Preview: Texas at Tennessee in SEC Women’s Basketball Showdown KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Interstat) — A top-tier Southeastern Conference clash is set for Sunday when the Texas Longhorns visit the Tennessee Lady Volunteers at Thompson-Boling Arena. Texas (23-3, 11-2 SEC), coming off a surprising 86-70 road loss to Vanderbilt on Thursday, looks to regain its dominant form. The Longhorns had won five straight prior to that defeat, including victories over then-LSU and Oklahoma. Star guard Madison Booker, a national player of the year candidate, leads the charge. She scored 20 points in the loss to Vanderbilt and is averaging 18.2 points, 4.8 assists and 4.2 rebounds over her last six games. Tennessee (16-6, 8-4) rebounded emphatically from a three-game skid with a 98-53 rout of Missouri on Thursday. Forward Janiah Barker was explosive in limited minutes, pouring in 22 points in just 17 minutes of play. She averages 13.1 points per game and provides a versatile scoring threat in the frontcourt. The matchup pits Texas’s high-powered offense, which averages 77.2 points per game, against a stout Tennessee defense that allows just 62.8 points per contest at home. The Longhorns’ three losses have all come on the road in SEC play, highlighting the challenge of winning in Knoxville. Tennessee seeks a signature win to bolster its postseason resume, having fallen to other elite opponents like South Carolina and Connecticut this season. Texas aims to stay in the hunt for the SEC regular-season title and prove its stumble in Nashville was an aberration. The game will be a battle of tempo, with Texas preferring a faster pace and Tennessee looking to control the glass and play physically. The guard play of Booker against Tennessee’s Talaysia Cooper, who had 17 points and four assists against Missouri, will be critical. Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. EST on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026.