No. 6 Texas Women's Basketball Hosts South Dakota State Tonight at the Moody Center
The 2-0 Longhorns tip at 6 p.m. on SEC Network behind Madison Booker's 30-point game. The Jackrabbits arrive 1-1 with Brooklyn Meyer, who averaged 22.6 points a game last season.
AUSTIN — The No. 6 Texas women's basketball team is back at the Moody Center on Wednesday night, hosting South Dakota State at 6 p.m. Central on SEC Network. Texas is 2-0, and its most recent outing was a rout: a 91-29 win over Northern Colorado on Saturday in which Madison Booker scored 30 points, according to the game preview published by Bleacher Nation.
South Dakota State arrives at 1-1 after a 76-54 win over Northern Iowa on Friday, led by Brooklyn Meyer's 18 points. Meyer is the matchup to watch inside: she averaged 22.6 points and 8.0 rebounds a game last season, while Booker — Texas's leader — averaged 18.9 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists, per the preview's player tables.
The statistical backdrop favors the home team. Last season Texas scored 83.9 points a game, seventh-best in the country, and allowed 55.8, while South Dakota State scored 75.9 a game and allowed 61.6 — numbers the preview lists as 2025-26 context for both programs. Texas also defends its home floor well: the Longhorns averaged 90.6 points a game at home last season.
Wednesday's game is the first of a two-game Moody Center week for Texas, which also hosts Tarleton State on Saturday at noon, according to the University of Texas Athletics insider published Tuesday. A win tonight keeps the Longhorns unbeaten ahead of that Saturday matinee and the ranked tests further down the nonconference schedule.
