A suggestion from Iba-Gallagher is set for 6:30 p.m.
Looking to snap a six-game losing streak for the first time since 2012-13 and win in Stillwater, the Lady Raiders are just one half game behind Oklahoma State in Wednesday’s contest to move past OSU in the standings.
In the game:
Match: Texas Tech Lady Raiders (15-6, 3-5 Big 12) at Oklahoma State (14-7, 4-5 Big 12)
day February 1, 2023
Time: 6:30 p.m
Location: Stillwater, Okla. (Also-Gallagher Arena)
The past tense
In the year On the 30th anniversary of the 1993 national championship, the Texas Lady Raiders fell to Bayer 79-59 in front of an electric crowd of more than 8,000 Saturday afternoon at United Supermarkets Arena.
With more than 85 former players in attendance and in celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, Texas Tech (15-6, 3-5 Big 12) battled to a 1-for-17 deficit in the third quarter Saturday.
The cold spell came at a crunch time for the Lady Raiders, who came out of halftime scoring the first seven points of the second half to cut a 36-26 halftime deficit to 36-33.
At this speed and a crowd of 8,235 cheering, the shots stopped falling.
Despite missing their next 14 field goal attempts, the Lady Raiders trailed just 40-36 with 5:49 left in the third and seven with 3:32 to play in the quarter, but Bayer (14-6, 5-3 Big 12) closed the third quarter on a 13-4 run to take a 54-40 lead into the fourth. .
Tech scored seven of the first 11 points in the fourth to get within 58-47, but Baylor went on a 21-12 run to close out the 79-59 victory.
Tech was led by guards. Amber Scott And Jasmine Shavers. Scott scored 22 points and Shavers added 19 points and five rebounds. The guard hit just two triples of the Lady Raiders all afternoon.
Baylor saw five of its seven players reach double figures Saturday, including Kaitlyn Bickle, who scored 14 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Freshman Dariana Littlepage-Buggs added 16 points and 10 rebounds off the bench.
Scouting Cowgirls:
• Oklahoma State enters the game against Tech at 14-7 and 4-5 in the Big 12. OSU has won three straight at Iba-Gallagher and is an impressive 10-2 at home overall and 3-1 in conference play. The Cowgirls’ last four losses have occurred on the road.
• One of the streakiest teams in the conference, OSU opened Big 12 play 0-2 at home with losses to KU and K-State. The Cowgirls then immediately warmed up, winning three straight games at UT (86-82), at Baylor (70-65) and at home at TCU (80-70).
• The Cowgirls are extremely balanced this season as four players are averaging double figures. If the season ended today, OSU would have four players averaging at least 10 ppg for the first time since the 2014-15 season.
• Fifth-year senior and UMKC transfer Naomi Alanatas leads OSU with 13.7 points per game. Alanatas succeeds HC Jaycee Hoyt in assuming the HC job. The guard was a first-team All-Summit League selection after finishing second in the conference (18.6 points).
• Villanova transfer Lior Garzon is second on the OSU team in PPG (11.8), behind UTA transfers Claire Chastain (11.0) and Lexi Keys (10.0). In all, OSU added eight different transfers, highlighted by Alanatas, Chastain and Garzon. Like Ferrell, Chastain was hired by a coach. Christa Gerlich at UT Arlington.
Road warriors
• The Lady Raiders have won twice on the road in Big 12 conference play in their first four conference games away from United Supermarkets Arena. If the Lady Raiders can win at Oklahoma State on Wednesday, they will win three Big 12 Conference road games for the first time under HC. Christa Gerlich And for the first time since the 2019-20 season. Tech is 3-2 away from United Supermarkets Arena this season.
On this day in history
• Ironically, the last time the Lady Raiders beat Oklahoma State was on February 1, 2020. Tech and OSU will meet again on Feb. 1, this time in 2023. The Lady Raiders have not defeated OSU since Oklahoma State in the 2012-13 season. Overall, Tech has lost six straight to OSU and its last 10 to Stillwater.
They started it all.
• The Lady Raiders will wear new “retro” black uniforms Saturday against the Bears. Unveiled last Thursday afternoon, the uniforms are modeled after the Lady Raiders’ national championship winning uniform during the ’92-’93 season. Finally, Coach Gerlich and the Lady Raiders welcomed back more than 80 former players on Saturday against Bayer for Alumni Weekend. Midway through the game, each decade of Lady Raider basketball was celebrated with the 1992-93 National Championships. In the year 1992-93 featured a group of more than 80 alumni with four-time MVP Sherrill Swoopes in attendance.
Bree is on fire.
• High Amber Scott She is back in her senior season and playing at a high level. After missing the first two games of the season for personal reasons, Scott returned to the Lady Raider lineup before the Colorado game. Tech is now 13-5 in Scott’s 18 games this season. The guard leads the team in points-per-game (17.2) and grabbed a team-best 116 rebounds. Her 6.4 rebounds per game are the best on the Lady Raider squad. Scott made a team-best 106 free throws and made a team-high 131 attempts. In eight Big 12 games, Scott scored 177 points, 20 in six of those games. • Scott leads the Big 12 in conference scoring with just 23.4 points per game. Scott has shot 47-of-61 (77.0) at the line this season in Big 12 play and the Lady Raiders are 4-3 when scoring 20 points this season. Scott’s 37 points are tied for the fifth-most points scored by a Tech player on the road at K-State. The Lady Raiders are now 71-13 in 84 games in which someone has scored 30+.
We will take that
• Texas Tech has forced 265 turnovers over its last 15 contests (17.7/game). Christa Gerlich chronology 24 vs. The Alabama State Lady Raiders have forced 348 turnovers as a team in their first 20 games (18.4). All of last season Tech forced 396. The Lady Raiders are 13-2 this season when they have forced more than 15 turnovers and forced at least 20 turnovers five times. Tech didn’t force at least 20 turnovers in a game last season.
We have to protect this house
• The Lady Raiders are 14-1 this season holding teams to under 30 points in the paint and 15-1 holding teams to 32 or fewer in a game. Oklahoma scored 42 points in the paint, the most Tech has allowed in a single game this season. The Lady Raiders allowed 34 points against JSU, 38 points against ISU and a season-high 44 points against KU. Opponents are scoring just 28.7/game in the paint for the season. The loss to WVU marked the first time Tech has allowed fewer than 30 points in the paint this season. WVU managed just 14.
Next:
The Lady Raiders return home for a rare game against Kansas State on Sunday afternoon. The game, originally scheduled for Feb. 4, was moved to host ESPN. Sunday’s game against K-State will air on ESPNU at 1 p.m.