Texas Tech University Athletics
Saturday, January 21
Morgantown, W.Va.
12 p.m.
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West Virginia
Tech seeks third straight win Saturday at WVU
January 20, 2023 | Women's Basketball
The Lady Raiders look to win three straight B12 games for the first time since 2012-13
MORGANTOWN, WVa. – The Texas Tech Lady Raiders seek their third straight win overall and third straight road win on Saturday afternoon when they travel to Morgantown to face the West Virginia Mountaineers.
Tip-off from WVU Coliseum is set for Noon (CT).
With a victory, Texas Tech (15-4, 3-3 Big 12) would win its third straight Big 12 Conference game for the first time since 2012-13 and win three straight Big 12 road games for the first time since the 2004-05 season.
Tech will also look to snap an 11-game losing streak to the Mountaineers overall and a seven-game losing streak in Morgantown. Tech has won just twice in Morgantown all-time (2011-12 and 2014-15).
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
MATCHUP: Texas Tech (15-4, 3-3 Big 12) at West Virginia (12-5, 3-3 Big 12)
DATE: January 21, 2023
LOCATION: Morgantown, W.Va. (WVU Coliseum)
TIME: Noon (CT)
LAST TIME OUT:
Make it a three-peat!
Behind 28 points from Bre'Amber Scott and another 13-point performance from freshman Jasmine Shavers, the Texas Tech Lady Raiders downed No. 25 Texas, 68-64 in front of a juiced up crowd of 5,604.
With the victory, Texas Tech (15-4, 3-3 Big 12) has now recorded a win over UT in three consecutive seasons for just the fourth time in program history, while Coach Krista Gerlich joined her mentor Marsha Sharp and Kristy Curry as the only three head coaches in Tech history to defeat UT in three straight years.
As has been the key all season long, Tech won the points in the paint, 24-22. The Lady Raiders are now 14-0 when holding teams to under 30 points in the paint.
Another key stat on Wednesday came in free-throws. Tech shot 22-of-30 while UT shot just 2-of-6. Tech improved to 6-0 when hitting 20+ free throws and have now made 20 in back-to-back games.
In the end, Tech did not trail over the final 29:26 of play. UT's final lead of the ballgame came with 9:35 to go in the second.
Tech has now won back-to-back Big 12 games for the first time since the 2020-21 season and improves to 3-3 in Big 12 play for the first time since the 2016-17 season.
Texas placed three in double figures led by DePaul transfer Sonya Morris who dropped 17 points. Preseason All-American Rori Harmon added 12 points, nine assists and six rebounds while National Player of the Week Shaylee Gonzales managed just 10 points on 13 shots.
Gonzales scored seven of her 10 in the first half and was named USBWA Player of the Week earlier this week after the Horns defeated then No. 25 KU and No. 15 Iowa State.
By virtue of tonight's victory, Tech sits at 15-4 through 19 games and has defeated three top-25 NET teams: Texas (10), Middle Tennessee (16) and Colorado (21).
SCOUTING THE 'NEERS:
• West Virginia enters Saturday's matchup at 3-3 overall after falling at Kansas on Wednesday. In the game at KU, the Mountaineers led 34-20 at the break before allowing 57 points in the second half and 34 in the fourth quarter. The Mountaineers were outscored 57-24 in the second half. The difference in the game was found at the free throw line where KU shot 18-of-20 in the fourth quarter.
• Against the Jayhawks, Kylee Blacksten led the way for the Mountaineers, scoring 13 points on 6-of- 10 shooting. Blacksten was one of our players to reach double-figures on the night.
• A pair of Mountaineers are averaging in dou- ble-figues led JJ Quinerly (13.2 PPG) and Madisen Smith (12.6 PPG). As a team, WVU shoots just under 40 percent from the floor (39.9) and 27.5 percent from three-point range.
• WVU has defeated K-State (77-70) in Manhattan and TCU (77-45) and Baylor (74-65) in Morgantown. The Mountaineers have fallen to Oklahoma (98-77), Iowa State (70-50) and KU (77-58).
