{"id":275566,"date":"2026-05-02T04:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T04:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/275566\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T04:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T04:21:18","slug":"texas-adds-marquette-transfer-jada-bediako-to-its-2026-27-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/275566\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas adds Marquette transfer Jada Bediako to its 2026-27 roster"},"content":{"rendered":"

In need of depth among its post players, the\u00a0Texas women’s basketball<\/a> program received a commitment from Marquette transfer Jada Bediako on Friday.<\/p>\n

A 6-foot-3 forward, Bediako spent the past two seasons at Marquette after beginning her collegiate career at Georgia Tech. While appearing in 26\u00a0games this past season, Bediako averaged 2.6 points and 2.2 rebounds.<\/p>\n

“I chose Texas because of its winning culture and the consistent push for me to be the best version of myself,” Bediako said in a statement released by the team. “The competitive environment and standards of the program only will get you better. It\u2019s a place where hard work is expected and success is built.”<\/p>\n

Bediako is committing to a Texas team that recently lost starting forward Justice Carlton to the transfer portal<\/a> and had senior center Kyla Oldacre exhaust her eligibility. Carlton averaged 8.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game during her sophomore season, and she also earned a spot on the SEC’s all-tournament team. Oldacre came off the bench in 37 of UT’s 39 games, but she was the team’s second-leading rebounder.<\/p>\n

Texas is returning starting center Breya Cunningham for the 2026-27 season. In addition to Bediako, freshmen forwards Brihanna Crittendon and Isi Etute will be added to the mix<\/a>.\u00a0Lovisa Asbrink Hose, a 6-6 center, also redshirted at Texas this past season<\/a> after spending her freshman year at Florida Atlantic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In need of depth among its post players, the\u00a0Texas women’s basketball program received a commitment from Marquette transfer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[102007,74933,27,29,537,5276,28,13548],"class_list":["post-275566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-jada-bediako","tag-marquette","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-texas-longhorns-women-s-basketball","tag-texas-news","tag-women-s-college-basketball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}