LADY RAIDER PREVIEW: at Oklahoma

LUBBOCK, Texas – The Texas Tech Lady Raider basketball team finishes out it's Big 12 regular season schedule this week when it travels to Norman, Okla., to face Oklahoma. The Lady Raiders and Sooners tip off at 6 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center on Fox Sports Oklahoma.

GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Lloyd Noble Center
Place: Norman, Okla.
Opponent: Oklahoma
Date: Monday, March 1
Tip-off Time: 6 p.m.
TV: Fox Sports Southwest
TV Talent: Jessica Coody and Brenda VanLengen
Radio: 107.7 FM
Radio Talent: Mark Finkner and Chuck Heinz

LADY RAIDER QUICK HITS
- After a 38-point, 10-rebound, three-block, three-steal effort against Kansas that earned her Big 12 Player of the Week honors and another impressive performance at Kansas State, senior Vivian Gray is averaging 31.0 points on 60.5 percent shooting, 8.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.5 blocks and 2.5 steals.

- Texas Tech Lady Raider basketball coach Krista Gerlich is one win away from her 300th career victory. Overall, Gerlich is 299-159 for her career, including 121-94 in seven seasons at UT Arlington, 168-53 in seven seasons at West Texas A&M, along with her 10 wins in her first season leading the Lady Raiders.

- Junior Najé Murray had an incredible shooting night on Wednesday at Kansas State, hitting 8-of-11 shots from deep to finish with 26 points to go along with five rebounds, four assists and two steals. Murray's eight threes in one game tie the most by any player in the Big 12 this season, and are tied for eighth nationally.

THE SERIES
- The Lady Raiders and Sooners will be meeting for the 65th time in the series between the two programs.
- Oklahoma leads the all-time series, having won 38 of the previous 64 games against the Lady Raiders.
- While Tech came up short in the last meeting with the Sooners, 75-74, the Lady Raiders have won four of the last five over the Oklahoma.
- Tech is 10-20 all-time in Norman, but will be looking for its second-straight win over the Sooners in Lloyd Noble Center.

ABOUT THE SOONERS
The Oklahoma Sooners (10-10, 7-8 Big 12) enter Wednesday's matchup with the Lady Raiders on a two-game win streak and winners of four of their last five. The Sooners are led by Madi Williams, averaging 21.1 points per game to rank top-25 nationally, and Taylor Robertson, who is one of the top three-point shooters in the country at 43.7 percent from long range--which ranks No. 22 in the nation and No. 2 in the Big 12. As a team, Oklahoma leads the Big 12 in three-point percentage (.376), while also making 8.4 per game which ranks No. 2 in the Big 12. The Sooners are led by Sherri Coale in her 25th year in Norman.

LAST TIME OUT
The Texas Tech Lady Raider basketball team battled tough but fell short of completing the comeback against Kansas State on Wednesday night, falling, 86-79, at Bramlage Coliseum.

The Lady Raiders were led by Naje Murray, who scored a season high 26 points on a career high eight threes, along with five rebounds, four assists, a pair of steals and only one turnover. Murray's eight threes were just one short of tying the school record of nine.

Vivian Gray had her 12th game of 20-points or more with 24 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals. Lexi Gordon added 12 points, four rebounds and an assist.

Texas Tech's 11 threes as a team tied a season high, and the Lady Raiders did a great job distributing the ball with 23 assists which were one short of a season high as well.

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Players Mentioned

Lexi Gordon

Vivian Gray

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