• The Mountaineers are 8-1 at the WVU Coliseum.
STORYLINES:
STRUCK FIRST
• Tech scored 22 of the first 24 points that were scored in the first, second, third and fourth quarters. Tech scored the first five points of the first and second periods, first seven points of the third quarter and five of the first seven in the fourth quarter.
BRE'S ON FIRE:
• Senior Bre'Amber Scott is back for her senior season and is playing at a high level. After missing the first two games of the season due to personal reasons, Scott made her return to the Lady Raider lineup before the Colorado game. Tech is now 13-3 this season in Scott's 16 games. The guard leads the team in points-per-game (16.9) and has grabbed a team-best 102 rebounds. Her 6.4 rebounds a game are also the best on the Lady Raider squad. Scott has also made a team-best 96 free throws and has taken a team-high 115 attempts. In five Big 12 games, Scott has scored 147 points, reaching 20 in five straight games.
• Scott is leading the Big 12 in conference only scoring checking in at 24.5 points per game. Scott is shooting 45-of-55 (81.8) from the line this season and the Lady Raiders are 4-2 when she reaches 20 points this season. Scott's 37 points at K-State are tied for the fifth-most point that a Tech player has scored on the road. The Lady Raiders are now 71-13 in the 84 games where someone has scored 30+. Scott's 129 (25.8) points over the last five games are the most in a five game stretch since Vivian Gray scored 134 points (26.8) from Feb. 5-19.
WE'LL TAKE THAT
• Texas Tech has forced 233 turnovers over the last 13 contests (17.9/game) including a Krista Gerlich Era record 24 vs. Alabama State. As a team the Lady Raiders have forced 294 turnovers through the seasons first 16 games (18.4). All of last season Tech forced just 396. The Lady Raiders are 13-1 this season when forcing more than 15 turnovers and have forced at least 20 turnovers five times. Tech did not force at least 20 turnovers in a game at all last season
LOCKING DOWN THE 3-PT ARC:
Tip-off from WVU Coliseum is set for Noon (CT).
With a victory, Texas Tech (15-4, 3-3 Big 12) would win its third straight Big 12 Conference game for the first time since 2012-13 and win three straight Big 12 road games for the first time since the 2004-05 season.
Tech will also look to snap an 11-game losing streak to the Mountaineers overall and a seven-game losing streak in Morgantown. Tech has won just twice in Morgantown all-time (2011-12 and 2014-15).
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
MATCHUP: Texas Tech (15-4, 3-3 Big 12) at West Virginia (12-5, 3-3 Big 12)
DATE: January 21, 2023
LOCATION: Morgantown, W.Va. (WVU Coliseum)
TIME: Noon (CT)
LAST TIME OUT:
Make it a three-peat!
Behind 28 points from Bre'Amber Scott and another 13-point performance from freshman Jasmine Shavers, the Texas Tech Lady Raiders downed No. 25 Texas, 68-64 in front of a juiced up crowd of 5,604.
With the victory, Texas Tech (15-4, 3-3 Big 12) has now recorded a win over UT in three consecutive seasons for just the fourth time in program history, while Coach Krista Gerlich joined her mentor Marsha Sharp and Kristy Curry as the only three head coaches in Tech history to defeat UT in three straight years.
As has been the key all season long, Tech won the points in the paint, 24-22. The Lady Raiders are now 14-0 when holding teams to under 30 points in the paint.
Another key stat on Wednesday came in free-throws. Tech shot 22-of-30 while UT shot just 2-of-6. Tech improved to 6-0 when hitting 20+ free throws and have now made 20 in back-to-back games.
In the end, Tech did not trail over the final 29:26 of play. UT's final lead of the ballgame came with 9:35 to go in the second.
Tech has now won back-to-back Big 12 games for the first time since the 2020-21 season and improves to 3-3 in Big 12 play for the first time since the 2016-17 season.
