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Horns go to Lubbock on Sunday looking to recover from a road loss at Kansas State on Wednesday. Texas (9-14, 2-10) will take on a Texas Tech team (18-7, 8-5) that is coming off a loss to Baylor. Texas brings a 3 game losing streak to the game while Tech had a two game winning streak broken by Baylor. Texas holds 61-28 edge in the series which started on January 15, 1977. Tech has won the last four games. Tech has played Texas the most of any opponent with 89 games. Only Baylor and A&M at 83 games have played at least 80 games against Texas.
Tech has three players averaging double figure scoring: Chynna Brown (# 00, 5-8 Sr. G) at 15.5 ppg; Casey Morris (# 15, 5-9 Sr. G) averages 12.0 ppg and Kelsi Baker (# 41, 6-0 Jr. F) adds 10.2 ppg. Monique Smalls (# 23, 5-6 Sr. G) and Christine Hyde (# 5, 5-10 Sr. G) join Brown, Morris and Baker as the primary starters for the Lady Raiders. Those five have combined to take 610 of 743 FG attempts by Tech (82%). Brown (78-169, 46.2%), Morris (52-143, 36.4%) and Baker (11-112, 36.6%) have all attempted over 100 FGs while Smalls (33-93, 35.5%) and Hyde (25-93, 26.9%) are just under the 100 FG attempt mark. Morris (29-82, 35.4%) is the primary 3pt threat for the Lady Raiders. Brown (22-55, 40.0%) and Amber Battle (# 12, 5-9 Soph. G; 5-11, 45.5%) are the best shooters from BTA. Smalls (44-57, 77.2%) and Baker (45-57, 78.9%) have almost twice the number of FTs as the next Lady Raider who is third in FT attempts. That would be Hyde who is hitting 88.9% of her FTs (32-36). Morris (23-26) also hits over 80% of her FTs (88.5%). Brown connects on 72.7% (24-33) of her FTs.
Brown (6.2 rpg), Hyde (6.0 rpg) and Baker (5.8 rpg) are the primary rebounders for Tech. Smalls has 51 assists while Morris (23), Baker (22) and Brown (18) also do a good job of finding the open shooter. Tech usually plays a small lineup with the result that 6 footer Baker with nine blocks leads the team. Five players have at least 14 steals with Brown’s 24 leading the pack.
Brown, Morris, Smalls and Baker have started all 13 leagues games that Tech has played to date. Hyde has started all 12 games she has been available for with Jackie Patterson (# 42, 6-1 Jr. F) starting one game while playing in all 13. Battle and Shauntal Nobles (# 33, 6-3 Jr. F/C) have also played in all 13 league games. Morris (36.2 mpg), Brown (35.5 mpg) and Smalls (35.2 mpg) log the most mpg. Five others average at least 10 mpg.
Texas is led by Nneka at 12.4 ppg. Chassidy (10.9 ppg) and Imani (10.3 ppg) join her in averaging double figures. Four players have attempted over 100 shots in league play: Nneka (55-121, 45.5%), Chassidy (41-127, 32.3%), Imani (48-118, 40.7%) and Empress (41-111, 36.9%). Those four have taken 70% of the shots for the Horns. Chassidy (15-65, 23.1%) and Gigi (7-26, 26.9%) have been the main 3pt threats for the Horns. The two have combined to take 57% of the 3s attempted by Texas in Big 12 games. Nneka (26-36, 72.2%), Imani (26-34, 76.5%) and Empress (10-24, 41.7%) have been the most successful in getting to the FT line. Brady, at 88.2% on 15-17 FTs, has the best percentage of any player attempting at least 10 FTs in league play.
Imani (9.2 rpg) and Nneka (8.4 rpg) are just off averaging a double double in league play. Chassidy (5.8 rpg) and Empress (4.3 rpg) are third and fourth in rebounding. Together with Imani and Nneka, they grab 70% of the rebounds that Texas averages per game (39.6 rpg). Celina tops the team in assists with 30 while Empress is second with 27. Four others, led by Chassidy with 19, have at least 10 assists. Imani has 25 blocks to lead the team while Nneka is second with 6 and Chassidy third with 5.Nneka and Celina each have 16 steals with Chassidy chipping in 14. Brady is the fourth player with double digit steals with 10.
