2025–26 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

2025–26 Texas Longhorns women's basketball
2025–26 Texas Longhorns women's basketball
Players Era Festival champions
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
Record	13–0 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach	Vic Schaefer (6th season);
Associate head coach	Elena Lovato (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton (4th season); Blair Schaefer (6th season); Sydney Carter (2nd season); Mason Wright (1st season);
Home arena	Moody Center

2025–26 SEC women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Alabama	0	–	0	–	13	–	0	1.000
No. 2 Texas	0	–	0	–	13	–	0	1.000
No. 5 LSU	0	–	0	–	12	–	0	1.000
Georgia	0	–	0	–	11	–	0	1.000
No. 13 Vanderbilt	0	–	0	–	11	–	0	1.000
No. 12 Kentucky	0	–	0	–	11	–	1	.917
Mississippi State	0	–	0	–	11	–	1	.917
No. 8 Oklahoma	0	–	0	–	11	–	1	.917
No. 14 Ole Miss	0	–	0	–	11	–	1	.917
No. 3 South Carolina	0	–	0	–	11	–	1	.917
Florida	0	–	0	–	11	–	2	.846
No. 17 Tennessee	0	–	0	–	7	–	2	.778
Arkansas	0	–	0	–	10	–	3	.769
Auburn	0	–	0	–	10	–	3	.769
Missouri	0	–	0	–	10	–	3	.769
Texas A&M	0	–	0	–	6	–	2	.750

† 2026 SEC tournament winner As of December 18, 2025 Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team is coached by Vic Schaefer entering his sixth season at Texas. The Longhorns compete members of the Southeastern Conference, in their second year in the conference, and playe their home games at the Moody Center.

Previous season

The Longhorns finished the 2024–25 season 35–4, 15–1 in SEC play to share the SEC regular season title with South Carolina. As the No. 2 seed in the SEC tournament, they defeated Ole Miss and LSU in the quarterfinals and semifinals before losing to South Carolina in the championship. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed Birmingham 3 region. They lost in the defeated William & Mary and Illinois in the first and second rounds, Tennessee in the sweet sixteen, TCU in the elite eight to advanced to Final Four for the first time since 2003 where they lost SEC member South Carolina.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Laila Phelia	5	G	6'0"	Senior	Cincinnati, OH	Transferred to Syracause^[1]
Shay Holle	10	G	6'0"	Senior	Austin, TX	Graduated
Jordana Codio	13	G	6'1"	Junior	Jupiter, FL	Transferred to Seton Hall
Aaliyah Moore	23	F	6'1"	Senior	Moore, OK	Graduated
Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda	32	F	6'2"	Junior	Sioux Falls, SD	Transferred to Vanderbilt
Taylor Jones	44	F	6'4"	Senior	Forney, TX	Graduated
Abbie Boutilier	50	C	6'9"	Sophomore	Flower Mound, TX	Transferred to Eastern Illinois

Incoming transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous Team
Lovisa Asbrink Hose	16	C	6'6"	Sophomore	Stockholm, Sweden	Florida Atlantic
Ashton Judd	21	G	6'1"	Senior	West Plains, MO	Missouri
Breya Cunningham	25	F	6'4"	Junior	Chula Vista, CA	Arizona
Teya Sidberry	32	F	6'1"	Senior	Salt Lake City, UT	Boston College^[2]

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Aaliyah Crump G	Minnetonka, MN	Montverde Academy	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Aaliyah Crump G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (97)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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: "2025 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on September 25, 2025.

2026 recruiting class

College recruiting information (2026)
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Amalia Holguin G	Newport Beach, CA	Sage Hill High School	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A
Amalia Holguin G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (93)
Aaliah Spaight PG	Las Vegas, NV	Bishop Gorman High School	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	N/A
Aaliah Spaight PG	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (91)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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: "2026 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on September 25, 2025.

Roster

2025–26 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	00	Kyla Oldacre	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Sr	Miami	Mason, OH
G	1	Bryanna Preston	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Wesleyan	Jonesboro, GA
PG	3	Rori Harmon	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	GS	Cypress Creek	Houston, TX
G	6	Sarah Graves (W)	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Keller	Keller, TX
G	7	Jordan Lee	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	St. Mary's	Stockton, CA
G	8	Grace Prenter	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Mount Anville Secondary	Dublin, Ireland
F	11	Justice Carlton	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Seven Lakes	Katy, TX
C	16	Lovisa Asbrink Hose	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	So	Florida Atlantic	Stockholm, Sweden
G	21	Ashton Judd	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Missouri	West Plains, MO
G	23	Aaliyah Crump	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Minnetonka	Shakopee, MN
F	25	Breya Cunningham	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Arizona	Chula Vista, CA
F	32	Teya Sidberry	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Boston	Salt Lake City, UT
F	35	Madison Booker	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Germantown	Ridgeland, MS

Head coach

Vic Schaefer (Texas A&M)

Assistant coach(es)

Elena Lovato (Pittsburg State)
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton (Purdue)
Blair Schaefer (Mississippi State)
Sydney Carter (Texas A&M)
Mason Wright (Texas)

