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Texas Tech women’s basketball offensive turnaround not enough vs. Texas: 3 takeaways
Texas Tech women’s basketball had an offensive turnaround but couldn’t convert that into a win against rival Texas. The Longhorns won the 112th meeting in the series, 77-72, Wednesday at the Moody Center in Austin.
UT swept the regular-season series after getting a 74-47 victory Jan. 3 in Lubbock. There are no scheduled meetings going forward as the Longhorns prepare to move to the SEC.
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The Lady Raiders return to action Saturday at home against Cincinnati, which lost 95-87 to Oklahoma on Tuesday.
Texas Tech nearly matches total vs. Baylor in first half
Sparked by a 3-point onslaught, the Lady Raiders scored almost as many points in the first half Wednesday as they did in their previous game. Baylor throttled Tech 61-32 on Sunday, and Tech had 31 points at halftime against UT.
The Lady Raiders began 6 of 12 from beyond the arc and surpassed their season average of makes (6.3) before the break. Tech ended 12 of 25 (48.0%). It entered shooting 31.3% from deep.
The Lady Raiders snapped a streak of five games failing to reach 30 points in the first half.
For the game, Tech had its highest-scoring output since a 71-65 win over TCU on Jan. 27.
Bailey Maupin, Jasmine Shavers bounce back as well
Maupin scored 12 points in the first half, nearly matching her total from the past two games (15). She had nine points against Baylor and reached double-figure scoring once in the previous five contests.
Maupin finished with 22 points, the second-most she’s scored since a 19-point game Dec. 30 at Houston. She tallied 24 points against UCF on Feb. 10. Wednesday was her fourth 20-plus point game of the season.
Although not as long of a rough patch, Jasmine Shavers managed five points on 2 of 14 shooting Sunday. She notched a team-high 27 points against UT, including 17 in the second half.
Jada Wynn, who returned Sunday after missing three games with a concussion, finished with 10 points. She was part of the early 3-point barrage and shot 3 of 4 from deep for the game.
Texas Tech losing skid continues
The Lady Raiders have lost six games in a row. They’ve played the past five without Elina Arike and the past three without Jordyn Merritt.
Tech’s worst skid last season was four games. The year before the Lady Raiders had a seven-game losing streak.
Cincinnati will look for the season sweep Saturday after downing Tech 74-56 at home Feb. 3.
AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department’s SWAT team is currently responding to a barricaded subject situation in East Austin on Tuesday night.
This is happening near the 7500 block of Compass Dr.
Police said that a Public Information Officer will provide a briefing and staging location as soon as possible.
The situation is ongoing, and further updates are expected.
This developing story will be updated as more information becomes available.
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin Wildlife Rescue is set to move its intake center to a new location in East Central Austin starting Dec. 1.
The new center will be located at 811 E. 13th St. and will maintain its current hours of 9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily.
The new site aims to provide easier access for the community to bring in injured and orphaned wildlife.
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Upon arrival, animals undergo a thorough assessment, which may include medications, wound care, or X-rays to develop a treatment plan.
Animals do not stay at the intake center overnight; they are transported to the Elgin Rehab Center each evening.
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The 7,200-square-foot facility in Elgin features indoor and outdoor enclosures and a surgery suite, where young wildlife grow into healthy adults and injured animals recover before being released back into the wild.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Central Texas Food Bank (CTFB) and Austin Pets Alive! are teaming up once again for a drive-up food distribution ahead of Thanksgiving.
On Monday, crews will operate out of a mobile pantry site located at the Delco Activity Center in Austin to distribute turkeys, fresh produce and other essential grocery items.
“Hunger doesn’t take a holiday and neither do we,” Sari Vatske, President and CEO of the Central Texas Food Bank, said in a release. “Every turkey distributed represents the belief that no table should remain empty during the holidays.”
The CTFB expects to serve around 750 households. Drivers can pull in, load up and head out — no questions asked.
Vatske said before the government shutdown in October, food insecurity was already on the rise in Central Texas. She said the numbers have hit a 10-year high, including during the pandemic.
“People were dipping into their savings. They were maxing out credit cards,” Vatske explained. “We are now serving over 610,000 food insecure individuals throughout 21 counties, and we’ve seen those numbers double over the past month or so as people recover from the shutdown and prepare for the holiday season.”
As of early Monday morning, drivers were already lining up outside of the Delco Center hours ahead of the distribution.
“It’s a help. A blessing for everyone for food to be given and not have to be bought. Prices are so high and some families can’t afford the things that they need,” Patricia Barnett, one of the first people to arrive at the distribution, said.
Austin Pets Alive! also plans to give out pet food to those in need.
The distribution is Monday, from 9-10:30 a.m. at the Delco Activity Center located at 4601 Pecan Brook Drive.
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