The starting lineup against KSU Wednesday was Nneka, Imani, Chassidy, Empress & Celina. Nneka (11), Imani (12), Chassidy (10) and Empress (12) have started all games they have available to play in. Celina has started 7 of 12 games. Brady is the only other player to play in all 12 league games. Chassidy (35.2 mpg), Empress (32.8 mpg) and Nneka (32.1 mpg) all average over 30 mpg. Imani, Gigi, Brady, Sara and Celina all average at least 10 mpg.Projected starting lineups based on the last game:[pre]
Texas Tx Tech
Nneka (6-1 Soph. F) Hyde (5-10 Sr. G)
Imani(5-7 Fr. C) Baker (6-0 Jr. F)
Chassidy (5-10 Jr. G) Morris (5-9 Sr. G)
Empress (5-7 Fr. G) Brown (5-9 Sr. G)
Celina (5-8 Fr. G) Smalls (5-6 Sr. G) [/pre]
Horns have a significant height advantage against the Lady Raiders. Tech’s Nobles at 6-3 is averaging 13 minutes a game but is coming back from a neurological disorder that kept her out for a number of games. She has been getting better and should be able to provide Tech with some height inside. Tech’s two 6-5 sisters, Kellyn (# 13 Fr. F/C) and Haley (# 31, Jr. C) Schneider only gotten into about half the Big 12 games for an average of 3 mpg each. Where Tech has an advantage is in the backcourt with their three seniors able to apply pressure and force TOs. They ended up with a total of 9 of the 14 steals. While Tech had trouble stopping Texas’ inside game (Nneka and Imani had 38 pts), the Texas guards were a combined 6 of 21 for 15 pts. Horns will need to dominate rebounding, not break even, on both ends and limit their TOs which led to Tech scoring almost half their pts in that first game—27 pts off TOs of their total of 66 pts.
TEAM STATISTICS UT Tech
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SCORING................. 652 797
Points per game....... 54.3 [10] 61.3 [8]
Scoring Defense....... 65.4 [6] 63.4 [4]
Scoring margin........ -11.1 [9] -2.1 [6]
FIELD GOALS-ATT......... 251-682 270-743
Field goal pct........ .368 [7] .363 [9]
FG % Defense.......... .411 [7] .417 [9]
FGs made per game..... 20.9 20.8
FGs att per game...... 56.8 57.2
Opp. FGs made per game 23.4 23.4
Opp. FGs att per game. 57.0 56.1
2 POINT FG-ATT.......... 213-520 199-523
2-point FG pct........ .410 .380
2-pt FG % Defense..... .442 .454
2-pt FG made per game. 17.8 15.3
2-pt FG att per game.. 43.3 40.2
Opp. 2-pters made..... 16.3 15.3
Opp. 2-pters att...... 36.9 40.2
3 POINT FG-ATT.......... 38-162 71-220
3-point FG pct........ .235 [10] .323 [6]
3-pt FG % Defense..... .353 [9] .314 [5]
3-pt FG made per game. 3.17 [10] 5.46 [6]
3-pt FG att per game.. 13.5 16.9
Opp. 3-pters made..... 7.1 4.7
Opp. 3-pters att...... 20.1 14.9
FREE THROWS-ATT......... 112-177 186-249
Free throw pct........ .633 [10] .747 [5]
F-Throws made per game 9.3 14.3
FTs att per game...... 14.8 19.2
Opp. FTs made per game 11.5 11.9
Opp. FTs att per game. 16.9 16.9
REBOUNDS................ 475 462
Rebounds per game..... 39.6 [2] 35.5 [8]
Opponent RPG.......... 34.5 [3] 38.5 [6]
Rebounding margin..... +5.1 [3] -3.0 [8]
Off. Rebs. Per game... 15.92 [2] 13.54 [4]
Def. Rebs. Per Game... 23.67 [6] 22.00 [7]
Opp. Off. RPG......... 12.33 13.23
Opp. Def. RGP......... 22.17 25.31 ASSISTS................. 129 132 Assists per game...... 10.75 [t-8] 10.15 [10] TURNOVERS............... 243190 Turnovers per game.... 20.3 14.6
Opponent TOs per game. 16.1 16.5
Turnover margin....... -4.17 [9] +1.92 [3]
Assist/turnover ratio. 0.53 [10] 0.69 [8]
STEALS.................. 90 112
Steals per game....... 7.50 [8] 8.62 [3]
Opponents SPG......... 9.17 6.92
BLOCKS.................. 44 27
Blocks per game....... 3.67 1.77
Opponents BPG......... 3.42 5.46
ATTENDANCE.............. 26077 41589
Home games-Avg/Game... 6-4346 [7] 6-6932 [3]
[pre]
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st Ave. 2nd Ave. OT Ave. Total Ave.
