The Longhorns (16-2, 3-2) will try to bounce back from Saturday's loss to K-State against Kansas (9-7, 2-3) tonight. After losing their 1st 3 conference games, the Jayhawks have beaten #12 Baylor by 21 and followed that up with a 6-point win over Okie Lite. Kansas is 2-6 on the road or at neutral sites with losses to Penn State, #14 VaTech, #9 UCONN, aggy, #24 Iowa State and Texas Tech.
Deja Vu all over again. Texas will be facing a 4 Guard-1 Post team, lead by 6' 6" C Taiyanna Jackson (12.7 ppg, 10.1 rebounds, 2.7 blocks), with very proficient shooters from distance. Jackson is their 3rd leading scorer behind guard S'Mya Nichols (14.1 ppg, Kansas' pivotal freshman) and G Holly Kersgieter (12.7 pts) with each guard shooting better than 43% from BTA, 43.2% and 47.4% respectively.
Getting some early foul calls against Jackson would go a LONG way toward loosening their interior defense as she has registered 41 of their 59 blocks on the season and leads the team in steals.
This is also a very experienced Jayhawk squad - starters Jackson, Kersgieter and G Zakiyah Franklin are all "super seniors" while the other starting guard is a senior.
Longhorn metrics:
- Going up against legit bigs has definitely impacted Taylor Jones. During the non-conference schedule, Taylor was 72/101 (71.3%) from the floor but is 7/19 (36.8%) in her 3 conference appearances.
- A-Mo has been rounding into form, the redshirt sophomore is hitting 69.7% of her shots (23/33) during Big12 play.
- The 2 most inexperienced Longhorns, A-Mo and Madison, accounted for 38 of Texas' 58 points against K-State. If the most experienced players on the roster, Shaylee and Shay, can't consistently provide 8-12 points each; this season is about to get interminably longer. They combined for 6 points in 76 minutes at Manhattan.
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