Lady Raiders Beat Southwest Missouri State, 81-77

Saturday, November 25

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

6:30 PM

Texas Tech Athletics

Southwest Missouri State

Plenette Pierson scored 27 points and pulled down 10 rebounds in Saturday night's Lady Raider victory.

Lady Raiders Beat Southwest Missouri State, 81-77

November 25, 2000 | Women's Basketball

Nov. 25, 2000

Box Score

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands (AP) - Plenette Pierson had 27 points and 10 rebounds as No. 13 Texas Tech beat No. 17 Southwest Missouri State 81-77 on Saturday night to win the Paradise Jam Classic.

Jia Perkins added 20 points for the Lady Raiders (3-0), and Katrisa O'Neal had 15.

Jackie Stiles led Southwest Missouri State (2-1) with 38 points on 17-for-26 shooting. On Friday, she had 42 points in the Lady Bears' 85-75 victory over No. 9 Penn State.

Tara Mitchem added 14 points for the Lady Bears.

On Friday, Texas Tech beat No. 10 LSU 79-71.

Penn State beat LSU 86-52 in the third-place game.