{"id":186104,"date":"2026-03-01T23:54:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/186104\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T23:54:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:54:30","slug":"3-big-questions-for-no-20-texas-tech-as-it-hosts-arizona-state-for-senior-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/186104\/","title":{"rendered":"3 big questions for No. 20 Texas Tech as it hosts Arizona State for Senior Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"58\">Krista Gerlich and her <a href=\"https:\/\/wreckemred.com\/texas-tech-basketball\/lady-raider-basketball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas Tech women\u2019s basketball team<\/a> are heading into their final regular season game with one last big chance to showcase that they are <a href=\"https:\/\/wreckemred.com\/3-storylines-to-keep-an-eye-on-as-no-20-texas-tech-hosts-arizona-state-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">among the best in the Big 12<\/a>. The Lady Raiders have talent and have done great things this season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5b\">And they\u2019re also currently on a two-game skid that really needs to come to an end sooner rather than later. Or, well, I\u2019d prefer it if that was the case. So, with this game, I have questions. Let\u2019s chat about them for a minute.<\/p>\n<p>No. 1: Will Texas Tech\u2019s offense come to life again when the Lady Raiders face Arizona State?<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5h\">I, for one, greatly appreciate it when Texas Tech decides that it\u2019s capable of scoring a lot of points. I, generally, don\u2019t love when the Lady Raiders aren\u2019t getting points on the scoreboard in a very productive manner. Against Kansas, Texas Tech scored just 59 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5k\">Looking through the stats and season results, Texas Tech doesn\u2019t win if it\u2019s scoring below 60 points. Just flat out, the Lady Raiders are 0-2 in that regard. So, let\u2019s score some points, please?<\/p>\n<p>No. 2: Can Texas Tech slow the Sun Devils\u2019 leading scorers?<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5q\">How will the Lady Raiders handle an Arizona State Sun Devils team that is averaging 67.5 points per game and is managing to be led by Gabby Elliott (16.4 points per game), McKinna Brackens (15.3 points per game), and Heloia Carrera (10 points per game). Are the Lady Raiders prepared to slow down that trio of double digit scorers from Arizona State?<\/p>\n<p>No. 3: How does this game impact Texas Tech heading into the postseason?<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5w\">A win here obviously is a lot better than a loss would be. A win here gets Texas Tech a little bit of positive movement and ready for the <a href=\"https:\/\/big12sports.com\/sports\/wbball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Big 12 tournament<\/a> and then also the NCAA tournament. A loss would lower Texas Tech\u2019s seeding for the conference championship and would certainly worsen Texas Tech\u2019s postseason resume. So, you know, wins are better than losses. Let\u2019s get one, please. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Krista Gerlich and her Texas Tech women\u2019s basketball team are heading into their final regular season game with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-186104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186104","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=186104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}