Lady Raider Basketball Ranks Top 20 in AP Poll

Texas Tech women’s basketball has moved up in a notable poll.

The Lady Raiders are now ranked 19^th in the Associated Press Poll released Monday, a jump of six spots from last week.

This ranking is the highest in the AP Poll since November 21^st, 2005, when the team was ranked 14^th.

This leap in the poll comes after beating Houston 88 to 58 on Wednesday at Hofheinz Pavilion in Houston. Texas A&M’s women’s basketball team is ranked 5^th in the poll, and Oklahoma is 12^th. Connecticut ranked 2^nd, and Baylor heads up the list.

The Tech women’s basketball team will face off against the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Central Arkansas, and Louisiana-Monroe in the Basketball Travelers Tournament at the United Spirit Arena this weekend.