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.