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TEXAS BASKETBALL 31 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES | 1986 NCAA CHAMPIONS | THREE FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES | 12-TIME CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS GAME 8 | MISSISSIPPI STATE | DECEMBER 2, 2018 DAY DATE UT OPP OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT SUN O. 28 - - WEST TEXAS A&M [EXH.] LHN W, 91-63 10/10 Head Coach: Karen Aston THU N. 08 11/8 -- DUQUESNE LHN W, 78-41 at UT: 149-62 [.706], 7th season MON N. 12 11/8 -- at North Texas ESPN + W, 64-54 TEXAS Career: 250-125 [.667], 12th season THU N. 15 11/8 -- MCNEESE STATE LHN W, 96-40 7-0, 0-0 Big 12 at Gulf Coast Showcase [Estero, Fla.] FRI N. 23 10/9 -- vs. Quinnipiac GulfCoastShowcase.com W, 56-55 6/6 Head Coach: Vic Schaefer SAT N. 24 10/9 -- vs. Michigan GulfCoastShowcase.com W, 69-52 MISS. STATE at MSU: 168-53 [.760], 7th season SUN N. 25 10/9 -- vs. Fordham GulfCoastShowcase.com W, 72-54 WED N. 28 10/10 -- UTSA LHN W, 98-54 7-0, 0-0 SEC Career: 248-163 [.603], 14th season Big 12/SEC Challenge [Austin, Texas] SUN D. 02 10/10 6/6 MISSISSIPPI STATE FS1 1:00 p.m. SUN D. 09 TENNESSEE ESPN2 12:00 p.m. SUN D. 16 STETSON LHN 1:00 p.m. THU D. 20 at UTRGV WAC Digital Network 7:00 p.m. Date: December 2, 2018 SAT D. 29 NORTHWESTERN STATE LHN 1:00 p.m. Time: 1 p.m. CT FS1 105.3 FM WED J. 02 OKLAHOMA STATE * LHN 7:00 p.m. Location: Austin, Texas Play-by-Play: Ron Thulin Play-by-Play: Craig Way SUN J. 06 at West Virginia * ESPN2 3:00 p.m. Arena: Frank Erwin Center Analyst: Monica McNutt Analyst: Kathy Harston WED J. 09 OKLAHOMA * LHN 7:00 p.m. Capacity: 16,540 Online: Fox Sports Go app Online: TexasSports.com SAT J. 12 at Iowa State * 4:00 p.m. Series: Tied 2-2 WED J. 16 at Kansas State * ESPN3 7:00 p.m. SAT J. 19 TCU * LHN 1:00 p.m. WED J. 23 KANSAS * LHN 7:00 p.m. TALE OF THE TAPE SAT J. 26 at Texas Tech * 12:00 p.m. MON J. 28 WEST VIRGINIA * FS1 7:00 p.m. Statistic SAT F. 02 at Oklahoma * FSSW 3:00 p.m. 7-0 Overall Record 7-0 MON F. 04 BAYLOR * ESPN2 6:00 p.m. SAT F. 09 at Kansas * ESPN3 7:00 p.m. 0-0 Conference Record 0-0 TUE F. 12 at Oklahoma State * 7:00 p.m. 76.1 Points Per Game 97.6 SUN F. 17 KANSAS STATE * FSN 4:00 p.m. SAT F .23 TEXAS TECH * LHN 11:00 a.m. 47.0 Rebounds Per Game 50.0 MON F. 25 at Baylor * FS1 6:00 p.m. +15.1 Rebound Margin +20.7 SAT M. 02 IOWA STATE * LHN 7:00 p.m. TUE M. 05 at TCU * FSSW + 6:30 p.m. 16.0 Assists Per Game 21.9 March 8-11 - Big 12 Conference Tournament [Oklahoma City, Okla.] 8.6 Steals Per Game 9.7 * - Big 12 Conference game | All times Central. Rankings: Associated Press Top 25 / USA Today Coaches Poll 3.1 Blocks Per Game 8.7 14.0 Turnovers Per Game 13.4 NCAA ALL-TIME WINS LEADERS +2.0 Turnover Margin +9.1 Tennessee 1,349 UConn 1,123 GAMEDAY STORYLINES Louisiana Tech 1,114 • It will be a top-10 match-up at the Frank Erwin Center on Sunday when No. 10 Texas plays host to James Madison 1,098 No. 6 Mississippi State in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. Tip-off is slated for 1 p.m. CT and the game will be nationally televised by FS1. The Bulldogs have played in back-to-back NCAA Championship games Texas 1,072 and the Longhorns have advanced to four consecutive NCAA Sweet 16s. Texas is 3-1 all-time in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. ALL-TIME NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE LEADERS • The Series: Texas and Mississippi State meet for the fifth time in the history of the two programs with Tennessee 37 the all-time series tied 2-2. The last time the two teams played in Austin [Dec. 2, 2015], Texas won 53- 47. In the last meeting between the two teams, Mississippi State earned a 79-68 victory in Starkville. Georgia 33 • Defend The Drum: Texas is 80-10 [.889] inside the Frank Erwin Center since the start of the 2013-14 Stanford 32 season, including a 51-6 [.895] record since the start of the 2015-16 campaign. Eight of the 10 losses Texas 31 that Texas has suffered at home since 2013-14 have come to opponents ranked in the AP top-six. UConn 30 • On The Boards: Texas has held or tied for the rebounding advantage in all seven games it has played this season and 96 of the