{"id":130343,"date":"2026-01-20T13:34:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/130343\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T13:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:34:35","slug":"kansas-state-upsets-previously-unbeaten-no-17-texas-tech-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/130343\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas State upsets previously unbeaten No. 17 Texas Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Michael VoepelJan 18, 2026, 06:00 AM<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.<\/p>\n

Just two unbeaten teams remain in Division I women’s basketball after No. 17 Texas Tech<\/a> was upset 65-59 Saturday by visiting Kansas State<\/a>.<\/p>\n

No. 1 UConn<\/a> and No. 5 Vanderbilt<\/a> are still undefeated. The 18-0 Huskies are host to No. 23 Notre Dame<\/a> on Monday in Storrs, Connecticut. The 18-0 Commodores also next play in a nonconference game Monday, as they face No. 8 Michigan<\/a> at the Coretta Scott King Classic in Newark, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

Texas Tech had tied its program record for consecutive victories with a 19-0 start but struggled Saturday with rebounding in its first loss. Kansas State won the board battle 46-20, with Texas Tech getting just three offensive rebounds.<\/p>\n

The Lady Raiders also went cold in the fourth quarter, being outscored 23-15 overall and 8-1 in the last 2 minutes, 23 seconds. For the game, Texas Tech shot better from 3-point range (45%, 9-of-20) than overall from the field (39%, 19-of-49). Bailey Maupin<\/a> had 18 points to lead Texas Tech, now 19-1 overall and 6-1 in the Big 12.<\/p>\n

It was the second victory over a ranked team this season for Kansas State, which beat then-No. 13 Ole Miss<\/a> 61-60 on Dec. 7. The Wildcats, who moved to 10-9 overall and 3-3 in the Big 12, were led by Tess Heal<\/a>‘s 12 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael VoepelJan 18, 2026, 06:00 AM CloseMichael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-130343","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lubbock","9":"tag-lubbock-headlines","10":"tag-lubbock-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}