Women's college basketball Power Rankings: Who wins LSU-Texas rematch? - ESPN

Five Division I women's teams are shooting 50% or better from the field this season. Three are in the SEC, and two meet Thursday in the second game of a blockbuster doubleheader on ESPN: No. 4 Texas and No. 5 LSU, which both maintain their spots this week in ESPN's women's college basketball Power Rankings.

The Longhorns and Tigers will be preceded by Duke at Louisville (7 p.m. ET), in a battle of the ACC's leaders. The Blue Devils are riding a 13-game winning streak and have moved back into the rankings at No. 12. The Cardinals have won 14 in a row. Both teams are 11-0 in conference play.

But all eyes will be on the LSU-Texas game (9 p.m. ET), particularly given both teams are within 1½ games of the lead in the SEC. South Carolina, 8-1 in conference play, holds that spot.

After losing their first two SEC games, the Tigers have won seven in a row, the longest current winning streak in the conference that includes a 70-65 victory at home over Texas on Jan. 11. For the Longhorns to deliver payback on their home court, they must slow down an LSU offense that leads Division I in scoring average (98.9) and ranks second in field goal percentage (52.22%), trailing only No. 1 UConn (52.96%).

The others in the top five in shooting percentage are UCLA (51.85%), Texas (51.99%) and South Carolina (50.96%). The Huskies, Bruins, Longhorns and Gamecocks are all projected NCAA tournament No. 1 seeds, and competed in the Final Four last season.

Right now, LSU is a projected No. 2 seed in Bracketology, with the next two weeks bringing the Tigers' biggest challenges of the season: at Texas on Thursday, then hosting South Carolina on Feb. 14 (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC).

The Tigers' scoring average is, of course, skewed by a soft nonconference