On Thursday, the Texas women’s basketball team will travel to Kentucky for a matchup between two of the top-four teams in the Southeastern Conference standings.
Having beaten then-No. 24 Vanderbilt and then-No. 2 South Carolina last week, this is the Longhorns‘ third straight game against a ranked opponent. Ranked third in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, Texas (24-2, 10-1) is 7-2 against ranked teams this season.
Kentucky (19-3, 8-2) is 4-1 against ranked teams during its 2024-25 campaign, but none of those games have been played against a top-10 team. Kentucky was ranked 13th by the coaches this week.
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1st (4:28) Texas 9, Kentucky 7
Behind the nine points scored by post players Taylor Jones and Kyla Oldacre, the Longhorns have grabbed an early lead in Lexington. Three different Wildcats have scored for Kentucky, which has committed four turnovers.
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Harmon, Amoore among college basketball’s top quarterbacks
Thursday’s tussle will feature two of the country’s best point guards. Texas senior Rori Harmon and Kentucky senior Georgia Amoore are both top-10 finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award, which is given annually to college basketball’s top point guard.
This season, Harmon is averaging 9.8 points, 6.2 assists and 2.4 steals per game. Amoore is averaging 19.2 points, 7.4 assists and 1.0 steals per game. Nationally, Amoore and Harmon respectively rank second and seven in assist averages. Harmon has the fifth-best assists-to-turnover ratio in the country while Amoore ranked 42nd in that statistical category.
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