{"id":51983,"date":"2025-11-16T16:11:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/51983\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T16:11:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:11:26","slug":"texas-tech-building-standard-in-a-91-60-rout-of-smu-arkansas-up-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/51983\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Tech Building Standard in a 91\u201360 Rout of SMU, Arkansas Up Next"},"content":{"rendered":"

During shoot around Thursday, the coaching staff reportedly challenged the team with a message on standard and expectations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe aren\u2019t coaching you to be average. We\u2019re coaching you to beat them by 25.\u201d <\/p>\n

Message received. Texas Tech beat SMU by 31 a few hours later in their 91-60 victory over the Mustangs on Thursday night. Senior guard and captain Bailey Maupin kept it a buck following the game when asked about their standards.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s how our practices should be and that\u2019s how our practices should be every day,\u201d Maupin said. \u201cNobody wants to be average. Nobody in our locker room wants to be average\u2026 it\u2019s our responsibility as players to hold ourselves to that standard.\u201d <\/p>\n

A Team That \u201cSmells Blood\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Snudda Collins & Gemma N\u00fa\u00f1ez | Erica Martinez, Seeing Scarlet<\/p>\n

The Lady Raiders were disruptive from the opening possession, forcing deflections, jumping passing lane and turning SMU\u2019s offense into a grind. Maupin gave the clearest window into the defensive mindset:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a mindset. When you\u2019re playing defense and you knock it out five, six, seven times, it just deflates the other team. And when they get deflated, we smell blood and we know it\u2019s time to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gerlich singled out Maupin for setting the tone on that end.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was extremely good on defense. She was an eraser tonight. Took some charges. She came up with some steals. When we maybe weren\u2019t great on the ball or the ball got in front of us, she was there to erase it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Texas Tech held SMU to 4-for-21 shooting in the opening quarter, scored 30 points themselves and didn\u2019t allow the Mustangs to find any early rhythm. The Lady Raiders iced ball screens, kept drivers on one side and executed their scouting report so cleanly that even SMU\u2019s attempts to spread them out rarely produced the mismatches they wanted.<\/p>\n

In total the team blocked nine shots, led by Bristow\u2019s three, while stealing the ball 11 times and holding the Mustangs to only 30% shooting from the field. Tech comes in third in the Big 12 after four games played in both opponent effective field goal % (32.3%) and points allowed (50.5). <\/p>\n

Aggressive Team Focused Mindset on Offense<\/p>\n

\"\"Jalynn Bristow | Erica Martinez, Seeing Scarlet<\/p>\n

While the defense dictated the energy early, the offense continues to impress this season with their flow, aggressiveness and pace. Texas Tech put up 30 points in the first quarter, their second 30 point quarter of the year already, while not turning it over one time against a very aggressive SMU defense.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll have to point out to the girls that they didn\u2019t have any turnovers [in the first quarter], which probably helped us score 30 points. Because when you\u2019re not giving the other team extra opportunities, that increases your opportunity to score it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bristow continued her early season dominance notching her first career double double with 20 points and 10 rebounds. There was a stretch early where she scored on three straight drives to the basket, including two in transition after she got a steal and took it all the way herself. A 6-3 forward playing like a point guard out there.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt gets everybody else open when everyone\u2019s aggressive and everyone\u2019s where they need to be\u2026 we talk about pace all the time,\u201d said Bristow. \u201cUs having multi-level scorers on the court\u2026 when I drive, there\u2019s always someone following a post to dump down to and someone in the corner.\u201d <\/p>\n

Maupin, meanwhile, delivered her most complete offensive game of the season. 26 points, four threes, and set the tone early with 11 first quarter points to lead the team. Asked after the game if she had a different mindset coming into this one she kept it about the team as she always does. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re open, hit shots,\u201d Maupin said. \u201cThat\u2019s kind of been our theme\u2026 tonight, I finally made it happen. Jalynn made it happen. Everybody just hit the shots that they were supposed to hit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gerlich though said she most certainly saw a different look about Maupin early that was more than just about hitting open shots, although starting the game with a four-point play never hurts to help get a player in to the flow early.<\/p>\n

\u201cI definitely thought that Bailey was on go from the tip,\u201d Gerlich said. \u201cShe just had a different flow about her. She was very aggressive on offense.\u201d<\/p>\n

