LINCOLN, Neb.  – Tarleton Women's Basketball will play its second nationally-ranked opponent of the season Wednesday, taking on #24 Nebraska at Pinnacle Bank Arena at 7 p.m. 

The Huskers are the third NCAA Tournament team from 2024 the Texans have faced this season, also going up against Arizona and #4 nationally-ranked Texas earlier in the year. This will be the second meeting between Nebraska and Tarleton in women's basketball. 

The game will be available to watch on Big Ten Network+ and fans can listen to Clayton Neville's radio call on Tarleton Sports Network. Neville will have a 30-minute pregame show starting at 6:30 p.m. and a 30-minute postgame show will follow each game. 

MATCHUP NOTES

• Tarleton and Nebraska will meet for the second time in women's basketball. Nebraska won the first meeting 71-53 on November 22, 2022 in Lincoln. 
• Teresa Da Silva led Tarleton with 24 points and played all 40 minutes in the first meeting against Nebraska. Senior guard Tyler Jackson scored nine points in that 2022.
• Nebraska is coming off its first Big Ten win against Minnesota while Tarleton forced a season-low 34 points in a win over LeTourneau on Saturday.

THE GREAT GRACE

• Freshman guard Grace Booth led the Texans with her first collegiate double-double of 15 points and 13 rebounds off the bench in a win over LeTourneau (12/7). 
• Booth's 13 rebounds set a new Division I Era program record for most boards in a single game by a Tarleton freshman. 
• The Glen Rose, Texas, native also tallied a season-high five steals, three assists and three blocks.
• She led Tarleton in rebounding Dec. 4-7 with 15 boards and 7.5 rebounds per game.
• Booth, who is fulfilling her childhood dream of playing or Tarleton Women's Basketball, knocked  down her first collegiate 3-pointer against LeTourneau (12/7).
• Becoming a major spark off Tarleton's bench, Booth helped the Texans to their best 10-game start under head coach Bill Brock with their fifth win since Dec. 7.

DOMINATING DEFENSE

• The Texans' defense has made life difficult for opposing offenses this season. Holding its opponents to just over 54.6 points per game, Tarleton is in the top 30 in the nation in scoring defense and leads the WAC in that category. 
• Tarleton held LeTourneau (12/7) to a season-low 34 points en route to a 99-34 win. 
• Tarleton held Delaware to a 40 points in its Big Easy Classic opener for a 54-40 victory Nov. 29. 
• Holding HCU (11/26) to just 42 points a few nights earlier, it was the second consecutive game the Texans held their opponent to fewer than 45 points. It was the first time in the Division I Era the Texans held back-to-back opponents to under 45 points. 
• The outing marked the first time since 2013 Tarleton State had two consecutive wins while holding the opposition to under 45 points.

BENCH BOOST

• Tarleton State has had a major lift off its bench this season, most recently against LeTourneau (12/7). 
• Tarleton State's bench scored a season-high 56 points to help the Texans to the 99-34 win over LeTourneau. It is the most bench points by the Texans since Dec. 4, 2021 (70 vs. Arlington Baptist).
• Freshman guard Grace Booth recorded her first collegiate double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds. Guards Niki Van Wyk (11 points) and Kyriana Jones (10 points also added double-digit scoring numbers off the bench against LeTourneau (12/7).
• Tarleton State has a record of 5-2 under head coach Bill Brock when the Texans' bench scores at least 30 points. 
• The Texans are 4-1 this season when the bench comes up with at least 20 points. Tarleton is 2-0 in 2024-25 when the bench scores at least 40 points.