2021–22 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

2021–22 Texas Longhorns women's basketball
2021–22 Texas Longhorns women's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 12
2021–22 record	9–1 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Vic Schaefer (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Dionnah Jackson-Durrett (2nd season); Calamity McEntire (1st season); April Phillips (1st season);
Home arena	Frank Erwin Center
	Seasons ← 2020–21 →

The 2021-22 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at Austin in the 2021-22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team is coached by Vic Schaefer entering his second season at Texas. The Longhorns are members of the Big 12 Conference and play their home games at the Frank Erwin Center.

This will be the Longhorns' final season at the Frank Erwin Center, with the new Moody Center set to open for the 2022–23 season.

Previous season[]

The Longhorns finished the season 21–10, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in fifth place. The Longhorns are coming off making the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament where they made it to the elite 8.

Offseason[]

Departures[]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Charli Collier	35	F/C	6’5”	Junior	Mont Belvieu, TX	Declared for the 2021 WNBA draft, in which she was chosen first overall by the Dallas Wings.
Kyra Lambert	15	PG	5'9"	GS	Cibolo, TX	Graduated; chose not to take advantage of the NCAA's COVID-19 eligibility waiver
Karisma Ortiz	3	G	6'0"	GS	San Jose, CA	Transferred to California
Elyssa Coleman	20	F	6'3"	Sophomore	Humble, TX	Transferred to UTSA
Celeste Taylor	0	G	5'11"	Sophomore	Valley Stream, NY	Transferred to Duke
Ashley Chevalier^	25	G	5'7"	Sophomore	Chatsworth, CA	Entered Transfer Portal

^Chevalier transferred seven games into the 2021-2022 season.

Incoming Transfers[]

Name	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Aliyah Matharu	G	5'7"	Junior	Washington, D.C.	Transferred from Mississippi State.
Femme Masudi	C	6'5"	Junior	Goma, DR Congo	Transferred from South Georgia Technical College.
Kobe King-Hawea	G	5'11"	Junior	Point Cook, VIC, Australia	Transferred from Casper College.
Anissa Gutierrez	G	5'7"	Freshman	Mansfield, TX	Transferred from Hendrix College.

2021 Recruiting Class[]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Aayliah Moore F	Moore, OK	Moore High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Aayliah Moore F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97
Rori Harmon PG	Houston, TX	Cypress Creek High School	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	N/A
Rori Harmon PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97
Kyndall Hunter PG	Houston, TX	Cypress Creek High School	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	N/A
Kyndall Hunter PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 95
Latasha Lattimore F	Toronto, ON	Royal Crown Academic School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	N/A
Latasha Lattimore F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 93
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2021 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

2022 Recruiting class[]

US college sports recruiting information for 2022 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda W	Sioux Falls, SD	Washington High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda W	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 95
Amina Muhammad F	Desoto, TX	Desoto High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
Amina Muhammad F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 93
Jordana Codio G	Jupiter, FL	American Heritage-Boca-Delray High	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Jordana Codio G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 93
Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: — 247Sports: — ESPN: —
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Texas 2022 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "2022 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Coaching staff departures[]

Name	Position	New Team	New Position
Johnnie Harris	Assistant Coach	Auburn	Head Coach

2021 WNBA Draft[]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	WNBA Team
#1	1	Charli Collier	C	Dallas Wings

Preseason[]

Big 12 media poll[]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Big 12 media poll^[1]
1	Baylor	79 (7)
T-2	Texas	67 (2)
T-2	Iowa State	67 (1)
4	West Virginia	58
5	Oklahoma	44
6	TCU	32
7	Oklahoma State	30
T-8	Kansas State	26
T-8	Texas Tech	26
10	Kansas	17

Preseason All-Big 12 teams[]

1st team

Joanne Allen-Taylor – G (Coaches, Media)

Honorable Mention

Rori Harmon – G (Coaches, Media)

Preseason Big 12 Awards[]

Award	Player	Position	Year
Preseason Freshman of the Year	Aaliyah Moore	F	Fr.

Roster[]

2021–22 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F/C	1	Lauren Ebo	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Riverdale Baptist	Washington, DC
G	2	Aliyah Matharu	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Mississippi State	Washington, DC
PG	3	Rori Harmon	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Cypress Creek	Houston, TX
G	4	Kobe King-Hawea	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Casper College	Point Cook, VIC, Australia
F	5	Deyona Gaston	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Pearland	Pearland, TX
G	10	Shay Holle	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Westlake	Austin, TX
G	11	Joanne Allen-Taylor	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Cypress Falls	Houston, TX
F	21	Aaliyah Moore	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Moore	Moore, OK
PG	22	Kyndall Hunter	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Cypress Creek	Houston, TX
G/F	31	Audrey Warren	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Boswell	Fort Worth, TX
C	34	Femme Masudi	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Jr	South Georgia Technical College	Goma, DR Congo
F/C	35	Latasha Lattimore	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Royal Crown Academic School	Toronto, ON
G	40	Anissa Gutierrez	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Mansfield Summit High School	Mansfield, TX

Head coach

Vic Schaefer (Texas A&M)

Assistant coach(es)

