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No. 25 Texas looks to rebound from upset loss at Texas Tech against now-unranked Baylor

danny davis, austin american-statesman
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Texas guard Rori Harmon defends as Baylor's Sarah Andrews drives downcourt last season at the Erwin Center. The teams will meet Sunday in Waco at Baylor's Ferrell Center, perhaps the final time they'll play there. Baylor has a new basketball area expected to open for next season.
Texas guard Rori Harmon defends as Baylor's Sarah Andrews drives downcourt last season at the Erwin Center. The teams will meet Sunday in Waco at Baylor's Ferrell Center, perhaps the final time they'll play there. Baylor has a new basketball area expected to open for next season.

No. 25 Texas at Baylor

4 p.m. Sunday, Ferrell Center

TV/radio: ESPN2/105.3

About the series: Texas leads 59-48. The Longhorns' 67-58 win in the Big 12 Tournament championship game last March snapped the team's 13-game losing streak to Baylor.

About the Longhorns: With Baylor's Foster Pavilion expected to open next year, this could be UT's last appearance in the Ferrell Center. The Longhorns have gone 14-21 at Ferrell, with their last win coming in 2017. ... A 68-64 loss to Texas Tech on Wednesday dropped UT's record to 4-5 in games when it's ranked by The Associated Press. ... Harmon needs six assists to bump Nancy Walling from sixth place on the single-season chart for Texas sophomores. Last year, Harmon's 180 assists were a UT freshman record. ... Texas is averaging 16 turnovers. That's No. 159 nationally.

About the Bears: After a pair of losses last week, Baylor was dropped from the AP poll Monday. The Bears were last unranked during the 2003-04 season. ... Baylor is coming off a 69-48 win over Kansas State on Wednesday. Littlepage-Buggs recorded her seventh double-double when she grabbed 11 rebounds and had 19 points on 9-of-12 shooting. ... Andrews is averaging 20.5 points in conference play. Entering the weekend, that trailed only Texas Tech's Bre'Amber Scott (24.5) and Oklahoma's Ana Llanusa (20.7). ... At 56.8 points per game, Baylor has the Big 12's top scoring defense.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Texas women's basketball preview: Horns, Baylor meet for Big 12 clash