Texas placed three in double figures led by DePaul transfer Sonya Morris who dropped 17 points. Preseason All-American Rori Harmon added 12 points, nine assists and six rebounds while National Player of the Week Shaylee Gonzales managed just 10 points on 13 shots.
Gonzales scored seven of her 10 in the first half and was named USBWA Player of the Week earlier this week after the Horns defeated then No. 25 KU and No. 15 Iowa State.
By virtue of tonight's victory, Tech sits at 15-4 through 19 games and has defeated three top-25 NET teams: Texas (10), Middle Tennessee (16) and Colorado (21).
SCOUTING THE 'NEERS:
• West Virginia enters Saturday's matchup at 3-3 overall after falling at Kansas on Wednesday. In the game at KU, the Mountaineers led 34-20 at the break before allowing 57 points in the second half and 34 in the fourth quarter. The Mountaineers were outscored 57-24 in the second half. The difference in the game was found at the free throw line where KU shot 18-of-20 in the fourth quarter.
• Against the Jayhawks, Kylee Blacksten led the way for the Mountaineers, scoring 13 points on 6-of- 10 shooting. Blacksten was one of our players to reach double-figures on the night.
• A pair of Mountaineers are averaging in dou- ble-figues led JJ Quinerly (13.2 PPG) and Madisen Smith (12.6 PPG). As a team, WVU shoots just under 40 percent from the floor (39.9) and 27.5 percent from three-point range.
• WVU has defeated K-State (77-70) in Manhattan and TCU (77-45) and Baylor (74-65) in Morgantown. The Mountaineers have fallen to Oklahoma (98-77), Iowa State (70-50) and KU (77-58).
• The Mountaineers are 8-1 at the WVU Coliseum.
STORYLINES:
STRUCK FIRST
• Tech scored 22 of the first 24 points that were scored in the first, second, third and fourth quarters. Tech scored the first five points of the first and second periods, first seven points of the third quarter and five of the first seven in the fourth quarter.
BRE'S ON FIRE:
• Senior Bre'Amber Scott is back for her senior season and is playing at a high level. After missing the first two games of the season due to personal reasons, Scott made her return to the Lady Raider lineup before the Colorado game. Tech is now 13-3 this season in Scott's 16 games. The guard leads the team in points-per-game (16.9) and has grabbed a team-best 102 rebounds. Her 6.4 rebounds a game are also the best on the Lady Raider squad. Scott has also made a team-best 96 free throws and has taken a team-high 115 attempts. In five Big 12 games, Scott has scored 147 points, reaching 20 in five straight games.
• Scott is leading the Big 12 in conference only scoring checking in at 24.5 points per game. Scott is shooting 45-of-55 (81.8) from the line this season and the Lady Raiders are 4-2 when she reaches 20 points this season. Scott's 37 points at K-State are tied for the fifth-most point that a Tech player has scored on the road. The Lady Raiders are now 71-13 in the 84 games where someone has scored 30+. Scott's 129 (25.8) points over the last five games are the most in a five game stretch since Vivian Gray scored 134 points (26.8) from Feb. 5-19.
WE'LL TAKE THAT
• Texas Tech has forced 233 turnovers over the last 13 contests (17.9/game) including a Krista Gerlich Era record 24 vs. Alabama State. As a team the Lady Raiders have forced 294 turnovers through the seasons first 16 games (18.4). All of last season Tech forced just 396. The Lady Raiders are 13-1 this season when forcing more than 15 turnovers and have forced at least 20 turnovers five times. Tech did not force at least 20 turnovers in a game at all last season
LOCKING DOWN THE 3-PT ARC:
• Tech has done a great job of defending the 3-point arc this season. Teams are shooting just 30.3 percent from distance against the Lady Raiders. In particular, the Lady Raiders have done a great job recently. Other than last Saturday's game at TCU where the Horned Frogs shot 10-of-21 from distance, Tech's opponents have not made double-figure threes since Middle Tennessee back on Nov. 25. Tech held OU's potent 3-point attack to just 8-of-24 from distance. In fact, the Sooners were just 6-of-22 after making their first two attempts. K-State shot just 7-of-30 against the Lady Raiders on Saturday. UT was just 6-of-23 on Wednesday marking the fifth time in six Big 12 games that Tech has held an opponent under 33.3 percent
WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE:
• The Lady Raiders are a perfect 14-0 this season when holding teams to under 30 points in the paint and 15-0 when holding teams to 32 or less in a game. On Wednesday, OU scored 42 points in the paint, the most Tech has allowed in a game this season. The Lady Raiders allowed 34 points in the paint against JSU, 38 points in the paint against ISU and a season-high 44 against KU. For the season, opponents are scoring just 24.2/game inside the paint. Tech has outscored its opponents 532-464 in the paint.
