{"id":98314,"date":"2025-12-23T10:52:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T10:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/98314\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T10:52:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T10:52:47","slug":"texas-tech-lady-raiders-return-to-ap-top-25-for-first-time-since-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/98314\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Tech Lady Raiders Return to AP Top 25 for First Time Since 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Tech Lady Raiders have earned a spot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll for the first time since January 2012, checking in at No. 21 in this week\u2019s poll. The ranking caps a dominant 14-0 start to the season for Krista Gerlich\u2019s squad following the team\u2019s 61-60 win over No. 15 Baylor in Waco on Sunday to start conference play 1-0. Read more about that win <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/red-raider-sports\/news\/texas-tech-ends-streak-with-clutch-road-win-over-no-15-baylor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech boasts one of the nation\u2019s stingiest defenses and most balanced offensive attacks. The Lady Raiders already own six wins by 30 points or more, with three players averaging 13+ points per game and three more in the top 20 of steals in the conference \u2013 showcasing depth and consistency on both ends of the floor.<\/p>\n<p>The Lady Raiders are off for a bit for the holidays before returning to action December 31 at 6pm in Lubbock versus UCF. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC05091-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4069492\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech Individual Stat Leaders<\/p>\n<p>PointsBailey Maupin<br \/>14.6 PPGSnudda Collins<br \/>14.6 PPGJalynn Bristow<br \/>13.6 PPGAssistsGemma N\u00fa\u00f1ez<br \/>5.4 APGBailey Maupin<br \/>3.4 APGSidney Love<br \/>1.8 APGReboundsJalynn Bristow<br \/>7.4 RPGGemma N\u00fa\u00f1ez<br \/>5.1 RPGJada Malone<br \/>3.9 RPGBlocksJalynn Bristow<br \/>2.1 BPGSara Sanogo<br \/>1.2 BPGSnudda Collins<br \/>0.7 BPGStealsGemma N\u00fa\u00f1ez<br \/>2.6 SPGDenae Fritz<br \/>1.9 SPGBailey Maupin<br \/>1.9 SPG3P% (Min 20 att)Snudda Collins<br \/>42.9% (42 att)Gemma N\u00fa\u00f1ez<br \/>34.5% (29 att)Bailey Maupin<br \/>33.8% (77 att)FG% (Min 30 att)Jada Malone<br \/>68.9% (61 att)Sara Sanogo<br \/>64.4% (45 att)Sidney Love<br \/>48.6% (37 att)FT% (Min 30 att)Bailey Maupin<br \/>81.5% (54 att)Jalynn Bristow<br \/>75.8%Jada Malone<br \/>75.7%<\/p>\n<p>Game Results &amp; Recaps<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-952d8870-5e54-4a3f-879a-80bdad73bb90\">Join the conversation with other Red Raiders on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/boards\/forums\/inside-the-double-t.282\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inside The Double T<\/a>\u00a0forum.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-d45c924e-198d-4cb9-8378-25e163835d99\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/register\/?returnto=\/boards\/forums\/inside-the-double-t.282\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe today<\/a>\u00a0to get the most in-depth Texas Tech sports and recruiting coverage.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-3d0647b9-f748-4888-8b42-d71520ae5b0e\">Follow us on X:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/redraidersports?s=21&amp;t=lBfTSdY9NaAjam8V0TzQBg\" rel=\"nofollow\">@RedRaiderSports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like and follow us on Instagram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rrs_rivals?igsh=MWMyNDRsazdnMG5lZA==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@rrs_rivals<\/a>\u00a0&amp; like us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/redraidersports?mibextid=LQQJ4d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Texas Tech Lady Raiders have earned a spot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169,8177,45387],"class_list":["post-98314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-texas-tech-basketball","tag-women-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98314","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=98314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}