2013–14 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team

2013–14 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball

Conference	Big 12 Conference
2013–14 record	6–24 (0–18 Big 12)
Head coach	Candace Whitaker (1st year)
Assistant coach	Matt Corkery
Assistant coach	Brett Schneider
Assistant coach	Damitria Buchanan
Home arena	United Spirit Arena

2013–14 Big 12 women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#5 Baylor†	16	–	2	.889	32	–	5	.865
#7 West Virginia	16	–	2	.889	30	–	5	.857
Texas	11	–	7	.611	22	–	12	.647
#21 Oklahoma State	11	–	7	.611	25	–	9	.735
Iowa State	9	–	9	.500	20	–	11	.645
Oklahoma	9	–	9	.500	18	–	15	.545
TCU	8	–	10	.444	18	–	15	.545
Kansas	5	–	13	.278	13	–	19	.406
Kansas State	5	–	13	.278	11	–	19	.367
Texas Tech	0	–	18	.000	6	–	24	.200

† 2014 Big 12 Tournament winner As of March 31, 2014; Rankings from AP Poll^[1]^[2]

The 2013–14 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team will represent Texas Tech University in the 2013–14 college basketball season. It will be head coach Candi Whitaker's^[3] first season at Texas Tech. The Lady Raiders, are members of the Big 12 Conference and will play their home games at the United Spirit Arena. They finished with the season with a record of 6–24 overall, 0–18 in Big 12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round to TCU in the 2014 Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 1	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	Week 17	Week 18	Final
AP
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

Before the season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Chynna Brown	0	G	68 !5'8"	4 !Senior	Dallas, Texas	Graduated
Christine Hyde	5	G	70 !5'10"	4 !Senior	Brampton, Ontario, Canada	Graduated
Casey Morris	15	G	69 !5'9"	4 !Senior	Fairfield, California	Graduated
Monique Smalls	23	G	66 !5'6"	4 !Senior	The Woodlands, Texas	Graduated
Mary Bokenkamp	24	G	69 !5'9"	4 !Senior	Parker, Colorado	Graduated

Recruiting

Recruiting information will be posted as soon as it is made available on the Texas Tech website.

2013–14 media

Television & Radio information

Select Lady Raiders games will be shown on FSN affiliates throughout the season, including FSSW, FSSW+, and FCS Atlantic, Central, and Pacific. All games will be broadcast on the Lady Raiders Radio Network on either KLZK or KJTV.

Roster

2013–14 Texas Tech Lady Raiders women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
1.5 !G	2	Cook-Taylor, IvonneIvonne Cook-Taylor	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Terra Nova	San Francisco, Calif.
1.5 !G	3	Spears, MintaMinta Spears	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Bullard	Bullard, Texas
1.5 !G	4	Hughes, JamaikaJamaika Hughes	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	1.0 !Fr	Kennedale	Fort Worth, Texas
1.5 !G	5	Lockhart, DiamondDiamond Lockhart	65 !5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	1.0 !Fr	Red Oak	Red Oak, Texas
1.5 !G	12	Battle, AmberAmber Battle	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	3.0 !Jr	Cibola	Albuquerque, N.M.
4.5 !F/C	13	Schneider, KellynKellyn Schneider	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	2.0 !So	Monterey	Lubbock, Texas
1.5 !G	23	Caston, JasmineJasmine Caston	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	1.0 !Fr	Plano East	Plano, Texas
1.5 !G	24	Harrison, AudrisaAudrisa Harrison	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	3.0 !Jr	Coldspring	Point Blank, Texas
5.0 !C	31	Schneider, HaleyHaley Schneider	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	4.0 !Sr	Monterey	Lubbock, Texas
4.5 !F/C	33	Nobles, ShauntalShauntal Nobles	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Northwest	Haslet, Texas
3.5 !F	41	Baker, KelsiKelsi Baker	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	4.0 !Sr	John Horn	Mesquite, Texas
3.5 !F	42	Patterson, JackieJackie Patterson	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	4.0 !Sr	Frisco Wakeland	Frisco, Texas

Head coach

Candi Whitaker

Assistant coach(es)

Matt Corkery
Brett Schneider
Damitria Buchanan

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2013-08-16

Schedule

^[4]

