2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Brittany Brewer
- Height:
- 6-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Wylie HS
- Hometown:
- Abilene, Texas
SENIOR (2019-20)
Honorable Mention AP All-American
Honorable Mention USBWA All-American
Honorable Mention WBCA Coaches All-American
Lisa Leslie Award Top Five Finalist
WBCA Coaches All-America Region 3 Finalist
Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist
Naismith Player of the Year Preseason Watch List
First Team All-Big 12
Silver medalist at Pan Am Games with USA Basketball
Big 12 Player of the Week (12/2, 12/9)
CoSIDA Academic All-America Team Member of the Year
CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American
CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District
First Team Academic All-Big 12
Notes: 2020 Honorable Mention All-American as named by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, Associated Press and U.S. Basketball Writers Association … Was the only Texas Tech player to start all 29 games for the Lady Raiders … Named to the All-Big 12 first team and all-defensive team for the first time in her career … Top five finalist for the Lisa Leslie Award given annually to the top center in the country … Top ten semifinalist for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year award … Was the only player in the nation to average 15-plus points, 10-plus rebounds and 4-plus blocks … Finished the year averaging 16.6 points per game to lead the Lady Raiders, shooting 50.9 percent from the floor … Broke the school record for blocks in a season with 127, averaging 4.4 on the year to rank second in the country and first among Power Five players … Averaged 10.3 rebounds per game to rank sixth in the Big 12 and 25th nationally … Had a career high 15 double-doubles on the season to rank fifth in the Big 12 and 22nd among NCAA DI players … Turned in 24 double-digit scoring performances this season and 10 games of 20 or more points … Had 17 games of 10 or more rebounds … Recorded 14 performances of five or more blocks and 22 with multiple rejections … Led Texas Tech in scoring 13 times, rebounding 24 times and blocks 28 times … Her 10.3 rebounding average for the season ranks fifth in program history … Just the seventh player in program history to average double-digit rebounds in a season … Finishes her career ranked second in program history in career blocks with 289—just 11 short of Cisti Greenwalt … Ranks sixth in program history in rebounds with 907 … Ranks 11th in program history in scoring with 1,464 points for her career … Finished with 32 double-doubles for her career … Became the first player in program history to be named a First Team Academic All-American twice … Also the first player in school history to be named CoSIDA Academic All-America Team Member of the Year … Was named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team for the third time in her career.
Highlights: Turned in the first triple double by a Lady Raider in 22 years, recording 12 points, 14 rebounds and an NCAA-record tying 16 blocks in the Texas Tech win over Louisiana Monroe … Nearly had a triple double in the Lady Raiders’ season-opening win over Sam Houston State, recording 17 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocks … Opened the season with four consecutive double doubles … Averaged 15.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and 4.5 blocks at the San Diego Thanksgiving Tournament to help Texas Tech bring home its first tournament title in five seasons … Recorded a 22-point, 13-rebound double double with five blocks in the win over Ole Miss, helping the Lady Raiders record the program’s first Big 12/SEC Challenge win ever and the largest margin of victory in any Big 12/SEC Challenge game to date … Scored 22 points and added seven blocks to help Tech score 115 on UTSA—the most for a Lady Raider team in 39 years … Recorded a career high 17 rebounds in a 17-point, 17-rebound double-double against Kansas State … Helped the Lady Raiders score the second-most points in a Big 12 game ever, scoring 26 points and 10 rebounds against Oklahoma State … Averaged 21.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and three blocks against reigning national champion Baylor … Had 27 points, 10 rebounds and seven blocks at Iowa State to help the Lady Raiders record their first win in Ames in 18 years … Added 18 points and 12 rebounds at Oklahoma to push Texas Tech to its first win over Oklahoma in Norman in 15 years.
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team
Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Big 12 Player of the Week (1/21)
Notes: Played in all 31 games this season, making starts in all 31 games… averaged 16.6 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.3 blocks while averaging 31.0 minutes per game… Shot a career best 52.8 percent from the field, the fourth best in the Big 12… Made 34 three-pointers this season, her first time to shoot the three-ball in her career… posted a season best 71 blocks this season, ranking in the Top 25 in the country and leading the Big 12… Her 71 blocks this season ranks fifth in school history while her 162 career blocks ranks fifth in school history… tallied 20+ points in 10 games this season… racked up 13 double doubles this season, ranking in the Top 25 nationally and leading the Big 12… Currently has 609 career rebounds and 983 career points… broke two Big 12 records during the conference tournament… was named to the All-Big 12 Honorable Mention team for the first time in her career… was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team for the second straight year, just the third Lady Raider in school history to earn the award and the first to earn it in back-to-back seasons... was one of five in the country selected to the Co-SIDA Academic All-America First Team, becoming the first Lady Raider in school history to be awarded a first team selection and the third in school history to be named an All-American… was also awarded a spot on the Academic All-Big 12 First Team for the second straight season.
