Texas Tech University Athletics
Texas Tech - Missouri Notes
January 08, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 7, 2012
TEXAS TECH - MISSOURI NOTES
Big 12 Conference
Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012
Mizzou Arena, Columbia, Mo.
GETTING STARTED
- Texas Tech came into the game ranked No. 13 in The Associated Press Poll and No. 17 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll. That matches the highest ranking in six years for the Lady Raiders
- There were 12 lead changes during the game.
- There were 6 ties during the game.
- Missouri's largest lead was 9 at 19:08 in the second half.
- Texas Tech's largest lead was 9 at 4:19 in the first half.
- Texas Tech moves to 14-0 on the season and 2-0 in the Big 12 Conference.
- Texas Tech is 5-0 on the road this season (2 neutral site, 3 away games).
- Texas Tech is off to its best start since going 15-0 to begin the 2003-04 season.
- Kristy Curry has a 14-0 team for the first time in 13 seasons as a head coach.
- Kristy Curry is now 102-73 at Texas Tech (6 seasons).
- Kristy Curry is 281-124 overall (13 seasons).
- Kristy Curry is 4-2 all-time against Missouri.
- Texas Tech is 13-6 all-time against Missouri.
- Texas Tech is 3-5 against Missouri in Columbia, Mo.
- Texas Tech is now 810-373 (13th in all-time wins in NCAA Women's Basketball history)
TEXAS TECH STARTERS (GAMES STARTED THIS YEAR)
G Monique Smalls (14), G Casey Morris (14), G Christine Hyde (14), F Kelsi Baker (12), F Kierra Mallard (14).
WIN STREAK
Texas Tech extended its winning streak to 14 games. The Lady Raiders are just one of two Big 12 Conference teams (Baylor) who are still undefeated and one of five teams nationally who are undefeated (Baylor, Green Bay, Maryland).
ONE LAST TIME
Texas Tech won its first game at Missouri for the first time since 2004. Saturday's 69-63 win was also the first win in Columbia for Tech head coach Kristy Curry. Tech is now 3-5 in Columbia in what was likely the final meeting between the two teams at Mizzou Arena as conference foes. Tech will host Missouri on Feb. 5 before the Tigers leave the Big 12 Conference for the SEC next season.
WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU?
Texas Tech junior guard Chynna Brown seems to embrace playing Missouri. In the last two contests against the Tigers, Brown has totaled 39 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 assists, hitting 54 percent of her shots from the field (13 of 24). She scored a game-high 17 points on Saturday and had a career-high 22 points last season against Mizzou in Lubbock.
MALLARD MOVING ON UP
Senior forward Kierra Mallard had a season-high five blocks against Oklahoma State and has 13 blocks in her last four games, bringing her career total to 189. Mallard is third on the all-time blocks list at Tech and needs just three blocks to pass Crystal Boles (191). Cisti Greenwalt stands at the top of the list with 300 blocks all-time at Tech (2001-05).
NEXT GAME
WHO: No. 13/17 Texas Tech (14-0, 2-0 Big 12) at Oklahoma (9-3, 1-0)
WHEN: 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012
WHERE: Norman, Okla.
TV: Texas Tech Sports Network
RADIO: 97.3 FM (Lubbock)
