Texas Tech women’s basketball team beefed up its non-conference schedule for the 2025-26 season, and fans in Lubbock will be among the beneficiaries.
The Lady Raiders kick off their campaign Nov. 3 against North Carolina A&T, the first of six home games to begin the season. Among the highlights are matchups against SMU (Nov. 13), Arkansas (Nov. 16) and Mississippi State (Nov. 20).
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Tech hasn’t hosted a power-conference opponent before Big 12 play the past two seasons. The last such occurrence was against Colorado, which came to United Supermarkets Arena on Nov. 16, 2022 as part of the Preseason WNIT. The Lady Raiders topped the Buffaloes 86-85 in overtime.
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It will be a new-look Tech squad, which returns six players from last season. The U.S.-born team members are coming off a silver medal representing Team USA at the Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire’s World University Games in Germany this summer. Tech’s four international players were ineligible for American team.
West Texas A&M’s Kenadee Winfrey, former Auburn and Texas forward DeYona Gaston and student manager Laci White joined the Lady Raiders players for the competition. China beat the USA 81-69 in the gold-medal game.
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Texas Tech women’s basketball non-conference schedule
Nov. 3 — North Carolina A&T
Nov. 6 — UTSA
Nov. 9 — Texas State
Nov. 13 — SMU
Nov. 16 — Arkansas
Nov. 20 — Mississippi State
Nov. 23 — at New Mexico
Nov. 25 — Old Dominion (at Comerica Center, Frisco)
Nov. 27 — North Texas (at Comerica Center, Frisco)
Dec. 3 — Wichita State
Dec. 12 — at Washington State
Dec. 14 — Abilene Christian (at Odessa College)
Dec. 17 — Jacksonville
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Texas Tech women’s basketball releases 2025-26 non-conference schedule
