For a full season preview, click here. After an exhibition loss Oct. 27 to Northern Arizona, Texas Tech women’s basketball was ready to learn from it and start the season 1-0. It turns out bouncing back meant using a record-tying quarter to lead a bulldozing. The Lady Raiders sparkled to put up 37 in the […]
WBB: Hello! 37-point quarter, 62-point half, 26 from Shavers lead Texas Tech to opening victory
Amid preseason adversity, Lady Raider basketball has to find a way
Krista Gerlich’s Texas Tech women’s basketball team has already dealt with adversity, and the season hasn’t even started. On Sept. 27, Gerlich told the media that senior point guard Jazion Jackson was out for the season, and then Oct. 17 at Big 12 Media Days, Gerlich revealed sophomore 6’5” center JoJo Nworie also suffered a […]
WBB: She doesn’t sweat. Krista Gerlich sparkles as she leads Lady Raiders to WNIT Super 16; game Friday at 7pm at Arkansas
Krista Gerlich wore sparkly boots in Thursday’s win over UTEP. On Monday, she wore a very shimmering gray suit, which seems to be a pattern. “Just so you know, I don’t sweat,” Gerlich jokingly (kind of) stated. “I sparkle.” Her coaching sparkled, and so did her team as Texas Tech women’s basketball (20-14) took down […]
WBB: Texas Tech rides 25-point 1st quarter to win WNIT 1st round, will host 2nd round Monday 6pm
It’s the first postseason for Texas Tech women’s basketball in 10 years, and they weren’t going to let the opportunity end with just one game. Tech (19-14) got out to a 25-13 lead in the first quarter and never looked back to defeat the UTEP Miners (20-12) 67-54 in the first round of the Women’s […]
WBB: Texas Tech rolls through TCU in regular-season home finale; Ferrell gets block No. 100
In the last two home games preceding Wednesday, Texas Tech women’s basketball lost a triple-overtime heartbreaker on senior day Feb. 18, and they slowly rallied from 17 points down to beat West Virginia in a tough double-overtime victory Feb. 22. For the home finale, though, with the worst team in the Big 12 coming to […]
WBB: Texas Tech figures out overtime as they rally over West Virginia
In mid-January, Texas Tech women’s basketball took down Texas in the United Supermarkets Arena behind 28 points from super-senior Bre’Amber Scott. Tech was 3-3 in the Big 12 at that point and looking like a tough team to reckon with. The next game, they committed 20 turnovers and lost to West Virginia on the road, […]
WBB: Lady Raiders fall to OSU in triple overtime Senior Day thriller
The Texas Tech Lady Raiders came up just short in a triple overtime thriller against Oklahoma State. In an emotional Senior Day game, the Lady Raiders trailed at the end of the fourth quarter and first overtime, but found a way to tie the game at the end of both periods to force extra time. […]
WBB: Lady Raiders snap three-game losing streak, sweep season series against Kansas State
The Lady Raiders snapped a three-game skid by defeating Kansas State 78-68 for its fourth Big 12 win of the season. It was the first time Tech swept the Wildcats since the 2012-2013 season. Four Lady Raiders finished in double figures. Guards Bryn Gerlich, Jasmine Shavers, Bre’Amber Scott and Bailey Maupin all scored at least […]
WBB: 1993 championship magic wasn’t enough as Texas Tech loses to Baylor
The first Texas Tech squad to win an NCAA national championship was the 1993 Lady Raider basketball team. Led by future WNBA legend Sheryl Swoopes, sharpshooter Krista Kirkland and head coach Marsha Sharp, the team went all the way and put Texas Tech on the map. A lot has changed in the 30 years since. […]
WBB: Scott’s 37-point double-double leads Texas Tech over Kansas State
Super-senior Bre Scott has taken advantage of her last season, leading Texas Tech women’s basketball in scoring with 14.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game overall. In Big 12 play, she was averaging 20.5 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. She took it to another level Saturday with a career-high 37 points and 11 rebounds […]