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Go Lady Raiders!!!
RAIDER !!!! POWER!!!!
The #7 Seed Lady Raiders play the #10 Seed South Florida Bulls at the USA in Lubbock, TX on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 5:30pm CST. This will be the 3rd meeting between these two teams. The series is tied at 1-1.
Tech enters the game with a 21-10 (11-7 Big12) record. The Lady Raiders put the pundits in their place when they finished 4th in the Big12 Conference after being picked to finish 7th in the pre-season poll. Tech was a well oiled machine working together in a smooth basketball dance until the last 2 games of the season where the wheels seemed to come loose. The Lady Raiders fell to Kansas State and then Oklahoma in the final two games of the season. They fell short in the opening game of the Big12 Conference Tournament and lost a tight game to Oklahoma State. I am hoping that they have had two weeks to get their focus back and that they play well and win tonight.
The South Florida Bulls come into the game with a 21-10 (9-7 big East) record. USF is in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2006. The Bulls went 8-3 on the road this regular season and had a big wins against at then-No. 12/11 Louisville, Clemson, Georgetown and UNC-Asheville.
Game will be televised on ESPN2 in most areas (if not watch it on ESPN3 on your pc)
The winner of this game moves on to the Round of 32 to play the winner of Saturday's early game between #2 seed California and 15th-seed Fresno State.
Texas Tech
G_Monique Smalls__Averages 8.2 Pts and has 54 Steals
G_Casey Morris__Averages 12.1 Pts and has a 81.8% FT%
G_Chynna Brown__Averages 13.3 Pts and 5.4 Rebounds/game
F_Christine Hyde__Averages 9.5 Pts and 5.7 Rebounds/game
F_Kelsi Baker__Averages 10.6 Pts and 5.6 Rebounds/game
South Florida
G_Andrea Smith__Averages 16.5 Pts and 5.2 Rebounds/game
G_Inga Orekhova __Averages 12.2 Pts and 3.8 Rebounds/game
G_Andrell Smith __Averages 13.8 Pts and 4.9 Rebounds/game
F_Alisia Jenkins __Averages 6.2 Pts and 6.1 Rebounds/game
F_Akila McDonald __Averages 3.7 Pts and 5.9 Rebounds/game
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| Stats | Texas Tech | NCAA | South Florida | NCAA | ||
| Scoring | 65.1 | 109th | 69.3 | 44th | ||
| Defensive Scoring | 58.4 | 97th | 59.3 | 114th | ||
| Scoring Margin | +6.7 | 74th | +9.9 | 44th | ||
| Field Goal % | 39.20% | 143rd | 37.50% | 218th | ||
| 3-Point Field Goal % | 32.70% | 76th | 33.10% | 70th | ||
| Free Throw % | 70.90% | 111th | 68.40% | 192nd | ||
| Rebounds Per Game | 36.1 | -- | 44.6 | -- | ||
| Rebound Margin | +0.4 | 157th | +4.5 | 60th | ||
| Assists Per Game | 10.4 | 294th | 13.5 | 106th | ||
| Turnovers Per Game | 14.2 | 38th | 16.3 | 133rd | ||
| Steals Per Game | 10.4 | 53rd | 10.7 | 40th | ||
| Turnover Margin | +5.2 | 15th | +3.7 | 42nd | ||
| Blocks per game | 2.2 | 311th | 4.8 | 31st |