LADY RAIDER BASKETBALL PREVIEW: at West Virginia

Saturday, February 15

Morgantown, WV

4 PM

Texas Tech Athletics

West Virginia

LADY RAIDER BASKETBALL PREVIEW: at West Virginia

February 14, 2020 | Women's Basketball

Texas Tech Game Notes Live Scoring

By: Harry Endicott

LUBBOCK, Texas – The Texas Tech Lady Raider basketball team heads back out on the road this weekend for a Big 12 battle against West Virginia. The Lady Raiders and Mountaineers tip off at 5 p.m. ET at WVU Coliseum.

GAME INFORMATION
Venue: WVU Coliseum
Place: Morgantown, W. Va.
Opponent: West Virginia
Date: Saturday, Feb. 15
Tip-off Time: 5 p.m. ET
TV: AT&T Sports Network (regional)
Radio: 107.7 FM
Radio Talent: Mark Finkner, Chuck Heinz

ABOUT THE LADY RAIDERS
The Lady Raiders look to build on a wire-to-wire victory over Kansas last Wednesday. Tech enters the matchup with the Jayhawks at 15-7 overall on the year, already having surpassed last season's win total.

Second-year Lady Raider head coach Marlene Stollings boasts a deep team. Led by Brittany Brewer, who ranks second in the nation in blocks and is averaging a double-double, and 2019 Big 12 Freshman of the Year Chrislyn Carr, Texas Tech has already experienced plenty of success in 2020 which the team will look to build on over the final month of the season. The Lady Raiders finished the nonconference schedule undefeated for the first time in eight seasons at 11-0. Additionally, led by 29 points from Andrayah Adams, Tech picked up its first overtime win in four years last month, knocking off Big 12 foe Oklahoma.

EYEING THE OPPONENT
The West Virginia Mountaineers (14-8, 4-7 Big 12) enter Saturday's showdown with the Lady Raiders looking to snap a three-game skid in which they've dropped tight games to Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Kansas State. West Virginia is led by Kysre Gondrezick and Tynice Martin, who both rank in the top 10 of the Big 12 in scoring at 16.1 and 15.8 points per game, respectively. Kari Niblack ranks fourth in the Big 12 shot blocking, averaging two rejections per game. As a team, the Mountaineers are a strong defensive squad ranking second in the Big 12 in scoring defense. Head coach Mike Carey is in his 19th season at the helm of the Mountaineer program.

LADY RAIDER STORYLINES

- Last season, the Lady Raiders completed the second-biggest turnaround of any Power Five team, doubling their previous year's win total to 14. In Wednesday's victory over Kansas, Texas Tech continued its impressive turnaround and surpassed that win total, getting win No. 15 in just 22 games.

- Senior Brittany Brewer was named one of the top 10 centers in the country on Friday as she was selected as one of 10 midseason candidates for the Lisa Leslie Award, the The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced.

- Texas Tech has three players that rank in the top 25 of the conference in both scoring and rebounding: Brittany Brewer, Alexis Tucker and Lexi Gordon. Tech is the only school in the Big 12 with the same trio of players ranking in the top 25 of the conference in those two categories.

- While Texas Tech has been stacking wins this season, Lady Raider Nation has shown up to support the team. After ranking 33rd last season, Texas Tech ranks 21st this season, averaging almost 1,000 more fans per home contest.