No. 21 Texas Tech women beat Arizona 80-49, extend win streak to 16 games | National Sports

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Denae Fritz scored 16 points, Adlee Blacklock made 4 of 5 from 3-point range and finished with 15 points, and No. 21 Texas Tech beat Arizona 80-49 on Saturday night to extend its win streak to 16 games.

Texas Tech (16-0, 3-0 Big 12) is off to the best start in program history and is 3-0 in conference play for the first time since the 2010-11 season. The Lady Raiders won a program-record 19 straight games in the 1992-93 season.

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