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Texas.................... 286 23.8 360 30.0 6 0.5 652 54.3
UT Opponents............. 383 31.9 388 32.3 14 1.2 785 65.4
Tech..................... 384 29.5 405 31.2 8 0.6 797 61.3
Tech Opponents........... 381 29.3 439 33.8 4 0.3 824 63.4 [/pre]
In the first game between the two this season, Tech used 14 offensive rebounds and 14 steals to get 12 more shots. Given that Texas was shooting quite a bit better than Tech, the extra shots ended up allowing Tech to get the 66-59 win in Austin. A total of 25 TOs by Texas helped Tech as well. Like KSU, Tech is small but quick. They will collapse inside and try to force the posts into making poor passes that can be picked off. They will pressure the ballhandler and try to force a TO. 25 TOs by Texas in the first game resulted in many extra possessions for Tech from which they generated sufficient points to help pull off the win. A raucous crowd will look to encourage even tighter D. Neither team does a good job of defending shots although Tech is better at denying the 3. Texas has a significant advantage rebounding but were unable to capitalize on that in the first game, allowing Tech to play them even on the boards. That will need to change in this game. Texas will have to keep Tech from getting to the FT line as all of their starters shoot over 70% from the FT line. If there is a weak link in FT shooting for Tech, it’s Battle (58.8%), Nobles (16.7%) and Patterson (57.1%).
Three of the last four games have been decided by nine points or less. Expect a similar game as both teams try to neutralize the others strength—post play for Texas and guard play for Tech, while emphasizing their strengths. Tech’s quickness will be matched up against Texas’ power. Composure under pressure will be a deciding factor in which team wins.
Given all that, for no real reason, I expect Texas to snap Tech’s four game winning streak in this series and to get their first win in Lubbock since Jan. 26, 2011.
texasspots.com game preview
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Tech will honor their 1993 National Championship team with various activities on Sunday. The national championship game will be seen on the arena screens from 1 pm to 1:45 pm, guess that means highlights, not the entire game. 5000 tees will be given away to the first 5000 fans. The tees will be replicas of the 1993 national championship tees.
Game time is 2:30 PM CST. TV will a national broadcast on Fox Sports Net. Craig Way and Fran Harris will do the KVET 1300 AM radio broadcast.
Tech has three players averaging double figure scoring: Chynna Brown (# 00, 5-8 Sr. G) at 15.5 ppg; Casey Morris (# 15, 5-9 Sr. G) averages 12.0 ppg and Kelsi Baker (# 41, 6-0 Jr. F) adds 10.2 ppg. Monique Smalls (# 23, 5-6 Sr. G) and Christine Hyde (# 5, 5-10 Sr. G) join Brown, Morris and Baker as the primary starters for the Lady Raiders. Those five have combined to take 610 of 743 FG attempts by Tech (82%). Brown (78-169, 46.2%), Morris (52-143, 36.4%) and Baker (11-112, 36.6%) have all attempted over 100 FGs while Smalls (33-93, 35.5%) and Hyde (25-93, 26.9%) are just under the 100 FG attempt mark. Morris (29-82, 35.4%) is the primary 3pt threat for the Lady Raiders. Brown (22-55, 40.0%) and Amber Battle (# 12, 5-9 Soph. G; 5-11, 45.5%) are the best shooters from BTA. Smalls (44-57, 77.2%) and Baker (45-57, 78.9%) have almost twice the number of FTs as the next Lady Raider who is third in FT attempts. That would be Hyde who is hitting 88.9% of her FTs (32-36). Morris (23-26) also hits over 80% of her FTs (88.5%). Brown connects on 72.7% (24-33) of her FTs.
Brown (6.2 rpg), Hyde (6.0 rpg) and Baker (5.8 rpg) are the primary rebounders for Tech. Smalls has 51 assists while Morris (23), Baker (22) and Brown (18) also do a good job of finding the open shooter. Tech usually plays a small lineup with the result that 6 footer Baker with nine blocks leads the team. Five players have at least 14 steals with Brown’s 24 leading the pack.
