2022–23 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team

2022–23 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball
2022–23 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball
Preseason WNIT champions
WNIT, Super 16
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	20–15 (6–12 Big 12)
Head coach	Krista Gerlich (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	JC Carter; Ashley Crawford; Plenette Pierson;
Home arena	United Supermarkets Arena
	Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

2022–23 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 15 Texas	14	–	4	.778	26	–	10	.722
No. 16 Oklahoma	14	–	4	.778	26	–	7	.788
No. 17 Iowa State†	11	–	7	.611	22	–	10	.688
Oklahoma State	10	–	8	.556	21	–	12	.636
West Virginia	10	–	8	.556	19	–	12	.613
Baylor	10	–	8	.556	20	–	13	.606
Kansas	9	–	9	.500	22	–	11	.667
Texas Tech	6	–	12	.333	20	–	15	.571
Kansas State	5	–	13	.278	19	–	16	.543
TCU	1	–	17	.056	8	–	23	.258

† 2023 Big 12 Tournament winner As of March 24, 2023 Rankings from AP poll

The 2022–23 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Raiders were led by third-year head coach Krista Gerlich. They played their home games at United Supermarkets Arena and competed as members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

The Lady Raiders finished the season 11-19, 4-14 in Big 12 play to finish in eighth place. They lost to Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Tournament. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.

Roster

2022–23 Texas Tech Lady Raiders women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
C	1	Ella Tofaeono	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Midland Texas A&M	Sydney, Australia
G/F	2	Kilah Freelon	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Mullen	Denver, CO
G	3	Jasmine Shavers	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Fr	Dr. John Horn Mississippi State	Mesquite, TX
F/C	4	JoJo Nworie	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	Southern Idaho	Lagos, Nigeria
G	5	Rhyle McKinney	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Argyle SMU	Argyle, TX
F	10	Bryn Gerlich	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Colleyville Heritage Oklahoma State	Colleyville, TX
G	11	Saga Ukkonen	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Mäkelänrinne	Helsinki, Finland
F	14	Lana Wenger	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Futures Academy	Hersberg, Switzerland
G	20	Bailey Maupin	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Gruver	Gruver, TX
G	23	Bre'Amber Scott	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Little Rock Central Mississippi State Little Rock	Little Rock, AR
G	25	Ashley Chevalier	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Sierra Canyon Texas	Chatsworth, CA
G	32	Tatum Veitenheimer	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Windthorst Oklahoma	Windthorst, TX
G/F	41	Katie Ferrell	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Plano UT Arlington	Plano, TX
C	42	Jazmaine Lewis	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Center Houston	Kansas City, MO

Head coach

Krista Gerlich (Texas Tech)

Assistant coach(es)

