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- Opponent: Texas
- Date: Thurs., Jan. 23
- Tip-off: 9 p.m. ET (8 CT)
- Venue: Moody Center
- Watch: SEC Network
- Radio: Lady Vol Network
- Online: Live Audio, Live Stats
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- No. 17/17 Tennessee (15-3, 3-3 SEC) and No. 7/7 Texas (18-2, 4-1 SEC) renew a classic women's basketball rivalry that dates back to 1978, as they meet Thursday night in Austin in the Longhorns' "We Back Pat" game. UT and Texas will clash as SEC foes for the first time at 8 p.m. CT (9 p.m. ET) at the Moody Center.
Texas is fresh off an 89-51 shellacking of No. 8/9 Maryland on Monday at the Coretta Scott King Classic at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Sophomore forward Madison Booker, who led Texas with 28 points, is the Longhorns leading scorer at 15.8 ppg. She has help from three others in double figures.
- COOP IS THE REAL DEAL: Guard Talaysia Cooper is having a break-out season, leading UT in scoring (18.4 ppg.) and steals (3.4 spg.), hitting double figures 16 times, carding nine efforts of 20+ points and notching eight quarters where she scored 10 or more points, including 12 and 10, respectively, in the fourth period vs. Florida State and Iowa.
- ZEE STEPPING IT UP: Forward Zee Spearman has scored 10+ 10 times, averaging 10.9 ppg. and a team-high 6.2 rpg. after an 11-point, 11-board double-double vs. Vandy.
- TURNING OVER THE OPPOSITION: UT is No. 5 in turnovers forced per game (25.28) and No. 3 in T.O. margin (11.00). Miss. State had 20 miscues on Jan. 16 for the 13th 20+ T.O. game (7 were 30+) by a foe in 2024-25.
- RACKING UP STEALS: UT is No. 6 nationally in steals per game (13.6). It now has 12 games of 10+ steals and 244 total in 18 games. It had 159 in 33 games a year ago.
- UT NO. 14 IN NET RANKINGS: With three losses by a grand total of four points to NET No. 10 LSU, No. 16 Oklahoma and No. 21 Vanderbilt, and quality wins over No. 26 Florida State, No. 31 Richmond, No. 35 Mississippi State, No. 37 Iowa and No. 59 Middle Tennessee, Tennessee is ranked No. 14 in the NCAA's NET rankings.
- Tennessee is seeking to have its first trio of players to hit 40 or more three-pointers in a season since 2010-11. Jewel Spear (47 / 38.8 pct.) and Samara Spencer (42 / 41.6 pct.) already have surpassed 40, and Tess Darby (38 / 35.5 pct.) stands two treys away.
- Talaysia Cooper is averaging 3.4 steals per contest, a number that would put her No. 1 on UT's career list if she continued at that pace through season's end.
- Cooper currently has 62 steals and would need 100 to crack Tennessee's top-10 list for a season.
- COOP FOR 20 AGAIN: Talaysia Cooper nabbed her ninth 20-plus point game and her 16th 10-plus game of the season, producing 22 against Vanderbilt. The guard drained 10 points in the first half before finishing off her day with another 12 in the second half. Cooper hit 10 field goals and two treys. The redshirt sophomore also added five rebounds, two blocks, two steals and two assists.
- DOUBLE-DOUBLE FOR ZEE: Zee Spearman carded a double-double for the second time this season and the eighth time in her career. Spearman finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Spearman also carded a double-double against N.C. Central on Dec. 14. The forward tallied 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in that contest.
- After suffering its first SEC loss at No. 2/2 South Carolina on Jan. 12, 67-50, Texas bounced back with wins over Auburn (74-57) and No. 8/9 Maryland (89-51).
- The only other loss was at No. 3/3 Notre Dame on Dec. 5, 80-70 in overtime.
- The Longhorns are led by sophomore forward Madison Booker (15.8 ppg., 5.9 rpg.), senior forward Taylor Jones (11.3 ppg., 6.6), junior center Kyla Oldacre (10.7 ppg., 7.1 rpg.) and senior guard Rori Harmon (10.3 ppg.).
- Texas scores 87.5 ppg. and holds foes to 55.5 ppg.
- The Horns record 12.5 steals per game and force foes into 24.8 turnovers per contest.
- Head coach Vic Schaefer is 127-34 in his fifth season at Texas and is 428-206 in his 20th year overall.
- Madison Booker scored 28 points on 13-of-19 shooting from the field, and the Texas defense forced 27 turnovers in an 89-51 win over No. 8/9 Maryland on Monday in Newark, N.J.
- The Longhorns and Terrapins played on MLK Day in the Coretta Scott King Classic at the Prudential Center.
- Kyla Oldacre scored 15 points, Taylor Jones added 13 and Shay Holle contributed 12 points. Rori Harmon dished out seven assists for the Longhorns.
- Texas improved to 18-2 on the season and earned its third top-10 win of the season.
UP NEXT
- After playing at Texas, the Lady Vols are back home and will face a second-straight top-10 opponent, as No. 2/2 South Carolina comes to Food City Center for a prime time Monday night match-up.
- The Lady Vols and Gamecocks will meet at 7 p.m. ET on Jan. 27 in contest televised by ESPN2.
- The game also will be available on Lady Vol Network radio stations statewide and via audio stream on UTSports.com.
- In a scheduling oddity, this will mark the second of potentially three occasions this season where Tennessee will face top-10 opponents in consecutive games. UT played No. 9/10 Oklahoma and No. 6/4 LSU on Jan. 5 and 9, is meeting No. 7/7 Texas and No. 2/2 South Carolina on Jan. 23 and 27 and is slated to face No. 6/6 UConn and No. 5/4 LSU on Feb. 6 and Feb. 9, respectively.
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