That aggression multiplied across the roster including a breakout performance from transfer post addition Jada Malone who contributed 10 points and 5 rebounds in her 10 minutes of play. A level of production this staff knows she is capable of and has been working with her to show on the court. <\/p>\n

\u201cI actually talked to Jada after the Texas State game because we know she can produce so much more,\u201d said Gerlich. \u201cI told her you just have to be more productive when you\u2019re on the floor. That\u2019s what we brought her here for, and she can do those things. We\u2019ve seen it. And so I loved her mentality today. I thought that she didn\u2019t rush anything. She moved her feet better. She was really tough inside, which is where we need her to be and loved her presence on the glass even. I think she got a couple of offensive rebound putbacks, which were really tough for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a whole, the team is showing a great deal of maturity, unselfishness and high IQ basketball early. A product of both having such a veteran team but also their summer spent playing in Germany at the World University Games. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t blow up plays themselves just to get their own,\u201d said Gerlich of the team\u2019s cleaner offensive look so far this year. \u201cI think that\u2019s really huge. They\u2019re super unselfish. They love to move the basketball. I think our kids are really understanding where to get the basketball to our scores in their spots. I think you can tell the benefits of playing this summer quite a bit, and they really have a good connection right now.\u201c<\/p>\n

What\u2019s Next: Arkansas, Sunday, 2pm in Lubbock<\/p>\n

After a 16\u20130 third quarter run pushed the lead to 32, Krista Gerlich walked onto the court during an SMU timeout and raised both arms, urging the crowd to get on its feet and match the team\u2019s energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody\u2019s been on me about getting this team to where it needs to be. And we\u2019re there. Like, we\u2019re getting there. These kids are playing their asses off. To beat an ACC team, to have them down by 30, and to make SMU call the first timeout of the third quarter \u2014 I want our fans on their feet appreciating the hard play and celebrating that because it\u2019s hard to win Division I basketball games and it\u2019s hard to win power four basketball games.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued with a challenge to the fan base:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want them to be just as engaged as they are at the men\u2019s games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans have that chance when Texas Tech turns their attention to another power conference opponent with Arkansas coming to town on Sunday. The 1993 Lady Raider National Championship team will be inducted into the Ring of Honor and the goal is for them to get a show from a team trying to reset the standard that the banner above them created. <\/p>\n

Game time set for 2 PM, it will be broadcasted on ESPN+.<\/p>\n

Photo Gallery: Texas Tech vs. SMU Women\u2019s Basketball<\/p>\n

\"\"Bailey Maupin | Erica Martinez, Seeing Scarlet<\/p>\n

\"\"Raider Red | Erica Martinez, Seeing Scarlet<\/p>\n

\"\"Sara Sanogo & Miriam Sanogo | Erica Martinez, Seeing Scarlet<\/p>\n

\"\"Jalynn Bristow | Erica Martinez, Seeing Scarlet<\/p>\n

\"\"Jalynn Bristow | Erica Martinez, Seeing Scarlet<\/p>\n

\"\"Denae Fritz | Erica Martinez, Seeing Scarlet<\/p>\n

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\"\"Jalynn Birstow | Erica Martinez, Seeing Scarlet<\/p>\n

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\"\"Bailey Maupin | Erica Martinez, Seeing Scarlet<\/p>\n

\"\"Snudda Collins | Erica Martinez, Seeing Scarlet<\/p>\n

\"\"Sidney Love | Erica Martinez, Seeing Scarlet<\/p>\n

\"\"Bailey Maupin | Erica Martinez, Seeing Scarlet<\/p>\n

\"\"Gemma N\u00fa\u00f1ez | Erica Martinez, Seeing Scarlet<\/p>\n

\"\"Snudda Collins & Gemma N\u00fa\u00f1ez | Erica Martinez, Seeing Scarlet<\/p>\n

\"\"Jalynn Bristow | Erica Martinez, Seeing Scarlet<\/p>\n

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\"\"Snudda Collins | Erica Martinez, Seeing Scarlet<\/p>\n

\"\"Snudda Collins & Gemma N\u00fa\u00f1ez | Erica Martinez, Seeing Scarlet<\/p>\n

\"\"Gemma N\u00fa\u00f1ez | Erica Martinez, Seeing Scarlet<\/p>\n

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