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/04/2013* 7:00 PM	Angelo State	W 73–51	-	United Spirit Arena (1,586) Lubbock, TX
Non-Conference Regular Season
11/10/2013* 4:00 PM, FSSW	Texas–Pan American	W 70–48	1–0	United Spirit Arena (3,400) Lubbock, TX
11/13/2013* 7:00 PM	New Mexico	W 64–56	2–0	United Spirit Arena (3,345) Lubbock, TX
11/17/2013* 2:00 PM	Arizona State	L 77–85	2–1	United Spirit Arena (3,413) Lubbock, TX
11/23/2013* 2:00 PM	Grambling State	W 86–68	3–1	United Spirit Arena (3,369) Lubbock, TX
11/29/2013* 9:30 AM	vs. Michigan Barclays Women's Invitational	L 71–82	3–2	Barclays Center (N/A) Brooklyn, NY
11/30/2013* 6:30 PM	vs. Rutgers Barclays Women's Invitational	L 52–61	3–3	Barclays Center (N/A) Brooklyn, NY
12/04/2013* 7:00 PM, FCS	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	W 58–50	4–3	United Spirit Arena (3,410) Lubbock, TX
12/15/2013* 1:00 PM, P12N	at Arizona	L 56–65	4–4	McKale Center (1,294) Tucson, AZ
12/20/2013* 6:00 PM	Jacksonville World Vision Challenge	W 62–48	5–4	United Spirit Arena (3,914) Lubbock, TX
12/21/2013* 2:00 PM	Florida Atlantic World Vision Challenge	W 76–63	6–4	United Spirit Arena (4,328) Lubbock, TX
12/22/2013* 2:00 PM	Abilene Christian World Vision Challenge	L 57–58	6–5	United Spirit Arena (4,089) Lubbock, TX
Big 12 Regular Season
01/02/2014 6:30 PM	Oklahoma	L 38–68	6–6 (0–1)	United Spirit Arena (4,413) Lubbock, TX
01/05/2014 2:00 PM, FSSW	TCU	L 54–65	6–7 (0–2)	United Spirit Arena (4,016) Lubbock, TX
01/08/2014 7:00 PM	at #11 Iowa State	L 48–74	6–8 (0–3)	Hilton Coliseum (7,089) Ames, IA
01/11/2014 7:00 PM	at Kansas	L 46–67	6–9 (0–4)	Allen Fieldhouse (2,063) Manhattan, KS
01/14/2014 7:00 PM, FSSW+	Kansas State	L 65–72	6–10 (0–5)	United Spirit Arena (3,686) Lubbock, TX
01/18/2014 12:00 PM	at #11 Oklahoma State	L 56–82	6–11 (0–6)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,626) Stillwater, OK
01/22/2014 6:30 PM	#18 West Virginia	L 51–70	6–12 (0–7)	United Spirit Arena (3,757) Lubbock, TX
01/25/2014 7:00 PM, FSSW+	#20 Iowa State	L 76–85 ^OT	6–13 (0–8)	United Spirit Arena (3,937) Lubbock, TX
01/29/2014 7:00 PM	at #9 Baylor	L 43–92	6–14 (0–9)	Ferrell Center (6,736) Waco, TX
02/01/2014 4:00 PM, FSSW	Kansas	L 62–70	6–15 (0–10)	United Spirit Arena (3,833) Lubbock, TX
02/05/2014 7:00 PM, LHN	at Texas	L 55–81	6–16 (0–11)	Frank Erwin Center (3,311) Austin, TX
02/08/2014 12:00 PM, FSN	at TCU	L 57–72	6–17 (0–12)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum (2,511) Ft. Worth, TX
02/12/2014 6:30 PM	#7 Baylor	L 58–75	6–18 (0–13)	United Spirit Arena (4,390) Lubbock, TX
02/15/2014 7:00 PM	at Kansas State	L 54–60	6–19 (0–14)	Bramlage Coliseum (4,933) Manhattan, KS
02/23/2014 2:00 PM, FSN	#12 Oklahoma State	L 62–63	6–20 (0–15)	United Spirit Arena (4,726) Lubbock, TX
02/26/2014 6:00 PM	at #11 West Virginia	L 37–69	6–21 (0–16)	WVU Coliseum (1,820) Morgantown, WV
03/01/2014 2:00 PM	Texas	L 64–67	6–22 (0–17)	United Spirit Arena (4,021) Lubbock, TX
03/03/2014 7:00 PM	at Oklahoma	L 32–87	6–23 (0–18)	Lloyd Noble Center (4,578) Norman, OK
2014 Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament
03/07/2014 8:30 PM, FCS	vs. TCU First Round	L 59–74	6–24	Chesapeake Energy Arena (4,579) Oklahoma City, OK
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

↑ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
↑ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
↑ "New Texas Tech women's basketball coach has strong ties to area". Jacksonville Daily Progress. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
↑ "Tech women open Big 12 play at home vs. Oklahoma: Whitaker era tips off Nov. 4 vs. UT-Pan American". Lubbock Avalanche Journal. Retrieved 2013-07-07.

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