Brown, Morris, Smalls and Baker have started all 13 leagues games that Tech has played to date. Hyde has started all 12 games she has been available for with Jackie Patterson (# 42, 6-1 Jr. F) starting one game while playing in all 13. Battle and Shauntal Nobles (# 33, 6-3 Jr. F/C) have also played in all 13 league games. Morris (36.2 mpg), Brown (35.5 mpg) and Smalls (35.2 mpg) log the most mpg. Five others average at least 10 mpg.
Texas is led by Nneka at 12.4 ppg. Chassidy (10.9 ppg) and Imani (10.3 ppg) join her in averaging double figures. Four players have attempted over 100 shots in league play: Nneka (55-121, 45.5%), Chassidy (41-127, 32.3%), Imani (48-118, 40.7%) and Empress (41-111, 36.9%). Those four have taken 70% of the shots for the Horns. Chassidy (15-65, 23.1%) and Gigi (7-26, 26.9%) have been the main 3pt threats for the Horns. The two have combined to take 57% of the 3s attempted by Texas in Big 12 games. Nneka (26-36, 72.2%), Imani (26-34, 76.5%) and Empress (10-24, 41.7%) have been the most successful in getting to the FT line. Brady, at 88.2% on 15-17 FTs, has the best percentage of any player attempting at least 10 FTs in league play.
Imani (9.2 rpg) and Nneka (8.4 rpg) are just off averaging a double double in league play. Chassidy (5.8 rpg) and Empress (4.3 rpg) are third and fourth in rebounding. Together with Imani and Nneka, they grab 70% of the rebounds that Texas averages per game (39.6 rpg). Celina tops the team in assists with 30 while Empress is second with 27. Four others, led by Chassidy with 19, have at least 10 assists. Imani has 25 blocks to lead the team while Nneka is second with 6 and Chassidy third with 5.Nneka and Celina each have 16 steals with Chassidy chipping in 14. Brady is the fourth player with double digit steals with 10.
The starting lineup against KSU Wednesday was Nneka, Imani, Chassidy, Empress & Celina. Nneka (11), Imani (12), Chassidy (10) and Empress (12) have started all games they have available to play in. Celina has started 7 of 12 games. Brady is the only other player to play in all 12 league games. Chassidy (35.2 mpg), Empress (32.8 mpg) and Nneka (32.1 mpg) all average over 30 mpg. Imani, Gigi, Brady, Sara and Celina all average at least 10 mpg.Projected starting lineups based on the last game:[pre]
Texas Tx Tech
Nneka (6-1 Soph. F) Hyde (5-10 Sr. G)
Imani(5-7 Fr. C) Baker (6-0 Jr. F)
Chassidy (5-10 Jr. G) Morris (5-9 Sr. G)
Empress (5-7 Fr. G) Brown (5-9 Sr. G)
Celina (5-8 Fr. G) Smalls (5-6 Sr. G) [/pre]
Horns have a significant height advantage against the Lady Raiders. Tech’s Nobles at 6-3 is averaging 13 minutes a game but is coming back from a neurological disorder that kept her out for a number of games. She has been getting better and should be able to provide Tech with some height inside. Tech’s two 6-5 sisters, Kellyn (# 13 Fr. F/C) and Haley (# 31, Jr. C) Schneider only gotten into about half the Big 12 games for an average of 3 mpg each. Where Tech has an advantage is in the backcourt with their three seniors able to apply pressure and force TOs. They ended up with a total of 9 of the 14 steals. While Tech had trouble stopping Texas’ inside game (Nneka and Imani had 38 pts), the Texas guards were a combined 6 of 21 for 15 pts. Horns will need to dominate rebounding, not break even, on both ends and limit their TOs which led to Tech scoring almost half their pts in that first game—27 pts off TOs of their total of 66 pts.
