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Lady Raiders Take on OSU in Final Home Game
February 27, 2015 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 27, 2015
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LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech returns home to take on Oklahoma State on Saturday in the final home game of the regular season for the Lady Raiders.
The women's game will be the second of a doubleheader with the men who also face Oklahoma State at 3 p.m. There will also be a Red Raider Alumni Basketball game in between the two home games giving fans plenty to watch a stick around for all day at United Supermarkets Arena.
Tech (15-13, 5-11 Big 12) looks to end a three game losing streak after falling 59-47 at Iowa State on Tuesday. Ivonne CookTaylor and Rayven Brooks led Tech with 13 and 11 points, respectively.
Saturday will also be the final home game for three Lady Raider seniors - Kelsi Baker, Amber Battle and Audrisa Harrison. The senior celebration will be after the conclusion of the game.
Harrison was a big part of helping Texas Tech rebuild its roster in 2013, transferring after a successful two seasons at Blinn Community College where she averaged 15.6 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. Harrison started 19 games for Tech in 2013-14 while playing in 28 total games. She averaged 3.5 points per game and was third on the team in rebounds and fourth in free throws made. She scored her first double-double at Tech on Dec. 21, 2013 against Florida Atlantic with 11 points and 18 rebounds against the Owls. Her 18 rebounds tied the second-most in a game by a Tech junior alongside Sheryl Swoopes and Stacy Siebert.
Battle quickly became one of the key players in Texas Tech's lineup in 2013 after being one of the primary reserve players her first two seasons in Lubbock. She has started all 52 games her last two seasons while averaging 16.1 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. She earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors in 2014 after finishing the season as the only guard in the league in the top 10 in scoring, rebounding and steals. Battle is the only Lady Raider in the last 12 years to score 30 points or more in game twice. She enters Saturday's game with 994 career points, attempting to become the 31st Lady Raider to score 1,000 career points.
No face in the last five years has been more associated with Texas Tech basketball than Kelsi Baker. The fifth-year senior returned in 2014 after sitting out a season with an Achilles tear and once again became a regular starter for the Lady Raiders. Baker has the most experience on the Tech roster with 73 career starts while playing 2,349 minutes in 124 games. She has 896 points, 516 rebounds, 143 assists, 87 steals and 37 blocks entering Saturday's final home game of the regular season. This season, she became known for her defensive skills, as well, taking 45 charges in 28 games played.
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GAME 29: TEXAS TECH vs OKLAHOMA STATE
When: 7:00 p.m. CT - Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015
Where: United Supermarkets Arena (15,098) - Ames, Iowa
Who: Texas Tech (15-13, 5-11), Oklahoma State (18-9, 8-8)
Series: 56th Meeting (Texas Tech leads 32-23)
Last Meeting: Oklahoma State 66, Texas Tech 35 - Jan. 7 - Lubbock, Texas
Radio: Texas Tech Sports Network - 97.3 FM Lubbock
Talent: Ryan Hyatt (Play-by-Play), Chuck Heinz (Color)
TV: FOX Sports Southwest Plus
Talent: Robert Giovannetti (Play by Play), Andy Penney (Color), Courtney Davis (Reporter)
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (CAREER STARTS)
G- Ivonne CookTaylor (12 Starts); G- Amber Battle (53 Starts); G- Rayven Brooks (28 Starts); F- Kelsi Baker (73 Starts); F- Jamie Roe (11 Starts)
INSIDE THE OKLAHOMA STATE SERIES
Texas Tech and Oklahoma State are meeting for the 56th time overall in the series and 24th time in Lubbock. Tech leads the overall series 32-23 but has lost the last four meetings to OSU, dating back to the second round of the Big 12 Championship in 2013. The Lady Raiders are 15-9 against the Cowgirls in Lubbock, winning three of the last four.
LINEUP CHANGE
Texas Tech used its sixth different starting lineup for the second straight time on Tuesday against Iowa State. It's the fourth different lineup in the last six games and only the second time Kelsi Baker, Jamie Roe and Amber Battle have all started together this season.
FROM THE LINE
Texas Tech was 2 of 2 from the free-throw line on Tuesday against Iowa State. It was Tech's lowest attempts from the free throw line in the last 10 years.
DOUBLE DIGITS
Texas Tech redshirt sophomore Ivonne CookTaylor and freshman Dayo Olabode each finished in double figures on Tuesday. CookTaylor scored 13 points for her eighth game in double digits while Olabode scored 11 for her ninth game in double figures.
COUNTDOWN TO 1K
Texas Tech senior Amber Battle now sits at 994 career points after scoring seven on Tuesday against Iowa State. She is trying to become the 31st Lady Raider to score 1,000 career points, and the first since Chynna Brown and Casey Morris did so in 2013.
BAKER CAREER HIGH
Texas Tech senior forward Kelsi Baker scored a career-high 19 points on Saturday against Texas. She beat her previous high of 18 points scored twice against Jacksonville State (Nov. 14, 2014) and Oregon State (Dec. 21, 2012). It was even more special for Baker that she scored her highest total during the Play 4 Kay Pink Game with her mom, Valerie - who is a breast cancer survivor, in attendance.
