J.15 UCONN ESPN2 6:00 p.m. SAT J.20 at Texas Tech * FSN 3:00 p.m. TALE OF THE TAPE (BASED ON 2016-17 STATS) THU J.25 at Baylor * ESPN 6:00 p.m. SAT J.27 IOWA STATE * LHN 7:00 p.m. Statistic WED J.31 at Kansas * ESPN3 7:00 p.m. 25-9 Overall Record 34-2 SAT F.03 TCU * LHN 11:00 a.m. MON F.05 at West Virginia * FS1 6:00 p.m. 15-3 Conference Record 17-1 SAT F.10 KANSAS STATE * LHN 7:00 p.m. 74.0 Points Per Game 82.8 WED F.14 TEXAS TECH * LHN 7:00 p.m. SAT F.17 at Oklahoma State * FS Oklahoma 2:00 p.m. 43.1 Rebounds Per Game 39.4 MON F.19 BAYLOR * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. +10.4 Rebound Margin +6.5 SAT F.24 at Iowa State * FSN 5:00 p.m. TUE F.27 OKLAHOMA * FS1 6:00 p.m. 14.0 Assists Per Game 18.6 March 2-5 - Big 12 Conference Tournament [Oklahoma City, Okla.] 7.2 Steals Per Game 11.4 * - Big 12 Conference game | All times Central. Rankings: Associated Press Top 25 / USA Today Coaches Poll 5.8 Blocks Per Game 4.5 NCAA PROGRAMS AT 1,000 ALL-TIME WINS 15.2 Turnovers Per Game 16.1 +1.1 Turnover Margin +1.9 Tennessee 1,319 Louisiana Tech 1,091 GAME-DAY STORYLINES UConn 1,082 • The No. 2 University of Texas women’s basketball team opens its 2017-18 season on James Madison 1,071 Sunday when it plays host to No. 1 (NAIA) Oklahoma City University in the Frank Erwin Texas 1,037 Center. The Stars are the defending NAIA Division I National Champions. Tip-off is slated for 1 p.m. CT and the game will be televised nationally by Longhorn Network. Stanford 1,036 • About Oklahoma City University: Oklahoma City University [enrollment 1,800] is an Old Dominion 1,031 NAIA Division I University and a member of the Sooner Athletic Conference. The Stars Stephen F. Austin 1,030 are the defending NAIA National Champions and have won nine national titles in program history, including three of the last four. Last season, the Stars led the NAIA in field-goal ALL-TIME NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES percentage (51.6 percent), free-throw percentage (77.7 percent) and assists (669). Tennessee 36 • 2016-17 In Review: The Longhorns are coming off a 25-9 record and a 15-3 Big 12 Conference tally in 2016-17. Texas made its third consecutive NCAA Sweet 16 Georgia 32 appearance and posted 20 or more wins for the fourth consecutive year. The Longhorns Stanford 31 strung together a 19-game win streak during the course of the season. Ariel Atkins and Texas 30 Brooke McCarty earned Honorable Mention All-America honors from the WBCA. UConn 29 • McCarty Big 12 Player of the Year: Senior guard Brooke McCarty in 2017 became the school’s first-ever Big 12 Conference Player of the Year. She led her team in scoring MEDIA RELATIONS with 14.1 points per game and was the Big 12 Conference leader in three-point-field- UT Athletics Media Relations goal percentage at .430 (77-of-179). Her 77 three-pointers made on the year were the P.O. Box 7399, Austin, TX 78713-7399 second-most in a single season in school history. 512-471-6039 • TexasSports.com • Atkins Closing In On 1,000 Career Points: Senior guard Ariel Atkins is 26 points away from becoming the 43rd player in program history to join the school’s 1,000-point club. • Up Next: Texas opens its regular season on Sunday, Nov. 12 when it plays host to Stetson at the Frank Erwin Center. Tip-off is slated for 1 p.m. CT on Longhorn Network. NUMERICAL ROSTER HEAD KAREN # NAME POS. HT. CLASS HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL 1 Sug Sutton G 5-8 So. St. Louis, Mo. Parkway North COACH 4 Destiny Littleton G 5-9 Fr. La Jolla, Calif. The Bishop’s School ASTON 5 Jordan Hosey F 6-1 Jr. Pearland, Texas Manville 10 Lashann Higgs G 5-9 Jr. Round Rock, Texas Cedar Ridge 11 Brooke McCarty G 5-4 Sr. League City, Texas Clear Springs 12 Jada Underwood G/F 6-0 So. Mesquite, Texas Horn 14 Olamide Aborowa F 6-3 Jr. Ondo, Nigeria Neumann-Goretti [Pa.] 15 Chasity Patterson G 5-5 Fr. Houston, Texas