Texas Tech women\u2019s basketball will head into the NCAA Tournament ranked, as fall one spot to No. 25 after a round two loss in the Big 12 Tournament. This marks the eleventh straight week they have been ranked. The Lady Raiders dropped a heartbreaker to Kansas State in Kansas City on Thursday but are eyes forward to Selection Sunday as they await hearing their name called for the first time since 2013.<\/p>\n
Tech finished the regular season as one of the most improved programs in the nation, and the most improved in the conference from last season. The Lady Raiders moved from 15th to 6th in adjusted offense, the largest jump in the Big 12 going from 94.9 to 104.5, a +9.5 jump that is sixth best amongst power five teams and 31st best in the nation as a whole. Defensively, Tech was solid last year but they improved there as well making the second largest jump in the conference from 86.8 to 80.0. The -6.9 improvement is 10th best amongst power five teams and 47th best in the nation.<\/p>\n
Individually Tech, behind Krista Gerlich and a newly formed assistant staff, developed players at an elite rate this season. Going by the all-encompassing metric of RAPM (Regularized Adjusted Plus\/Minus), the Lady Raiders were the only team with two players in the top four of most improved in the Big 12, and were one of two teams with three in the top 10. Jalynn Bristow was number one at +8.0 which is the 5th best in power five and 11th best improvement individually in the nation. She is joined by Denae Fritz who came in fourth most improved in the Big 12 and Gemma N\u00fa\u00f1ez at eighth most improved.<\/p>\n
Texas Tech Individual Stat Leaders<\/p>\n
PointsBailey Maupin
15.1 PPGSnudda Collins
14.8 PPGJalynn Bristow
10.9 PPGAssistsGemma N\u00fa\u00f1ez
4.8 APGBailey Maupin
2.6 APGSidney Love
1.9 APGReboundsJalynn Bristow
5.7 RPGGemma N\u00fa\u00f1ez
4.8 RPGBailey Maupin
3.7 RPGBlocksJalynn Bristow
2.1 BPGSara Sanogo
1.3 BPGSnudda Collins
0.8 BPGStealsGemma N\u00fa\u00f1ez
2.1 SPGDenae Fritz
2.0 SPGBailey Maupin
1.6 SPG3P% (Min 100 att)Snudda Collins
39.5% (119 att)Denae Fritz
36.4% (129 att)Bailey Maupin
34.2% (187 att)FG% (Min 100 att)Sara Sanogo
63.5% (115 att)Jada Malone
60.7% (140 att)Snudda Collins
44.4% (365 att)FT% (Min 70 att)Bailey Maupin
83.2% (137 att)Snudda Collins
79.7% (123 att)Jada Malone
75.7% (70 att)<\/p>\n
Game Results & Recaps<\/p>\n
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Shelby Hiliard has worked in sports media since graduating with dual master\u2019s degrees from Texas Tech in 2014. She joined Red Raider Sports as a writer in 2025 and is also the host of Texas Tech Sports podcast \u201cSeeing Scarlet\u201d on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n