2022–23 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

The 2022–23 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was coached by Vic Schaefer entering his third season at Texas. The Longhorns are members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the new Moody Center.

This was the Longhorns' first season at the newly constructed Moody Center. Previously, Texas played at the Frank Erwin Center. This was the first time the Longhorns have a new arena since 1977 when Texas moved from the Gregory Gymnasium to the Frank Erwin Center.

Previous season

Regular season Coming into the season, Texas had a lot of momentum going into the 2021–22 season after their Elite 8 appearance in the NCAA tournament the previous season. However, Texas lost star player Charli Collier to the WNBA draft, as she was the first overall pick by the Dallas Wings. With the addition of 2 5-star athletes in Rori Harmon and Aaliyah Moore and 2 4-star athletes in Latasha Lattimore and Kyndall Hunter, the momentum was still high. Texas finished the 2021-22 regular season 23–6, 13–5 in Big 12 play. The Longhorns finished 3rd in the Big 12 behind Iowa State and Baylor. 5-star recruit Rori Harmon emerged as a top freshman as she earned many accolades such as 4-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week, All-Big 12 Second Team, Big 12 All-Defensive Team, Big 12 All-Freshman Team, Big 12 Freshman of the Year, and Big 12 tournament Most Outstanding Player. Harmon also was the first freshman in Texas women’s basketball history to earn All-American Honors. The combination of younger talent with freshmen Rori Harmon and Aaliyah Moore, plus sophomore DeYona Gaston, with the older talent of seniors Joanne Allen-Taylor, Lauren Ebo, Audrey Warren, and junior three point leader Aliyah Matharu, Texas had their most success since the 2017-18 season where the Longhorns went 24–5 during the regular season.

Big 12 tournament Texas earned a 3-seed in the 2022 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament where they would square off against 6-seed Kansas State. Texas would go on to defeat Kansas State 72–65 to advance to the second round. In the second round, the Longhorns faced off against Iowa State. Coming into the game, Texas had swept the Cyclones during the regular season. Texas would go on to win 82–73 in overtime behind Rori Harmon’s 30-point career high performance, advancing them to the championship game against Baylor. Coming into the game, Texas was riding a 13-game losing streak to Baylor, having not defeated the Bears since the 2016–17 season. The Longhorns would go on to snap the losing streak defeating Baylor 67–58 in the championship game.

*denotes overtime

NCAA tournament Texas entered the NCAA tournament as a 2-seed where they faced off against 15-seed Fairfield. The Longhorns would go on to defeat the Stags 70–52, advancing Texas to the round of 32. In the round of 32, Texas played against 7-seed Utah. Texas defeated the Utes 78–56 sending them to the sweet 16 to match up with Ohio State. Against the Buckeyes, Texas won 66–63 advance Texas to their second consecutive elite 8. In the elite 8, the Longhorns faced Stanford, who they beat earlier in the regular season. However, Stanford prevailed against Texas, winning the game 59–50.

Spokane Regional final

Offseason

Returning players

3 G 5’6” Sophomore Houston, TX 5 F 6'2" Junior Pearland, TX 10 G 6’0” Junior Austin, TX 22 G 5’7” Sophomore Houston, TX 23 F 6’1” Sophomore Moore, OK 34 C 6’5” Junior Goma 40 G 5’7” Senior Mansfield, TX

Departures 11 G 5'8" Senior Houston, TX Graduated Ashley Chevalier 25 G 5’7” Sophomore Chatsworth, CA Transferred to Texas Tech 1 F/C 6’4” Senior Washington D.C. Transferred to Notre Dame 31 G/F 5'9" Senior Fort Worth, TX Transferred to Georgia Latasha Lattimore 35 F/C 6’4” Freshman Toronto, ON Transferred to Miami Kobe King-Hawea 4 G/F 5’11” Junior Point Cook, Australia Transferred to JMU

Outgoing transfers G 5'7" Senior Washington D.C. Florida Ashley Chevalier G 5’7” Sophomore Chatsworth, CA Texas Tech Audrey Warren G/F 5'9" Senior Fort Worth, TX Georgia Lauren Ebo F/C 6’4” Senior Washington D.C. Notre Dame Latasha Lattimore F/C 6’4” Freshman Toronto, ON Miami Kobe King-Hawea G/F 5’11” Junior Point Cook, Australia JMU

Coaching staff departures

Dionnah Jackson-DurrettAssociate head coachKansas CityHead coachApril PhillipsAssistant coachSan Jose StateHead coachCalamity McEntireAssistant coachIllinoisAssociate head coachJazzmun HolmesCoordinator of player developmentKansas CityDirector of basketball operations

Acquisitions

Incoming transfers Sonya Morris G 5’10” St. Louis, MO DePaul Taylor Jones F 6’4” Forney, TX Oregon State Khadija Faye C 6’4” Dakar, Senegal Texas Tech G 5’10” Gilbert, AZ BYU