North Shore 23 Ariel Atkins G 5-11 Sr. Duncanville, Texas Duncanville 30 Khaléann Caron-Goudreau F 6-4 Jr. Gatineau, Quebec IMG Academy 31 Audrey-Ann Caron-Goudreau F 6-4 Sr. Gatineau, Quebec IMG Academy 33 Rellah Boothe F 6-3 Fr. Ocala, Fla. IMG Academy 40 Jatarie White F/C 6-4 Jr. Charlotte, N.C. Providence Day ALPHABETICAL ROSTER # NAME POS. HT. CLASS HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL 14 Olamide Aborowa F 6-3 Jr. Ondo, Nigeria Neumann-Goretti [Pa.] 23 Ariel Atkins G 5-11 Sr. Duncanville, Texas Duncanville 33 Rellah Boothe F 6-3 Fr. Ocala, Fla. IMG Academy 31 Audrey-Ann Caron-Goudreau F 6-4 Sr. Gatineau, Quebec IMG Academy 30 Khaléann Caron-Goudreau F 6-4 Jr. Gatineau, Quebec IMG Academy 10 Lashann Higgs G 5-9 Jr. Round Rock, Texas Cedar Ridge 5 Jordan Hosey F 6-1 Jr. Pearland, Texas Manville 6TH SEASON AT TEXAS | 11TH SEASON OVERALL 4 Destiny Littleton G 5-9 Fr. La Jolla, Calif. The Bishop’s School 14th Season at UT as an assistant or head coach 11 Brooke McCarty G 5-4 Sr. League City, Texas Clear Springs CAREER RECORD OVERALL CONFERENCE 15 Chasity Patterson G 5-5 Fr. Houston, Texas North Shore School [seasons] W L % W L % 1 Sug Sutton G 5-8 So. St. Louis, Mo. Parkway North Charlotte [4] 86 47 .647 38 18 .679 12 Jada Underwood G/F 6-0 So. Mesquite, Texas Horn North Texas [1] 15 16 .484 7 9 .438 40 Jatarie White F/C 6-4 Jr. Charlotte, N.C. Providence Day TEXAS [6th] 114 55 .675 55 35 .611 OVERALL [11th] 215 118 .646 100 62 .617 COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Karen Aston 6th Season as Head Coach at UT [Little Rock ‘87] YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD Associate Head Coach: Tina Thompson 3rd Season at UT [Southern California ‘97] CONFERENCE Assistant Coach: Jamie Carey 2nd Season at UT [Texas ‘04] W-L W-L FINISH POSTSEASON Assistant Coach: George Washington 6th Season at UT [Abilene Christian ‘00] CHARLOTTE Sports Performance Coach: Zack Zillner 1st Season at UT [Kansas ‘11] 2007-08 18-14 9-5 4th A-10 WNIT First Round 2008-09 23-9 11-3 2nd A-10 NCAA First Round 2009-10 18-14 9-5 4th A-10 WNIT 2nd Round SUPPORT STAFF 2010-11 27-10 9-5 3rd A-10 WNIT Final Four Women’s Athletics Director: Chris Plonsky NORTH TEXAS Senior Associate AD/Sport Administrator: Kathy Harston QUICK FACTS 2011-12 15-16 7-9 3rd Sun Belt - Associate AD/Student-Athlete Services: Kat Hastings Season of Basketball 44th [1974-75] TEXAS Assistant AD/Basketball Operations: Angela Ortega All-Time Record [Pct.] 1,037-381 [.731] 2012-13 12-18 5-13 t-8th Big 12 - Associate Athletic Trainer: Heidi Wlezien NCAA Appearances [Record] 30 [40-29] 2013-14 22-12 11-7 t-3rd Big 12 NCAA 2nd Round Special Assistant: Mark Recoulley Conference regular season titles 12 2014-15 24-11 9-9 t-3rd Big 12 NCAA Sweet 16 Video Coordinator: Jama Sharp 2015-16 31-5 15-3 2nd Big 12 NCAA Elite 8 Coordinator of Community Engagement: Fran Harris Conference tournament titles 10 2016-17 25-9 15-3 2nd Big 12 NCAA Sweet 16 Administrative Assistant: Dennis Colwell UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CAREER MILESTONE WINS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Location Austin, Texas # TEAM OPPONENT [DATE] SCORE Olamide Aborowa OH-lah-MUH-day ah-bore-oh-uh Enrollment 51,334 1 Charlotte Hampton [11-21-07] 72-47 Rellah Boothe RHEL-luh President Greg Fenves 50 Charlotte George Washington [01-16-10] 52-42 Caron-Goudreau care-RON - good-drow 100 North Texas Louisiana-Lafayette [02-18-12] 78-40 Women’s AD Christine Plonsky Khaléann Cally-Ann 150 TEXAS OKLAHOMA [01-29-15] 84-81 2OT Founded 1883 Lashann Higgs luh-shawn 200 TEXAS TCU [01-07-17] 83-54 Nickname/Mascot Longhorns/Bevo XIV Sug Sutton sh-OOG Colors Burnt Orange & White [Pantone 159] Jatarie White JUH-tar-EE TROPHY CASE Heidi Wlezien LUH-zeen Affiliation NCAA Division I • Big 12 Coach of the Year - 2017 Conference Big 12 Texas Head Coach Home Arena Frank C.