Meanwhile, No. 6 Texas suffered its first loss in its new league. Having also lost in overtime at then-No. 10 Notre Dame in December, UT is now 16-2 with a 3-1 mark in conference play.

Texas Longhorns women's basketball was unable to get any offense going in a loss to the No. 2 South Carolina Gamecocks.

Texas Longhorns forward Kyla Oldacre often feels that because of her physicality, she gets officiated differently than other post players. In Texas' l

No. 2 South Carolina rolled past No. 5 Texas for its 11th straight win Sunday in front of a sold-out crowd of 18,000 at Colonial Life Arena.

BOTTOM LINE: No. 5 Texas takes on No. 2 South Carolina. The Gamecocks are 7-0 in home games. South Carolina is fifth in the SEC with 25.8 defensive rebounds per game led by Chloe Kitts averaging 4.7.

A pair of teams with hopes of playing for a national championship this season face off on Sunday, Jan. 12 with the No. 2 South Carolina Gamecocks hosting the No. 5 Texas Longhorns at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, S.C.

Dawn Staley offers high praise for the Longhorns, saying they have “all the keys to winning the national championship.”

Te-Hina Paopao and Chloe Kitts led South Carolina with 11 points apiece, while freshman Joyce Edwards added 10 points off the bench. Defensively, the biggest highlight was Bree Hall holding Texas star Madison Booker to just 3 of 19 shooting.

The son of former Arizona State and Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Dirk Koetter spent the past two seasons at staff with Texas for the Longhorns, who made it to back-to-back College Football Playoff semifinals

For the SEC, it’s a “what do I do with my hands” national championship. No SEC representation isn’t unprecedented, but it’s the first time that happened in consecutive years since 2004-05. You know. In case you haven’t heard. Ohio State is an 8.5-point favorite vs. Notre Dame, per DraftKings Sportsbook.

Texas women's basketball head coach Vic Schaefer has made it a habit not to lose consecutive games, and that stayed true Thursday night. Facing Schaefer's former lieutenant Johnnie Harris, Texas bounced back from a disappointing loss to defeat unranked Auburn 74-57. UT is now 17-2 with a 4-1 mark in conference play.