2022 recruiting class

2023 recruiting class

Coaching staff additions

Elena LovatoAssociate head coachTexasAssistant coachLindsay Wisdom-HyltonAssistant coach/recruiting coordinatorPurdueAssistant coachSydney CarterDirector of player developmentTexas A&M |Player development/assistant recruiting coordinator

Preseason

Big 12 Media Poll Big 12 media poll 1 Iowa State 75 (4) 2 Texas 74 (4) 3 Oklahoma 65 (1) 4 Baylor 62 (1) 5 Kansas 49 6 Kansas State 37 7 Texas Tech 29 8 West Virginia 26 9 Oklahoma State 23 10 TCU 10 Source:

Award watch lists Listed in the order that they were released Nancy Lieberman AwardRori HarmonPGSophomoreAnn Meyers Drysdale AwardSonya MorrisGGraduate StudentKatrina McClain AwardAaliyah MooreFSophomoreCheryl Miller AwardShay HolleFJuniorLisa Leslie AwardTaylor JonesFJuniorWade TrophyRori HarmonPGSophomore

Preseason All-Big 12 teams Position Player Class First TeamGRori HarmonSophomoreFAaliyah MooreSophomore Honorable MentionGShaylee GonzalesGraduate StudentGSonya MorrisGraduate StudentFTaylor JonesJunior

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Roster

Support staff 2022-23 Texas Longhorns support staff Sydney Carter – Director of player development Zack Zillner – Sports Performance Coach Kristin Grant – Director of Video and Recruiting Digital Services Christy Smith – Director of operations Dennis Colwell – Administrative Associate Ryan Yablonsky – Graduate assistant

Roster outlook Anissa Gutierrez — GShaylee Gonzales — GSonya Morris — GDeYona Gaston — FFemme Masudi — CKhadija Faye — FShay Holle — GTaylor Jones — FAaliyah Moore — FRori Harmon — GKyndall Hunter — G Amina Muhammad — FJordana Codio — GNdjakalenga Mwenentanda — F

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=9 style=|Non-Conference Regular Season

!colspan=12 style=| Big 12 Regular Season

!colspan=9 style=|Big 12 Tournament (2–1)

!colspan=12 style=|NCAA Tournament

Source:Schedule

Postseason Big 12 tournament

Team and individual statistics +Individual player statistics (Final)MinutesScoringTotal FGs3-point FGsFree-ThrowsReboundsPlayerGPGSTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPct3FG3FAPctFTFTAPctOffDefTotAvgAPFTOStlBlkShaylee Gonzales3636119633.245812.715537241.7%5415435.1%9410986.2%55991544.39686845617DeYona Gaston363291525.443712.118335551.5%010.0%7110368.9%841232075.83994563540Sonya Morris262468726.429611.411828441.5%4712138.8%132065.0%1455692.74941483310Rori Harmon3131111435.934711.214038036.8%85115.7%5910556.2%341291635.32285599728Aaliyah Moore9918420.410111.2346155.7%010.0%334671.7%1627434.816232743Taylor Jones27453619.92579.510218056.7%000.0%537967.1%57971545.7466321162Khadija Faye362753814.92135.97614054.3%000.0%618869.3%88961845.11797393734Shay Holle361491125.32145.98019541.0%359038.9%193161.3%2248701.95775543519Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda31337812.21354.44413133.6%31717.6%446369.8%3633692.2185229154Amina Muhammad36067118.61423.96012448.4%000.0%225044.0%741031774.93488532614Anissa Gutierrez100202.040.41616.7%000.0%22100.0%0000.011310Sarah Graves1011.000.0000.0%000.0%000.0%0000.000000Total 36 – 7200 200.0 2623 72.9 1002 2247 44.6% 147 435 33.8% 472 698 67.6% 546 880 1426 39.6 559 680 548 326 214Opponents 36 – 7200 200.0 2068 57.4 707 1879 37.6% 175 526 33.3% 479 692 69.2% 381 786 1167 32.4 356 715 718 281 107

Legend GP Games played GS Games started Avg Average per game FG Field-goals made FGA Field-goal attempts Off Offensive rebounds Def Defensive rebounds A Assists TO Turnovers Blk Blocks Stl Steals High Team high

Awards and honors

Weekly honors Big 12 Freshman of the Week DeYona Gaston F December 12, 2022 Big 12 Co-Player of the Week Rori Harmon PG January 3, 2023 USBWA National Women's Player of the Week Shaylee Gonzales G January 17, 2023

Conference honorsBig 12 Coach of the Year Vic Schaefer Head coachBig 12 Defensive Player of the Year Rori Harmon GBig 12 Newcomer of the Year Shaylee Gonzales GAll-Big 12 First Team Rori Harmon GAll-Big 12 First Team DeYona Gaston FAll-Big 12 Second Team Shaylee Gonzales GBig 12 All-Defensive Team Rori Harmon GBig 12 All-Freshman Team Amina Muhammad F Source:

Rankings

See also 2022–23 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team

References

2022–23 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

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