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Abraham leads Washington State against Texas Tech after 22-point game

Texas Tech Lady Raiders (10-0) at Washington State Cougars (1-9)

Pullman, Washington; Friday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Washington State hosts Texas Tech after Charlotte Abraham scored 22 points in Washington State’s 71-69 loss to the Eastern Washington Eagles.

The Cougars are 0-4 in home games. Washington State has a 1-9 record against opponents above .500.

The Lady Raiders are 1-0 on the road. Texas Tech is fifth in the Big 12 scoring 77.9 points per game and is shooting 45.4%.

Washington State makes 37.7% of its shots from the field this season, which is 7.3 percentage points higher than Texas Tech has allowed to its opponents (30.4%). Texas Tech averages 77.9 points per game, 3.4 more than the 74.5 Washington State allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Eleonora Villa is scoring 17.2 points per game and averaging 2.1 rebounds for the Cougars. Abraham is averaging 12.0 points and 5.8 rebounds while shooting 39.2%.

Bailey Maupin is shooting 34.6% from beyond the arc with 1.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Lady Raiders, while averaging 14.9 points and 1.7 steals. Jalynn Bristow is averaging 15.2 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 2.2 blocks.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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