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USA Today
4 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Longhorn women's basketball loses talented guard in the transfer portal
Longhorn women's basketball loses talented guard in the transfer portal Following a career year, Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda has found a new home Former Longhorn guard Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda has found a new home after a career year. The South Dakota native committed to Vanderbilt after entering the transfer portal. She will take her talents to SEC rival Vanderbilt as she looks to build on her Junior campaign. In her final season as a Longhorn, Mwenentanda averaged 5.6 points and 2.9 points a game. She saw an increase in playing time and scored in double-figures in eight games. Her best game came in the second round of the NCAA tournament against Illinois when she scored a career-high 19 points. As Mwenentanda prepares for a new chapter, she leaves a memorable legacy in Austin. She appeared in 103 games for the Longhorns, earning 18 starts and scoring 470 total points. With her in the mix, Texas was able to advance to the Final Four for the first time in over 20 years last season. Mwenentanda will join a Vanderbilt team coming off a 22-11 2024-2025 campaign. The Commodores were able to make it to the NCAA Tournament, where the Oregon Ducks eliminated them in the first round. With a more experienced roster, they hope to make a deeper playoff run this upcoming season. That is where Mwenentanda comes in. She knows what it takes to win at a high level and in a competitive conference. With Mwenentanda on the roster, Vanderbilt has another experienced veteran to turn to. If Mwenentanda can build on her success from last year, then the Commodores will be in good hands.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Texas women's basketball: Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda finds a new home in transfer portal
Former Texas women's basketball guard Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda has reportedly found a new home. In April, the rising senior shocked some when she entered her name in the transfer portal after playing a big role for the Longhorns in their 2025 Final Four run. According to Mwenentanda will play at Vanderbilt. Advertisement The news comes a day after head coach Vic Schaefer said during the SEC spring meetings that he was unsure why Mwenentanda decided to transfer but believed she wanted a bigger role. More: Texas women's basketball: It's been a busy offseason so far. Are the Longhorns better off? Due to injuries to the Longhorns' squad, Mwenentanda started 15 games of her 37 appearances and had a career-high 19 points against Illinois in the NCAA Tournament second round. She scored in double figures in eight games. She appeared in 103 games, started in 18 and left Texas with 470 points. She joins a few others who've left the program while retaining eligibility: Jordana Cordio transferred from Texas to Seton Hall; Abbie Boutilier transferred to EIU; Laila Phelia transferred to Syracuse. Advertisement Mwenentanda joins a Vanderbilt squad that burst onto the scene last season thanks to the efforts of freshman Mikayla Blakes. The Commodores finished 22-11 for eighth in the SEC, but they lost 77-73 to Oregon in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Follow the American-Statesman on Facebook and X for more. Your subscription makes work like this possible. Access all of our best content with this tremendous offer. This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda transfers from Texas to Vanderbilt
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
DTSF's Restaurant Week will have a taste of SD
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) —It is a special week for lovers of food in Downtown Sioux Falls. At Harvester Kitchen and 20 other restaurants in Sioux falls, staff are gearing up for Restaurant Week. 'I look up to her:' Mwenentanda's impact in KELOLAND 'The whole intent of Restaurant Week is really getting people out. You know, it's the perfect time of year because winter's kind of going away. It's getting a bit warmer. So people are ready to get out of the house and go to dinner somewhere,' Chef Patron at Harvester Kitchen, Bryan Moscatello said. Many of the dishes created for this week are using locally sourced ingredients. 'South Dakota is really a farming state,' DTSF marketing manager Jeb Cooper said. 'That shows through in our local restaurants here in downtown Sioux Falls. A lot of the chefs and a lot of the restaurants are really focused on sustainability and trying to keep ingredients local wherever possible.' This inspired Moscatello to re-label his chef's tasting menu to 'Rooted in Sioux Falls.' 'We're featuring pork tenderloin as well as walleye pike,' Moscatello said. 'We picked ingredients that really are rooted in Sioux Falls. You know, you go here from most places, serve these things or most of these things. And then we're going to finish with the Scotcharoo.' The chefs are bringing in all the ingredients for great food, while also supporting the local economy. 'It really just increases foot traffic in all of these restaurants,' Cooper said. 'We hope, you know, that people coming down to experience the food and the culinary scene, also stop in some of our local retail shops, and see how great the downtown area really is.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Mwenentanda, Texas advance to Elite Eight
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. (KELO) — Sioux Falls native Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda and the Texas Longhorns are onto the Elite Eight in the women's NCAA Tournament. The top-seeded Longhorns defeated five-seed Tennessee 67-59 in the Sweeet 16 on Saturday. The junior guard from Washington High School scored five points while playing 21 minutes in her first career NCAA Tournament start. Mwenentanda and Texas will take on two-seed TCU for a spot in the final four Monday night at 6 p.m. CT. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
New York Times
13-02-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Texas at Kentucky women's basketball: How to watch, storylines for top-10 SEC clash
Texas just humbled the defending champs and now has a chance to win the SEC and earn a No. 1 seed in March. Up next: surging Kentucky, fresh off its highest AP poll ranking in nine seasons. The Wildcats are 1.5 games behind the Longhorns (as well as LSU and South Carolina) for the conference lead. Thursday is set up to be meaningful and intense. Advertisement These programs only have two prior meetings, and both were at neutral sites. Conference realignment makes this a year of firsts for Texas. The W over South Carolina was a swaggering introduction to the rest of the league. They won at Moody without making a single 3-pointer, winning on the boards and creating turnovers. They'll go for a nine-game winning streak in Lexington. Sophomore Madison Booker and sixth-year Taylor Jones have earned recent SEC Player of the Week honors. They make for a skilled and sturdy frontcourt. As evidenced by their game plan against the Gamecocks, these Longhorns don't care much about getting the long ball off. In stark contrast stand Kenny Brooks and Kentucky (Kenn-tucky Brooks?). Against conference opponents, the Cats are first in the Southeast in made 3s at a clean 38 percent clip. Australian senior Georgia Amoore, another recent conference player of the week, is taking more than seven per game. Sophomore center Clara Strack is hosting a block party, and everyone is invited. Her average of 2.6 swats is the best in the conference and eighth in the NCAA. She had a program-best eight blocks against Ole Miss while flashing her range in the pick-and-pop: Clara Straaaaaack. 😍 5-7 blocks. 7 points. 2 quarters left. — Kentucky Women's Basketball (@KentuckyWBB) February 11, 2025 The Athletic's Sabreena Merchant from this week's power rankings: 'Aaliyah Moore has been out for the last five games, and I've been interested to see how the Longhorns would fill in the gap of their fifth starter, even though Moore hasn't been nearly as productive as she was as a junior. Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda has taken her spot in the starting lineup, a logical replacement since this is her third year in Vic Schaefer's system, and she's a good defender and offensive rebounder. The normal Texas starting five had a plus-41.6 net rating before Sunday, per CBB Analytics, and the Mwenentanda unit was plus-26.1, a reasonable drop-off since most of those minutes have come in conference play. Advertisement 'The wild card making a case to take Mwenentanda's minutes is Jordan Lee, a freshman who played the entire fourth quarter in the Longhorns' upset of South Carolina. Lee brings much of the same defensive acumen as Mwenentanda — check out the way she covered Tessa Johnson in the final minute of Texas' win — but adds an important element for Texas: She shoots 3s.' (Photo of Madison Booker: Adam Davis / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
