LADY RAIDER BASKETBALL PREVIEW: at Oklahoma

LUBBOCK, Texas – The Texas Tech Lady Raider basketball team finishes up its regular season schedule this weekend as it travels to Norman, Okla., to face the Sooners. Texas Tech and Oklahoma are set to clash Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center live on Fox Sports Oklahoma.

GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Lloyd Noble Center
Place: Norman, Okla.
Opponent: Oklahoma
Date: Saturday, March 7
Tip-off Time: 1 p.m. CT
TV: Fox Sports Oklahoma
Radio: 107.7 FM
Radio Talent: Mark Finkner and Chuck Heinz

ABOUT THE LADY RAIDERS
Looking to finish off the regular season strong as they head into the postseason, the Lady Raiders (17-11, 6-11 Big 12) look to continue to build momentum as they hit the homestretch of the 2019-20 season sitting at seventh in the Big 12.

Second-year Lady Raider head coach Marlene Stollings boasts a deep team. Led by All-America candidate 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, Tech picked up its first overtime win in four years.

ABOUT THE SOONERS
The Oklahoma Sooners (12-17, 5-12 Big 12) enter this Saturday's contest in ninth in the Big 12 standings coming off a seven-game skid. Sitting at 9-7 at home this season, the Sooners are one of the top three-point shooting teams in the country this season, ranking 24th nationally and second in the Big 12 at 36.2 percent from behind the arc. This is thanks in large part to Taylor Robertson who leads the nation in three point field goals per game (4.38) and ranks 24th in three-point field goal percentage (42.6%). Head coach Sherri Coale is in her 24th season at the helm of the Sooner 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. Tech has continued its impressive turnaround, surpassing last year's win total in just 22 games, and reaching 17 wins for the first time in seven years.

- Senior Brittany Brewer was named one of the top 10 centers in the country last month as she was selected as one of 10 midseason candidates for the Lisa Leslie Award. In six games against other Leslie Award finalists this season, Brewer is averaging 21.5 pts, 9.5 rebs and 3.8 blks.

- While the Sooners have gotten the best of Tech in the overall series, the Lady Raiders have won three-straight games over Oklahoma, including an 89-84 overtime win earlier this season.

- In the previous meeting with the Sooners, Andrayah Adams scored 29 points while Chrislyn Carr added 24 points, seven rebounds and five assists as Tech picked up its first overtime win in four seasons.

- While the Lady Raiders have been stacking wins this season, Lady Raider Nation has shown up to support the team as well. After ranking 33rd last season with an average of 3,563 fans per game, Texas Tech ranks 21st this season, getting almost 1,000 more fans per home contest.

- Lexi Gordon is among an elite list of five Big 12 players averaging 12+ points, 6+ rebounds and 2+ assists, with that group also including Lauren Cox (Baylor), Lauren Heard (TCU), Joyner Holmes (Texas) and Peyton Williams (Kansas State).

LADY RAIDER BASKETBALL PREVIEW: at Oklahoma

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Players Mentioned

Andrayah Adams

Brittany Brewer

Chrislyn Carr

Lexi Gordon

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