last 112 games overall. The Longhorns rank eighth nationally in TEXAS MEDIA RELATIONS rebound margin at +15.1 and have recorded 50 or more boards in three games this season. • Warren Named Big 12 Freshman of the Week: Freshman Audrey Warren was named the Big Sean Cartell 12 Conference Co-Freshman of the Week for her performances at the Gulf Coast Showcase. She UT Athletics Media Relations averaged 9.7 points per game, 5.0 rebounds per game and led the Longhorns with 2.0 steals per game P.O. Box 7399, Austin, TX 78713-7399 over the three-game stretch. She also hit the game-winning shot with 47 seconds remaining in the 512-471-6039 • 352-278-5422 [cell] comeback victory against Quinnipiac. [email protected] • TexasSports.com • Sweet Like Sug[ar]: Junior Sug Sutton is in her first season as the starting point guard for the @TexasWBB [Twitter/Instagram] Longhorns, but she is quickly beginning to emerge as one of the nation’s top point guards. She ranks third nationally in total assists [45] and is 14th in assists per game [6.4]. The last time a Texas player averaged 6.0 or better assists for a season was Edwina Brown in 1999-00 [6.1]. • Up Next: Texas continues its four-game homestand next Sunday, Dec. 9 when it plays host to No. 11/11 Tennessee at the Frank Erwin Center. Tip-off is slated for 12 p.m. CT on ESPN2. ROSTER | 2018-19 TEXAS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES NUMERICAL ROSTER HEAD KAREN # NAME POS. HT. CLASS HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL/PREV. SCHOOL 1 Sug Sutton G 5-8 Jr. St. Louis, Mo. Parkway North COACH 3 Danni Williams G 5-10 Gr. Clovis, N.M. Clovis / Texas A&M ASTON 4 Destiny Littleton G 5-9 So. La Jolla, Calif. The Bishop’s School 2017 BIG 12 COACH OF THE YEAR 10 Lashann Higgs G 5-9 Sr. Round Rock, Texas Cedar Ridge 11 Joanne Allen-Taylor G 5-8 Fr. Houston, Texas Cypress Falls 12 Jada Underwood G/F 6-0 Jr. Mesquite, Texas Horn 14 Olamide Aborowa F 6-3 Sr. Ondo, Nigeria Neumann-Goretti [Pa.] 22 Shae Routt G/F 6-0 Fr. Austin, Texas Akins 23 Sedona Prince C 6-7 Fr. Liberty Hill, Texas Liberty Hill 24 Joyner Holmes G/F 6-3 Jr. Cedar Hill, Texas Cedar Hill 31 Audrey Warren G/F 5-9 Fr. Fort Worth, Texas Boswell 35 Charli Collier F/C 6-5 Fr. Mont Belvieu, Texas Barbers Hill 40 Jatarie White F/C 6-4 Sr. Charlotte, N.C. Providence Day / So.Carolina ALPHABETICAL ROSTER # NAME POS. HT. CLASS HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL/PREV. SCHOOL 11 Joanne Allen-Taylor G 5-8 Fr. Houston, Texas Cypress Falls 14 Olamide Aborowa F 6-3 Sr. Ondo, Nigeria Neumann-Goretti [Pa.] 35 Charli Collier F/C 6-5 Fr. Mont Belvieu, Texas Barbers Hill 10 Lashann Higgs G 5-9 Sr. Round Rock, Texas Cedar Ridge 24 Joyner Holmes G/F 6-3 Jr. Cedar Hill, Texas Cedar Hill 4 Destiny Littleton G 5-9 So. La Jolla, Calif. The Bishop’s School 23 Sedona Prince C 6-7 Fr. Liberty Hill, Texas Liberty Hill 22 Shae Routt G/F 6-0 Fr. Austin, Texas Akins 7TH SEASON AT TEXAS | 12TH SEASON OVERALL 1 Sug Sutton G 5-8 Jr. St. Louis, Mo. Parkway North 15th Season at UT as an assistant or head coach 12 Jada Underwood G/F 6-0 Jr. Mesquite, Texas Horn 31 Audrey Warren G/F 5-9 Fr. Fort Worth, Texas Boswell CAREER RECORD OVERALL CONFERENCE 40 Jatarie White F/C 6-4 Sr. Charlotte, N.C. Providence Day / So.Carolina School [seasons] W L % W L % 3 Danni Williams G 5-10 Gr. Clovis, N.M. Clovis / Texas A&M Charlotte [4] 86 47 .647 38 18 .679 North Texas [1] 15 16 .484 7 9 .438 TEXAS [7th] 149 62 .706 70 38 .648 COACHING STAFF OVERALL [12th] 250 125 .667 115 65 .639 Head Coach: Karen Aston 7th Season as Head Coach at UT [Little Rock ‘87] Associate Head Coach: Jamie Carey 3rd Season at UT [Texas ‘04] Assistant Coach: George Washington 7th Season at UT [Abilene Christan ‘00] YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD Assistant Coach: Tiffany Jackson 1st Season at UT [Texas ‘12] CONFERENCE Sports Performance Coach: Zack Zillner 2nd Season at UT [Kansas ‘11] W-L W-L FINISH POSTSEASON CHARLOTTE 2007-08 18-14 9-5 4th A-10 WNIT First Round ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT STAFF 2008-09 23-9 11-3 2nd A-10 NCAA First Round Vice President / Athletics Director: Chris Del Conte 2009-10 18-14 9-5 4th A-10 WNIT 2nd Round Exec.