LADY RAIDER PREVIEW: Oklahoma

LUBBOCK, Texas – The Texas Tech Lady Raider basketball team will look to bounce back when it returns home this Wednesday night to host Big 12 foe Oklahoma. The Lady Raiders and Sooners are set to tip off at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at United Supermarkets Arena. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.

GAME INFORMATION
Venue: United Supermarkets Arena
Place: Lubbock, Texas
Opponent: Oklahoma
Date: Wednesday, Jan. 6
Tip-off Time: 6 p.m. CT
Stream: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
TV Talent: Ron Thulin and Brenda VanLengen
Radio: 107.7 FM // Texas Tech Sports Network
Radio Talent: Mark Finkner and Chuck Heinz

LADY RAIDER QUICK HITS
- With seven home games under their belt, Lady Raider Nation has turned out to support the team in its first year of the Krista Gerlich era. Tech ranks tops in the Big 12 in attendance this season, averaging 2,506 fans per game--nearly 900 more than second-place Baylor.

- Lady Raider senior Vivian Gray has been on a hot streak over the last number of games, as she's making a big difference on both sides of the ball, averaging 19.0 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 1.5 steals over her last four games. She's also turned in three double-doubles over that stretch and is shooting the ball at 50.9 percent from the field.

- The Lady Raider roster boasts one of the most lethal scoring duos in the Big 12 in Vivian Gray and Lexi Gordon. In fact, the Texas Tech tandem is the only duo in the Big 12 to both average greater than 17.0 points per game.

THE SERIES
- The Lady Raiders and Sooners will be meeting for the 64th time in the two programs' histories on Wednesday at the USA.
- Oklahoma holds the edge in the overall series up to this point, 37-26; however, the two teams have split, 15-15, in the 30 games played in Lubbock.
- Texas Tech has won four-straight games in the series, dating back to 2019.
- That includes a sweep last season in which Tech beat the Sooners in overtime, 89-84, at home before going off for a 106-94 victory in Norman in what would turn out to be the final game of the season for the Lady Raiders.
- The Lady Raiders have broken 100 twice in the team's four-game win streak over the Sooners.

EYEING THE OPPONENT
The Oklahoma Sooners (3-5, 0-3 Big 12) come into Wednesday's game looking for their first conference win of the season following losses to West Virginia, Oklahoma State and Kansas. The Sooners have a number of offensive weapons, led by Big 12 Player of the Week Madi Williams who is averaging 25.2 points per game following a 45-point outburst against the Mountaineers on Sunday. Oklahoma's roster also features Taylor Robertson, one of the top shooters in the country who currently ranks second in the Big 12 at 41.7 percent shooting from long range. The Sooners are led by 25th-year head coach Sherri Coale.

LAST TIME OUT
The Texas Tech Lady Raider basketball team fell, 75-48, on Saturday night on the road to Oklahoma State at Gallagher-Iba Arena.

The Lady Raiders (6-3, 1-2 Big 12) were led by Vivian Gray, who posted her second-straight double-double and her third double-double in her last four games, finishing with 12 points and 10 rebounds along with three blocks and three assists.

Lexi Gordon finished with 12 points as well with four rebounds and an assist. Najé Murray finished with eight points, five rebounds and three assists. Bryn Gerlich pulled down six rebounds along with scoring three points.

Tech battled tough on the boards, despite a strong OSU presence down low, as the Lady Raiders outrebounded the Cowgirls, 48-47.

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Players Mentioned

Bryn Gerlich

Lexi Gordon

Vivian Gray

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