TOUGH SCHEDULE TO START BIG 12 PLAY:
• After opening up with the preseason favorites and top-ranked team in the Big 12 (Iowa State), Tech traveled to No. 21 KU, the team with the best overall record in the Big 12. The Lady Raiders faced their third ranked opponent in the first four games when No. 19 Oklahoma came to town. The first four home games for the Lady Raiders will be against the top-four team in the Big 12 Preseason poll. Tech hosts preseason No. 3 UT on Wednesday before hosting Baylor on Jan. 28. The Lady Raiders are also in stretch of three straight ranked home opponents. The span began on Dec. 31 when Iowa State came to town continued vs. OU on Jan. 11 and closed with Texas on Jan. 18.
CHARITY WORK PAYS OFF:
The Lady Raiders are a perfect 6-0 this season when making at least 20 free throws. All three of Tech's victories in conference play have featured 20+ made free throws. Four Lady Raiders are shooting better than 80 percent from the line led by Bailey Maupin's 55-of-60 shooting (91.7). Bryn Gerlich is next at 36-of44 (81.8 percent) followed by Bre Scott's 96-of-115 (83.5). Jazz Shavers is the final Lady Raider over 82 percent at 36-of-43 (83.7 percent).
UP NEXT:
The Lady Raiders return to action next Saturday (Jan. 28) when Baylor comes to town for Alumna weekend. Tip-off from United Supermarkets Arena is set for 2 p.m.
WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE:
• The Lady Raiders are a perfect 14-0 this season when holding teams to under 30 points in the paint and 15-0 when holding teams to 32 or less in a game. On Wednesday, OU scored 42 points in the paint, the most Tech has allowed in a game this season. The Lady Raiders allowed 34 points in the paint against JSU, 38 points in the paint against ISU and a season-high 44 against KU. For the season, opponents are scoring just 24.2/game inside the paint. Tech has outscored its opponents 532-464 in the paint.
TOUGH SCHEDULE TO START BIG 12 PLAY:
• After opening up with the preseason favorites and top-ranked team in the Big 12 (Iowa State), Tech traveled to No. 21 KU, the team with the best overall record in the Big 12. The Lady Raiders faced their third ranked opponent in the first four games when No. 19 Oklahoma came to town. The first four home games for the Lady Raiders will be against the top-four team in the Big 12 Preseason poll. Tech hosts preseason No. 3 UT on Wednesday before hosting Baylor on Jan. 28. The Lady Raiders are also in stretch of three straight ranked home opponents. The span began on Dec. 31 when Iowa State came to town continued vs. OU on Jan. 11 and closed with Texas on Jan. 18.
CHARITY WORK PAYS OFF:
The Lady Raiders are a perfect 6-0 this season when making at least 20 free throws. All three of Tech's victories in conference play have featured 20+ made free throws. Four Lady Raiders are shooting better than 80 percent from the line led by Bailey Maupin's 55-of-60 shooting (91.7). Bryn Gerlich is next at 36-of44 (81.8 percent) followed by Bre Scott's 96-of-115 (83.5). Jazz Shavers is the final Lady Raider over 82 percent at 36-of-43 (83.7 percent).
UP NEXT:
The Lady Raiders return to action next Saturday (Jan. 28) when Baylor comes to town for Alumna weekend. Tip-off from United Supermarkets Arena is set for 2 p.m.
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