Texas will honor Shaylee Gonzales as her old team watches

This being the final regular-season home game, Texas will honor both Khadija Faye and Shaylee Gonzales as part of its senior night activities. Both players transferred to Texas ahead of the 2022-23 season, and they have combined to start exactly 100 games for the Longhorns.

For Gonzales, the past will meet the present Saturday. She spent the first four years of her career at BYU; she ranks 11th in BYU history with 1,555 career points.

“I’m just really excited to play them again,” Gonzales said. “Who would have known that it’s Texas’ last time in the Big 12 and BYU’s first time in the Big 12, that I would be on Texas playing them? So it’s kind of crazy how it all worked out.”

Gonzales is averaging 9.7 points this season and has made a team-high 46 3-pointers. She has started all 66 of UT’s games since her arrival.

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Can Texas contain the nation’s top rebounder?

The key statistic in Oklahoma’s 71-70 win over Texas on Wednesday was the Sooners’ 21-5 edge in offensive rebounding. So the last person Texas probably wants to see right now is BYU forward Lauren Gustin.

The 6-foot-1 senior has grabbed a nation-leading 151 offensive rebounds. She’s averaging five offensive boards, bested only by LSU standout Angel Reese’s 5.8 clip.

Nationally, Gustin leads all Division I players with the 15.4 overall rebounds she’s averaging. She also led the country in that category last season. It has been 12 years since the same player has led the country in rebounding in backto-back seasons (VCU’s Courtney Hurt).

Texas vs. BYU prediction

Texas. The Longhorns won’t get to send Gonzales and Faye out with a conference championship, but the seniors should be celebrating a win on their senior night as the team starts to prepare for the postseason.

— Danny Davis