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
October 23, 2025* 7:00 p.m.	No. 4	Lubbock Christian	W 102–44		25 – Carlton	12 – Booker	11 – Harmon	Moody Center Austin, TX
October 27, 2025* 7:00 p.m.	No. 4	Texas Woman's	W 108–54		25 – Cunningham	9 – Cunningham	12 – Harmon	Moody Center Austin, TX
Non-conference regular Season
November 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 4	Incarnate Word	W 123–51	1–0	21 – Lee	8 – Cunningham	5 – Harmon	Moody Center (8,882) Austin, TX
November 7, 2025* 7:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 4	No. 24т Richmond	W 85–56	2–0	22 – Booker	12 – Booker	6 – Harmon	Moody Center (8,747) Austin, TX
November 10, 2025* 7:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 4	Louisiana	W 100–38	3–0	19 – Oldacre	14 – Cunningham	5 – Tied	Moody Center (8,677) Austin, TX
November 16, 2025* 4:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 4	Texas Southern	W 111–45	4–0	18 – Tied	9 – Oldacre	4 – Tied	Moody Center (8,699) Austin, TX
November 19, 2025* 7:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 4	James Madison	W 95–56	5–0	18 – Booker	8 – Cunningham	12 – Harmon	Moody Center (8,598) Austin, TX
November 26, 2025* 1:00 p.m., TruTV	No. 4	vs. No. 3 UCLA Players Era Festival semifinals	W 76–65	6–0	26 – Harmon	7 – Booker	5 – Tied	Michelob Ultra Arena Paradise, NV
November 27, 2025* 7:00 p.m., TruTV	No. 4	vs. No. 2 South Carolina Players Era Festival Championship Game	W 66–64	7–0	19 – Lee	9 – Booker	9 – Harmon	Michelob Ultra Arena Paradise, NV
November 30, 2025* 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 4	Penn	W 81–63	8–0	17 – Booker	12 – Sidberry	4 – Harmon	Moody Center (8,692) Austin, TX
December 4, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 2	No. 11 North Carolina ACC–SEC Challenge	W 79–64	9–0	17 – Nivar	8 – Toomey	3 – Nivar	Moody Center (9,020) Austin, TX
December 7, 2025* 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 2	Prairie View A&M	W 101–42	10–0	30 – Cunningham	14 – Cunningham	10 – Harmon	Moody Center (8,727) Austin, TX
December 10, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	No. 2	at UT Rio Grande Valley	W 110–45	11–0	28 – Booker	10 – Booker	14 – Harmon	Bert Ogden Arena (5,984) Edinburg, TX
December 14, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ABC	No. 2	vs. No. 13 Baylor Sprouts Farmers Market espnW Invitational	W 89–54	12–0	27 – Booker	8 – Booker	10 – Harmon	Dickies Arena (3,116) Fort Worth, TX
December 17, 2025* 8:00 p.m., SECN	No. 2	Northwestern State	W 96–38	13–0	28 – Booker	12 – Oldacre	10 – Harmon	Moody Center (8,471) Austin, TX
December 21, 2025* 2:00 p.m., CBSSN	No. 2	at South Dakota State						First Bank and Trust Arena Brookings, SD
December 28, 2025* 1:00 p.m., SECN		Southeastern Louisiana						Moody Center Austin, TX
SEC regular season
January 1, 2026 6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		at Missouri						Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
January 4, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2		Ole Miss						Moody Center Austin, TX
January 8, 2026 7:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		Auburn						Moody Center Austin, TX
January 11, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN		at LSU						Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
January 15, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN2		at South Carolina						Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
January 18, 2026 3:00 p.m., SECN		Texas A&M Lone Star Showdown						Moody Center Austin, TX
January 25, 2026 3:00 p.m., SECN		at Arkansas						Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR
January 29, 2026 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		at Florida						O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
February 1, 2026 2:00 p.m., ABC		Oklahoma						Moody Center Austin, TX
February 5, 2026 8:00 p.m., ESPN		LSU						Moody Center Austin, TX
February 9, 2026 6:30 p.m., SECN		Kentucky						Moody Center Austin, TX
February 12, 2026 6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		at Vanderbilt						Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
February 15, 2026 2:00 p.m., ABC		at Tennessee						Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN
February 22, 2026 1:00 p.m., SECN		Mississippi State						Moody Center Austin, TX
February 26, 2026 9:00 p.m., SECN		Georgia						Moody Center Austin, TX
March 1, 2026 11:00 a.m., SECN		at Alabama						Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
SEC Tournament
March 4–8, 2026 TBA		vs.						Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = 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	4	4	4	4	2 (10)	2 (9)	2 (8)
Coaches	3	3	4	4	2 (3)	2 (3)	2 (3)

References

^ Mink, Nate (May 8, 2025). "Syracuse women's basketball adds transfer off Final Four team". Syracuse.com. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
^ "Women's Basketball signs Teya Sidberry". texaslonghorns.com. University of Texas Athletics. April 28, 2025. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Schedule" (Press release). Texas Sports. Retrieved October 16, 2025.

[1] Mink, Nate (May 8, 2025). "Syracuse women's basketball adds transfer off Final Four team". Syracuse.com. Retrieved September 25, 2025.

[2] "Women's Basketball signs Teya Sidberry". texaslonghorns.com. University of Texas Athletics. April 28, 2025. Retrieved September 17, 2025.

[3] "2025-26 Schedule" (Press release). Texas Sports. Retrieved October 16, 2025.

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Texas Longhorns women's basketball
Venues	Gregory Gymnasium (1974–1977) Frank Erwin Center (1977–2022) Moody Center (2022–present)
Rivalries	Texas A&M
People	WNBA draftees Head coaches
Culture and lore	Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight"
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2025 recruiting class

2026 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References