JC Carter (Southwest Baptist)
Ashley Crawford (Lamar)
Plenette Pierson (Texas Tech)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Source:^[3]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2022* 7:00 p.m.		Midwestern State	W 84–50		United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX
Non-conference regular season (12-1)
November 7, 2022* 5:30 p.m., ESPN+		Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 69–49	1–0	United Supermarkets Arena (5,562) Lubbock, TX
November 15, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Jackson State 2022 Preseason WNIT	L 63-69	1–1	United Supermarkets Arena (3,280) Lubbock, TX
November 16, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Colorado 2022 Preseason WNIT	W 86–85 ^OT	2–1	United Supermarkets Arena (3,316) Lubbock, TX
November 20, 2022* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Louisiana 2022 Preseason WNIT	W 64–48	3–1	Cajundome (517) Lafayette, LA
November 25, 2022* 1:00 p.m., FloSports		vs. Middle Tennessee Las Vegas Invitational	W 72–67	4–1	The Mirage Las Vegas, NV
November 26, 2022* 10:00 p.m., FloSports		vs. Mercer Las Vegas Invitational	W 78–66	5–1	The Mirage Las Vegas, NV
December 1, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Alabama State	W 91–56	6–1	United Supermarkets Arena (3,341) Lubbock, TX
December 4, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Incarnate Word	W 66–48	7–1	United Supermarkets Arena (4,297) Lubbock, TX
December 6, 2022* 11:30 a.m., ESPN+		Sam Houston State	W 68–55	8–1	United Supermarkets Arena (13,306) Lubbock, TX
December 14, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Oral Roberts	W 82–68	9–1	United Supermarkets Arena (3,352) Lubbock, TX
December 19, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		McNeese State	W 66–47	10–1	United Supermarkets Arena (4,511) Lubbock, TX
December 22, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		UC Riverside	W 59–38	11–1	United Supermarkets Arena (3,979) Lubbock, TX
December 27, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Mississippi Valley State	W 68–45	12–1	United Supermarkets Arena (4,281) Lubbock, TX
Big 12 regular season (6-11)
December 31, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		No. 15 Iowa State	L 58–81	12–2 (0–1)	United Supermarkets Arena (5,868) Lubbock, TX
January 4, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at No. 21 Kansas	L 59–77	12–3 (0–2)	Allen Fieldhouse (3,038) Lawrence, KS
January 7, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at TCU	W 78–70	13–3 (1–2)	Schollmaier Arena (2,507) Fort Worth, TX
January 11, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		No. 19 Oklahoma	L 79–89	13–4 (1–3)	United Supermarkets Arena (4,098) Lubbock, TX
January 14, 2023 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Kansas State	W 85–65	14–4 (2–3)	Bramlage Coliseum (4,881) Manhattan, KS
January 18, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		No. 25 Texas	W 68–64	15–4 (3–3)	United Supermarkets Arena (5,604) Lubbock, TX
January 21, 2023 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at West Virginia	L 57–67	15–5 (3–4)	WVU Coliseum (2,710) Morgantown, WV
January 28, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Baylor	L 59–79	15–6 (3–5)	United Supermarkets Arena (8,235) Lubbock, TX
February 1, 2023 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Oklahoma State	L 74–86	15–7 (3–6)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,901) Stillwater, OK
February 5, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPNU		Kansas State	W 78–68	16–7 (4–6)	United Supermarkets Arena (3,971) Lubbock, TX
February 8, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at No. 20 Texas	L 71–80	16–8 (4–7)	Moody Center (5,571) Austin, TX
February 11, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Kansas	L 67–78	16–9 (4–8)	United Supermarkets Arena (4,217) Lubbock, TX
February 15, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at No. 15 Oklahoma	L 57–84	16–10 (4–9)	Lloyd Noble Center (2,931) Norman, OK
February 18, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Oklahoma State	L 80–92 ^3OT	16–11 (4–10)	United Supermarkets Arena (6,070) Lubbock, TX
February 22, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		West Virginia	W 69–68 ^2OT	17–11 (5–10)	United Supermarkets Arena (3,711) Lubbock, TX
February 25, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Baylor	L 61–71	17–12 (5–11)	Ferrell Center (5,210) Waco, TX
March 1, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		TCU	W 66–49	18–12 (6–11)	United Supermarkets Arena (3,815) Lubbock, TX
March 4, 2023 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		at No. 23 Iowa State	L 52–76	18–13 (6–12)	Hilton Coliseum (11,858) Ames, IA
Big 12 tournament
March 9, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	(8)	vs. (9) Kansas State First Round	L 69–79	18–14	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
WNIT
March 16, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		UTEP First Round	W 67–54	19–14	United Supermarkets Arena (4,159) Lubbock, TX
March 20, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		SMU Second Round	W 61–49	20–14	United Supermarkets Arena (4,412) Lubbock, TX
March 24, 2023 7:00 p.m., SECN+		at Arkansas Super 16	L 66–71	20–15	Bud Walton Arena (3,560) Fayetteville, AR
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked and Did not receive votes

References

^ Collier, David (November 21, 2022). "Lady Raiders claim Preseason WNIT Title". Your Basin. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
^ "Texas Tech Lady Raiders Claim First Road Win Over Louisiana Share Preseason WNIT Title". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". texastech.com. Texas Tech Athletics. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[1] Collier, David (November 21, 2022). "Lady Raiders claim Preseason WNIT Title". Your Basin. Retrieved November 22, 2022.

[2] "Texas Tech Lady Raiders Claim First Road Win Over Louisiana Share Preseason WNIT Title". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.

[3] "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". texastech.com. Texas Tech Athletics. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

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Previous season

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References