Dionnah Jackson-Durrett (Oklahoma)
April Phillips (Xavier)
Calamity McEntire (Eastern Oklahoma State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 4, 2021* 7:00 p.m., LHN	No. 25	Oklahoma Baptist	W 77–44	0–0	16 – Warren	11 – Masudi	5 – Warren	Gregory Gymnasium (N/A) Austin, TX
Regular season (9–1)
November 9, 2021* 5:30 p.m., LHN	No. 25	New Orleans	W 131–36	1–0	27 – Hunter	8 – Gaston	8 – Harmon	Frank Erwin Center (N/A) Austin, TX
November 14, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 25	at No. 3 Stanford	W 61–56	2–0	21 – Harmon	6 – Ebo	1 – Tied	Maples Pavilion (3,681) Stanford, CA
November 17, 2021* 11:00 a.m., LHN	No. 12	Southeast Missouri	W 88–47	3–0	13 – Allen-Taylor	10 – Ebo	6 – Chevalier	Frank Erwin Center (4,854) Austin, TX
November 21, 2021* 12:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 12	at No. 16 Tennessee	L 70–74 ^OT	3–1	27 – Matharu	8 – Tied	11 – Harmon	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,460) Knoxville, TN
November 27, 2021* 1:00 p.m., LHN	No. 14	Cal State Northridge	W 83–42	4–1	19 – Gaston	8 – Tied	9 – Harmon	Frank Erwin Center (2,478) Austin, TX
December 1, 2021* 7:00 p.m., LHN	No. 15	Jackson State	W 78–64	5–1	14 – Ebo	7 – Ebo	6 – Harmon	Frank Erwin Center (2,127) Austin, TX
December 5, 2021* 3:00 p.m., SEC Network	No. 15	at No. 17 Texas A&M Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	W 76–60	6–1	26 – Matharu	9 – Warren	9 – Harmon	Reed Arena (7,100) College Station, TX
December 11, 2021* 1:00 p.m., LHN	No. 11	Idaho	W 83–43	7–1	19 – Gaston	10 – Lattimore	3 – Tied	Frank Erwin Center (1,124) Austin, TX
December 19, 2021* 4:30 p.m., ESPN2	No. 11	vs. No. 4 Arizona Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge	Cancelled due to COVID-19 issues					T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, NV
December 19, 2021* 4:30 p.m., ESPN2	No. 11	vs. San Diego Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge	W 74–58	8–1	22 – Matharu	10 – Gaston	4 – Warren	T-Mobile Arena (N/A) Las Vegas, NV
December 22, 2021* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	No. 12	at Princeton	W 70–53	9–1	18 – Allen-Taylor	7 – Harmon	2 – Tied	Jadwin Gymnasium (722) Princeton, NJ
December 29, 2021* 7:00 p.m., LHN	No. 12	Alcorn State	Cancelled due to COVID-19 issues					Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
Big-12 regular season (0-0)
January 2, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 12	at						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
January 5, 2022 7:00 p.m., LHN								Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
January 9, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN		at Baylor						Ferrell Center Waco, TX
January 12, 2022 7:00 p.m., LHN								Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
January 15, 2022 7:00 p.m., LHN								Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
January 19, 2022 6:30 p.m.		at						Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
January 22, 2022 1:00 p.m.		at						Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX
January 26, 2022 7:00 p.m., LHN								Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
January 29, 2022 2:00 p.m., Bally		at						Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
February 6, 2022 3:00 p.m., ESPN2		Baylor						Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
February 9, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Texas Tech						United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX
February 12, 2022 7:00 p.m., LHN		Oklahoma						Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
February 16, 2022 7:00 p.m., LHN		Iowa State						Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
February 20, 2022 11:00 a.m., ESPNU		at West Virginia						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 23, 2022 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Kansas State						Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
February 26, 2022 7:00 p.m., LHN		TCU						Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
March 2, 2022 7:00 p.m.		at Kansas						Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 5, 2022 1:00 p.m., LHN		Oklahoma State						Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
(0-0)
		vs. TBD First round/Quarterfinal						Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source:Schedule

Player statistics[]

Individual player statistics (Final)
			Minutes		Scoring		Total FGs			3-point FGs			Free-Throws			Rebounds
Player	GP	GS	Tot	Avg	Pts	Avg	FG	FGA	Pct	3FG	3FA	Pct	FT	FTA	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Avg	A	PF	TO	Stl	Blk
Lauren Ebo	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aliyah Matharu	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Rori Harmon	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Kobe King-Hawea	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Deyona Gaston	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Shay Holle	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Joanne Allen-Taylor	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aaliyah Moore	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyndall Hunter	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Ashley Chevalier	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Audrey Warren	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Femme Masudi	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Latasha Lattimore	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Anissa Gutierrez	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Opponents	–	–	–	–	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−

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

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	25	12	14	15	11	11	12	12
Coaches	21	21^	16	14	12	12	13	13

^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.

References[]

^ "Women's Basketball picked in tie for second in Big 12 preseason poll". texassports.com.

[1] "Women's Basketball picked in tie for second in Big 12 preseason poll". texassports.com.

[1]

v t Texas Longhorns women's basketball
Venues	Gregory Gymnasium (1974–1977) Frank Erwin Center (1977–2022) Moody Center (2022–future)
Players
Culture & lore	Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight"
Seasons	1985–86 2009–10 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2021–22 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

Contents

Previous season[]

Offseason[]

Departures[]

Incoming Transfers[]

2021 Recruiting Class[]

2022 Recruiting class[]

Coaching staff departures[]

2021 WNBA Draft[]

Preseason[]

Big 12 media poll[]

Preseason All-Big 12 teams[]

Preseason Big 12 Awards[]

Roster[]

Schedule and results[]

Player statistics[]

Rankings[]

See also[]

References[]


v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14	0	–	0	–	6	–	0	1.000
No. 10 Baylor	0	–	0	–	6	–	1	.857
	0	–	0	–	6	–	1	.857
	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Texas Tech	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
No. 12 Texas	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500
	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400


† winner As of December 29, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll