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Women's Basketball preview: Lamar

No. 21/22 TEXAS (1-0) vs. Lamar (1-1)

Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007 · 7 p.m. CT

Frank Erwin Center (16,755) · Austin, Texas

GAME DAY QUICK FACTS

TELEVISION: The game will not be televised.

RADIO: KVET Radio (1300 AM) in Central Texas with Craig Way (play-by-play) and Chad Hastings (color commentator) calling the game

INTERNET AUDIO:Listen to Texas Basketball games on subscription-based Yahoo! Sports College Broadcast

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LIVE STATS: Click here for live stats.

Featured player of the game: Freshman G Kathleen Nash

GAME PROMOTIONS

· $5 general admission Web coupon [PDF]

· UT students in the O-Zone section eligible for Hyde Park Bar & Grill gift cards and IMAX movie tickets

TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets available for purchase via TexasBoxOffice.com; at the Bellmont Hall Athletics Ticket Office (Monday-Friday, 9 a.m-4 p.m.) and the Frank Erwin Center Box Office (Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; on game days one hour prior to tipoff); at Austin-area H-E-B stores; and by calling the UT Athletics Ticket Office Phone (512-471-3333 or 800-982-BEVO) or Texas Box Office charge-by-phone (512-477-6060).

Tonight's Teams

Texas, 1-0, is ranked No. 21 in this week's AP Poll and No. 22 in the USA Today/ESPN Poll ... Lamar, from the Southland Conference, is 1-1, defeating LSU-Shreveport (86-52, Nov. 10) before losing at Oklahoma State, 91-54, on Monday.

A Glance at Texas

UT opened the Gail Goestenkors coaching era on Sunday with a 92-55 victory over Missouri State ... Five Longhorns were in double-figure scoring, led by sophomore guards Brittainey Raven (career-high 22 points) and Carla Cortijo (career-high 17 points, 7 assists) ... Goestenkors is now 397-99 all-time, and her 80 percent winning percentage ranks No. 3 among all active Division I coaches. With five players in double-figure scoring in the victory over Missouri State, that marked the first time since the 2005-06 season that five Longhorns reached double-digit scoring in the same game - 55 games ago ... The 92 points by Texas marked the first time UT has reached or surpassed the 90-plus point mark in four-plus seasons ... The last time UT scored 90-plus points was in a 92-57 victory over Southern University in NCAA first round play in Austin on March 21, 2004 ...Additionally, the 92 points were the most by a Longhorn team in a season opener in 20 years since Texas defeated Northern Arizona, 93-34, on Nov. 27, 1987 in that season opener.

A Look at Lamar

Lamar also is under the direction of a new head coach, as Larry Tidwell, former TCU associate head coach, takes over ... Lamar was 13-17 a year ago and went 8-8 in the Southland Conference ... Yet, this year, with an infusion of new players (including five international players hailing from New Zealand, Spain, Latvia, Lebanon and Jamaica) and a new head coach, the Lady Cardinals were picked to finish first in the SLC East Division preseason coaches poll ... Lamar is led by 5-10 sophomore F Brittney Williams (13.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg), last year's SLC Freshman of the Year; 6-2 freshman G Tamara Abalde (13.5 ppg, 9.0 rpg); and 5-9 senior G Aido Bahkhos (7.5 ppg, 10.5 rpg).

Texas-Lamar Series

This is the seventh meeting between UT and Lamar, with Texas leading the series, 4-2 and holding a three-game series winning streak ... The first game in the series took place in 1974-75, in UT's first varsity season which was under the direction of head coach Rod Page ... Lamar won, 68-53 on March 23, 1975... UT stands 3-1; Texas is 0-2 against Lamar in neutral site contests.

http://www.texassports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=33&url_article_id=7663&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2

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