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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 — Iranian-American demonstrators gathered at the Texas Capitol on Saturday as part of a global week of action calling for a free Iran.
Organizers said the demonstration was one of many being held around the world this week. Sholeh Zendehdel, one of the demonstrators, said the global week of action was called by Iran’s exiled crown prince, Reza Pahlavi, who has lived outside the country since the 1979 revolution.
The group has held regular rallies in Austin for months protesting Iran’s current government. Demonstrators are calling on the U.S. government to stop negotiating with Iranian officials and to continue pushing for regime change.
“We just want to say, President Trump, please finish the job,” Zendehdel said. “All along, we’re hoping this whole negotiation isn’t just part of politics, and it doesn’t happen. We just need to get this done.”
Organizers said they plan to continue rallying and advocating for a free Iran as they press the U.S. to halt negotiations with Iran’s government.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Austin is losing several well-known street murals after the Texas Department of Transportation ordered the city to cover them, saying they violate state guidelines.
The city coated over multiple murals on Thursday, including the “Black Artists Matter” mural on East 11th Street and the Texas mural on Guadalupe Street near the University of Texas at Austin campus. People who live in Austin said the changes feel like a loss of culture and identity.
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“Kind of ridiculous. It wasn’t hurting anybody,” said Orion Sun, an East Austinite.
Landry Knowles, an Austinite, said, “It makes me feel really sad and angry.”
In some places, remnants of the murals could still be seen beneath the street coating.
The directive to cover what were described as “political ideologies” came from TxDOT earlier this summer under the direction of Gov. Greg Abbott. In a letter to the city, TxDOT said “the current markings are not acceptable and do not fully comply with the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (TMUTCD) and related federal guidance.”
Austin Transportation and Public Works confirmed it covered the murals on Thursday.
For some residents, the change went beyond paint on pavement.
“It gave the place character. Now, it’s just another black street,” Sun said.
Knowles said the Texas mural “was a symbol of school pride,” she said. “The fact that it’s covered up, it erases part of the school’s identity.”
Knowles also said, “It erases creativity.”
Sun added, “It removes the uniqueness.”
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Some Austinites said they are hopeful new artwork will be created to replace what is now buried under the street coating.
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