TEAM STATISTICS UT Tech
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SCORING................. 652 797
Points per game....... 54.3 [10] 61.3 [8]
Scoring Defense....... 65.4 [6] 63.4 [4]
Scoring margin........ -11.1 [9] -2.1 [6]
FIELD GOALS-ATT......... 251-682 270-743
Field goal pct........ .368 [7] .363 [9]
FG % Defense.......... .411 [7] .417 [9]
FGs made per game..... 20.9 20.8
FGs att per game...... 56.8 57.2
Opp. FGs made per game 23.4 23.4
Opp. FGs att per game. 57.0 56.1
2 POINT FG-ATT.......... 213-520 199-523
2-point FG pct........ .410 .380
2-pt FG % Defense..... .442 .454
2-pt FG made per game. 17.8 15.3
2-pt FG att per game.. 43.3 40.2
Opp. 2-pters made..... 16.3 15.3
Opp. 2-pters att...... 36.9 40.2
3 POINT FG-ATT.......... 38-162 71-220
3-point FG pct........ .235 [10] .323 [6]
3-pt FG % Defense..... .353 [9] .314 [5]
3-pt FG made per game. 3.17 [10] 5.46 [6]
3-pt FG att per game.. 13.5 16.9
Opp. 3-pters made..... 7.1 4.7
Opp. 3-pters att...... 20.1 14.9
FREE THROWS-ATT......... 112-177 186-249
Free throw pct........ .633 [10] .747 [5]
F-Throws made per game 9.3 14.3
FTs att per game...... 14.8 19.2
Opp. FTs made per game 11.5 11.9
Opp. FTs att per game. 16.9 16.9
REBOUNDS................ 475 462
Rebounds per game..... 39.6 [2] 35.5 [8]
Opponent RPG.......... 34.5 [3] 38.5 [6]
Rebounding margin..... +5.1 [3] -3.0 [8]
Off. Rebs. Per game... 15.92 [2] 13.54 [4]
Def. Rebs. Per Game... 23.67 [6] 22.00 [7]
Opp. Off. RPG......... 12.33 13.23
Opp. Def. RGP......... 22.17 25.31 ASSISTS................. 129 132 Assists per game...... 10.75 [t-8] 10.15 [10] TURNOVERS............... 243190 Turnovers per game.... 20.3 14.6
Opponent TOs per game. 16.1 16.5
Turnover margin....... -4.17 [9] +1.92 [3]
Assist/turnover ratio. 0.53 [10] 0.69 [8]
STEALS.................. 90 112
Steals per game....... 7.50 [8] 8.62 [3]
Opponents SPG......... 9.17 6.92
BLOCKS.................. 44 27
Blocks per game....... 3.67 1.77
Opponents BPG......... 3.42 5.46
ATTENDANCE.............. 26077 41589
Home games-Avg/Game... 6-4346 [7] 6-6932 [3]
[pre]
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st Ave. 2nd Ave. OT Ave. Total Ave.
------------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----
Texas.................... 286 23.8 360 30.0 6 0.5 652 54.3
UT Opponents............. 383 31.9 388 32.3 14 1.2 785 65.4
Tech..................... 384 29.5 405 31.2 8 0.6 797 61.3
Tech Opponents........... 381 29.3 439 33.8 4 0.3 824 63.4 [/pre]
In the first game between the two this season, Tech used 14 offensive rebounds and 14 steals to get 12 more shots. Given that Texas was shooting quite a bit better than Tech, the extra shots ended up allowing Tech to get the 66-59 win in Austin. A total of 25 TOs by Texas helped Tech as well. Like KSU, Tech is small but quick. They will collapse inside and try to force the posts into making poor passes that can be picked off. They will pressure the ballhandler and try to force a TO. 25 TOs by Texas in the first game resulted in many extra possessions for Tech from which they generated sufficient points to help pull off the win. A raucous crowd will look to encourage even tighter D. Neither team does a good job of defending shots although Tech is better at denying the 3. Texas has a significant advantage rebounding but were unable to capitalize on that in the first game, allowing Tech to play them even on the boards. That will need to change in this game. Texas will have to keep Tech from getting to the FT line as all of their starters shoot over 70% from the FT line. If there is a weak link in FT shooting for Tech, it’s Battle (58.8%), Nobles (16.7%) and Patterson (57.1%).
Three of the last four games have been decided by nine points or less. Expect a similar game as both teams try to neutralize the others strength—post play for Texas and guard play for Tech, while emphasizing their strengths. Tech’s quickness will be matched up against Texas’ power. Composure under pressure will be a deciding factor in which team wins.
Given all that, for no real reason, I expect Texas to snap Tech’s four game winning streak in this series and to get their first win in Lubbock since Jan. 26, 2011.
texasspots.com game preview
techsports.com game preview
AAS game preview
Tech will honor their 1993 National Championship team with various activities on Sunday. The national championship game will be seen on the arena screens from 1 pm to 1:45 pm, guess that means highlights, not the entire game. 5000 tees will be given away to the first 5000 fans. The tees will be replicas of the 1993 national championship tees.
Game time is 2:30 PM CST. TV will a national broadcast on Fox Sports Net. Craig Way and Fran Harris will do the KVET 1300 AM radio broadcast.
