LADY RAIDER BASKETBALL PREVIEW: UTSA

LUBBOCK, Texas – The Texas Tech Lady Raider basketball team looks to finish off non-conference play with an undefeated record this Sunday, when they welcome UTSA into United Supermarkets Arena at 12 p.m. The game is the first of a Texas Tech basketball doubleheader, with the Red Raiders hosting CSU Bakersfield at 3 p.m.

GAME INFORMATION
Venue: United Supermarkets Arena
Place: Lubbock, Texas
Opponent: UTSA
Date: Sunday, Dec. 29
Tip-off Time: 12 p.m. CT
Stream: TexasTech.TV
Radio: 107.7 FM
Radio Talent: Mark Finkner and Chuck Heinz

PROMOTIONS
The game will be the first part of a doubleheader with the Texas Tech men's basketball team. A single ticket will gain admission for both games. During halftime of both games, Speed Painter Jessica Haas will perform. Haas was a winner on the Gong Show that was featured on ABC.

LADY RAIDER STORYLINES
- With a win on Sunday, the Lady Raiders would finish nonconference undefeated for the first time in eight seasons (2011-12).

- Off to their first 10-0 start in eight seasons, Texas Tech is one of nine undefeated teams in Division I remaining after the first month of the season, and one of only two left in the Big 12.

- Senior Brittany Brewer made history last week against Louisiana-Monroe, registering 12 points, 14 rebounds and 16 blocks for the program's first triple-double in 22 years and the eighth all-time. Brewer's 16 blocks tied the NCAA record as well.

- The Lady Raiders have held opponents to an average of 51.4 points per game which ranks No. 9 in the country and second in the conference. Tech opponents are shooting an average of 31.7 percent from the field which ranks No. 7 in the country and second in the Big 12.

- The Lady Raiders are scoring the ball with great efficiency through nine games of action this season. Tech's field goal percentage of .466 ranks 18th nationally and second in the Big 12. The Lady Raiders' 81.1 point scoring average after game 10 ranks ninth nationally.

ABOUT THE LADY RAIDERS
Texas Tech is off to its best start to a season in eight years heading into this Sunday's matchup with the Roadrunners. Led by superstar center Brittany Brewer, who is coming off her first career triple-double which included an NCAA-record-tying 16 blocks, and four Lady Raiders averaging double figures, Texas Tech is armed with a much-improved roster from a season ago as it gears up for Big 12 play later this week.

Aside from Brewer--the NCAA blocks leader to this point in the season, rejecting over six shots per night—second-year head coach Marlene Stollings' Lady Raider cast also features 2019 Big 12 Freshman of the Year Chrislyn Carr, two-way standout returner Sydney Goodson, and freshman Alexis Tucker, who leads the team in scoring at 16.2 points per game to go along with 9.1 rebounds.

EYEING THE OPPONENT
Returning six players from a season ago, the Roadrunners of UTSA (4-6) is coming off a win over Texas Wesleyan last week. UTSA is 0-1 against Big 12 schools this season, dropping an 84-53 loss at Texas last month. They also share a common opponent with the Lady Raiders, falling to Sam Houston State, 81-77, earlier this month. The Roadrunners are led in scoring by Mikayla Woods and Adryana Quezada, who both average 14.1 points per game. Woods also averages 2.1 steals per game, which ranks third in Conference USA. UTSA head coach Kristen Holt is in her third season at the helm of the Roadrunner program, and is 20-48 since taking over in San Antonio.

THE SERIES
- The Lady Raiders and Roadrunners are set to face off for the 13th time in the two programs' histories this Sunday when they collide in the USA.
- Texas Tech has won each of the previous 12 games in the series, which began in 1983. Ten of those 12 wins have come by double digits.
- Sunday will be the sixth-straight game in the series contested in Lubbock.
- The Lady Raiders have outscored the Roadrunners by an average of 22.17 points per game in each game of the series, including a 57-point win (96-39) in 1998.
- This will be the first meeting between Coach Marlene and Kristen Holt, who are both Ohio grads.

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Players Mentioned

Brittany Brewer

Chrislyn Carr

Sydney Goodson

Alexis Tucker