{"id":186116,"date":"2026-03-02T00:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T00:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/186116\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T00:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T00:06:15","slug":"3-storylines-to-keep-an-eye-on-as-no-20-texas-tech-hosts-arizona-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/186116\/","title":{"rendered":"3 storylines to keep an eye on as No. 20 Texas Tech hosts Arizona State"},"content":{"rendered":"

The regular season is about to wrap up! It\u2019s almost done! The No. 20 Texas Tech Lady Raiders<\/a> are set to head into the Big 12 tournament<\/a> right after they match up with the Arizona State Sun Devils<\/a>. And there\u2019s a lot to be said about this game, but there are specifically a few things I\u2019d like to keep an eye on.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s some storylines I\u2019d like to watch out for as the No. 20 Lady Raiders get set to face off against the Sun Devils in the final home game of the regular season (and also Senior Day for so many on this Texas Tech women\u2019s basketball roster).<\/p>\n

Storyline 1: Nine seniors will be honored for the commitment they\u2019ve made to play for the Texas Tech Lady Raiders<\/p>\n

Folks, if it feels like that\u2019s a lot of players, that\u2019s because it is. There are NINE seniors on this team that will be honored at senior day. Bailey Maupin, Sarengbe Sanogo, Gemma Nunez, Denae Fritz, Snudda Collins, Adlee Blacklock, Sidney Love, and Jada Malone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

NINE Lady Raiders. That\u2019s a lot. And there\u2019s a ton of progress that this group has made in the way they\u2019ve helped elevate the Texas Tech women\u2019s basketball program in meaningful ways. That has to be acknowledged before we go any further.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Storyline 2: I, for one, would like to see Texas Tech continue to thrive at blocking folks<\/p>\n

It\u2019s great to see a team that thrives at blocking folks the way that Texas Tech does. I think that\u2019ll be fun to watch as Arizona State tries to handle that. The Lady Raiders are among the best when it comes to blocks as they\u2019re blocking folks at a rate of 5.8 blocks per game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Storyline 3: Big 12 women\u2019s basketball tournament seeding could be impacted here<\/p>\n

With the way the Big 12 standings look right now and the way that Texas Tech is in a tie for fourth in the conference with the likes of Oklahoma State and Colorado, I, for one, would like to see the Lady Raiders just go out and win and move into the Big 12 tournament with a solid spot.\u00a0Sure, the Cowgirls and the Buffaloes could lose. But a win here just makes it that much easier. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The regular season is about to wrap up! It\u2019s almost done! The No. 20 Texas Tech Lady Raiders…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-186116","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\/186116","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=186116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}