Lady Raiders Travel to Waco to Play No. 3 Bears, Close Out Regular Season

The Texas Tech Lady Raiders and Baylor Bears will both play their second game in 48 hours as they close out the regular season at the Ferrell Center in Waco Monday (March 2). 

Tech leads the overall series 47-33 but has lost 18 of the last 19 meeting to Baylor, including 10 straight in Waco. The Lady Bears enter senior night with an 18-game win streak at the Ferrell Center.

Tech (15-14, 5-12) lost its fourth consecutive game on Saturday as Oklahoma State outlasted the Lady Raiders, 47-44, on senior night at United Supermarkets Arena.

Amber Battle and Rayven Brooks scored 10 points each but Tech could not close out the comeback in the final minutes to overcome a poor shooting night, hitting just 17 of 69 from the field (24.6 percent).

Battle's 10 points helped her eclipse the 1,000-point mark, becoming just the 31st Lady Raider to do so.

Baylor (26-3, 15-2) lost its second consecutive Big 12 game for the first time since 2010 with a 76-71 loss at Iowa State on Saturday after falling 68-64 to Oklahoma in Norman on Wednesday. The Lady Bears have already won the Big 12 regular season title for the fourth consecutive season and locked up the No. 1seed in this weekend's Big 12 tournament at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

The Lady Raiders, on the other hand, could finish anywhere between 8th and 10th depending on what happens Monday and Tuesday. Tech would face Kansas, Kansas State or West Virginia in the first round on Friday.

Baylor won the first meeting between the two 67-60 in Lubbock on February 18. Niya Johnson scored 17 points to lead the Bears. Amber Battle scored 17 and Ivonne Cook Taylor had 16 for the Lady Raiders.

The game will be broadcast on FOX Sports Southwest with Kris Radcliffe and Jim Haller on the call. Tip off is at 7 p.m.