WACO, Texas \u2013 No. 13 Baylor women\u2019s basketball (10-2) welcomes the Texas Tech Red Raiders (13-0) in the Bears\u2019 opening conference game. Tipoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. CT on Sunday, Dec. 21, at the Foster Pavilion. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.<\/p>\n
While the Red Raiders are undefeated, they have yet to play a Quad 1 game, as this matchup with the Bears will be their biggest test to date.<\/p>\n
\tBaylor Barttorvik Rank: 29<\/p>\n
\tTexas Tech Barttorvik Rank: 22<\/p>\n
\t\tTexas Tech Massey Rating: 28<\/p>\n
\tBarttorvik Prediction: 64-63 Baylor<\/p>\n
\t\tMassey Prediction: 68-58 Baylor<\/p>\n
Coaches<\/p>\n
\tNicki Collen (Baylor): 113-38 record; 4 NCAA Tournaments, Sweet 16
\n\tKrista Gerlich (Texas Tech): 211-177 record; 0 NCAA Tournaments<\/p>\n
Projected Lineups<\/p>\n
Baylor Starters<\/p>\n
\tGuard Jana Van Gytenbeek (5\u20197, 6Sr.): 5.9 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 6.7 APG, 36% FG, 36% 3-PT, 79% FT, 30 MPG
\n\tGuard Marcayla Johnson (6\u20190, Fr.): 5.4 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 0.9 APG, 35% FG, 15% 3-PT, 39% FT, 21 MPG
\n\tForward Bella Fontleroy (6\u20190, Sr.): 10.6 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 1.1 APG, 1.6 SPG, 1.4 BPG, 41% FG, 31% 3-PT, 81% FT, 25 MPG
\n\tForward Darianna Littlepage-Buggs (6\u20191, Sr.): 9.9 PPG, 10.7 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.1 SPG, 46% FG, 20% 3-PT, 56% FT, 29 MPG
\n\tForward Kiersten Johnson (6\u20194, Sr.): 6.0 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 0.5 APG, 2.3 BPG, 58% FG, 60% 3-PT, 75% FT, 20 MPG<\/p>\n
Baylor Bench<\/p>\n
\tGuard Yuting Deng (6\u20192, So.): 7.5 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 1.1 APG, 50% FG, 42% 3-PT, 60% FT, 18 MPG
\n\tForward Kyla Abraham (6\u20193, RJr.): 3.2 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 0.3 APG, 1.8 BPG, 64% FG, 54% FT, 16 MPG
\n\tForward Kayla Nelms (6\u20191, So.): 4.6 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 0.5 APG, 58% FG, 38% 3-PT, 67% FT, 10 MPG
\n\tForward Kiera Pemberton (6\u20191, Jr.): 2.5 PPG, 1.3 RPG, 0.3 APG, 73% FG, 50% 3-PT, 80% FT, 7 MPG
\n\tGuard Taliah Scott (5\u20199, RSo.)*: 22.6 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 3.7 APG, 1.6 SPG, 46% FG, 39% 3-PT, 91% FT, 32 MPG<\/p>\n
*Questionable<\/p>\n
Projected Lineups<\/p>\n
Texas Tech Starters<\/p>\n
\tGuard Gemma Nu\u00f1ez (5\u20197, Sr.): 5.8 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 5.3 APG, 2.6 SPG, 47% FG, 37% 3-PT, 77% FT, 31 MPG
\n\tGuard Bailey Maupin (5\u201910, Sr.): 14.8 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 3.5 APG, 1.8 SPG, 48% FG, 35% 3-PT, 81% FT, 29 MPG
\n\tGuard Denae Fritz (5\u201911, Sr.): 7.8 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 1.0 APG, 1.9 SPG, 41% FG, 34% 3-PT, 75% FT, 27 MPG
\n\tForward Jalynn Bristow (6\u20192, Jr.): 14.0 PPG, 7.4 RPG, 1.4 APG, 1.5 SPG, 2.2 BPG, 41% FG, 27% 3-PT, 78% FT, 28 MPG
\n\tForward Sarengbe Sanogo (6\u20193, Sr.): 4.8 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 0.2 APG, 1.1 BPG, 62% FG, 46% FT, 13 MPG<\/p>\n
Texas Tech Bench<\/p>\n
\tGuard Snudda Collins (6\u20191, Sr.): 14.1 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 1.3 APG, 46% FG, 43% 3-PT, 71% FT, 23 MPG
\n\tGuard Sidney Love (5\u20198, Sr.): 4.7 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 1.9 APG, 51% FG, 53% 3-PT, 80% FT, 21 MPG
\n\tForward Jada Malone (6\u20193, Sr.): 8.0 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 0.8 APG, 68% FG, 76% FT, 16 MPG
\n\tGuard Adlee Blacklock (6\u20190, Sr.): 2.8 PPG, 1.7 RPG, 0.4 APG, 45% FG, 39% 3-PT, 63% FT, 10 MPG
\n\tForward Mariam Sanogo (6\u20192, Sr.): 0.9 PPG, 1.0 RPG, 0.3 APG, 13% FG, 75% FT, 3 MPG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WACO, Texas \u2013 No. 13 Baylor women\u2019s basketball (10-2) welcomes the Texas Tech Red Raiders (13-0) in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[44691,3804,8505,44690,168,170,169,44692,8501,1769,15715],"class_list":{"0":"post-96782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-12-21-2025","9":"tag-3804","10":"tag-baylor","11":"tag-baylor-vs-texas-tech-womens-basketball","12":"tag-lubbock","13":"tag-lubbock-headlines","14":"tag-lubbock-news","15":"tag-owen-miller","16":"tag-sicem365","17":"tag-texas-tech","18":"tag-womens-basketball"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96782","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=96782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}