Highlights: Set a new Big 12 record for most points scored by a player in the first round of the Big 12 tournament when she posted a career high 40 points and 15 rebounds against Oklahoma (3/8)… 21 of her 40 points came in the first quarter… became just the sixth Lady Raider in program history to score 40-points in a game and is the first since 2002… also set a new record for most FG makes in a first round game at the Big 12 tournament with her 16 FGs, tying her career high in FG makes… The mark tied for the second most made FGs in a game during the Big 12 tournament… her 40 points and 15 rebounds against OU (3/8) marked her 13th double double of the season… was the first Lady Raiders since the 2016-17 season to score 30+ points when she scored 34 points in the win over Houston Baptist (11/24)… was named Big 12 Co-Player of the Week for her 25.0 ppg and 11.0 rpg average for the week… She put up 27 points and 11 rebounds at TCU (1/16).
SOPHOMORE (2017-18)
CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Notes: Played in all 30 games, starting in 17... Averaged 20.2 minutes, 9.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and shot 49.0 percent from the field... racked up double-figure points in 12 of the 28 games… started out the season with five straight double-digit point performances… recorded two doubles-doubles on the season… ranked second on the team in rebounds (150) and led the team with 38 blocks, ranked eighth in the Big 12 with 1.2 blocks per game... named Academic All-Big 12 First Team… was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 First Team, becoming only the third player in program history to earn first team honors (the first player to earn first team honors since Erin Grant in 2006).
Highlights: scored a career-high 25 points against UMass-Lowell (11/22), marking her first 20-point game of her career… was one point shy of tying her career high when she scored 24 points against Kansas State (2/7)…. made a career-high 11 FGs in the UMass-Lowell & Kansas State games… recorded her first double-double of the season with 17 points and 11 rebound at Houston (12/3)… marked her second double-double with 24 points and a season-best 13 rebounds at Kansas State (2/7)… posted four blocks in two games this season, against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11/19) and No. 19 Texas A&M (11/26).
FRESHMAN (2016-17)
Big 12 All-Freshman Team
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
Notes: Played in 31 games, starting in 17 for the Lady Raiders in her freshman season... Averaged 22.3 minutes, 5.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and shot 45.2 percent from the field... tallied 53 blocks including a career-high five blocks at Texas A&M (11/17)... Was the third freshman in school history to be named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team... Ranked No. 7 in the Big 12 with a team-leading 53 blocks (1.7 per game) and was the second ranked freshman in that category... Ranked 15th overall and the No. 2 freshman in the conference in rebounds (178 / 5.7 per game).
Highlights: Scored eight points, recorded six rebounds and a block in first game as a Lady Raider (vs. North Dakota, 11/13)... scored a career-high 16 points and tallied eight boards vs. Prairie View (11/29)... tallied a career-high nine rebounds at Arkansas (12/3)... earned first collegiate start vs. Houston (12/7)... Recorded her first career double-double against Iowa State with 10 points and a career-high 14 rebounds (1/4)... tied a career-best of five blocks against Oklahoma (2/11).
HIGH SCHOOL
Wylie High School in Abilene, Texas ... Brewer was the No. 97 prospect nationally in the 2016 class, according to ESPNU Hoopgurlz ... Named District 6-4A MVP in 2013-14 after averaging 13.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.5 blocks as a sophomore, and repeated the feat again in 2014-15, a year in which she also earned All-State honors and improved her numbers, averaging 16.7 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game as a junior to go along with shooting 61 percent from the floor ... She stepped up when the lights were on, rattling off 27 points and 7 rebounds in the regional championship and followed that up with an 18-point, eight-rebound and six-block performance in Wylie's state semifinal win ... She took MVP honors at three tournaments, including the Region I tournament.
PERSONAL
Brittany Brewer... Born Nov. 6, 1997 in Abilene, Texas... daughter of Jacob and Melanie Brewer... has four siblings -- Brianna, Brooklyn, Joy and Josh... uncle, Mike Smith, was a linebacker for the Texas Tech Football team... majoring in Community, Family and Addiction Sciences.
