2013–14 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team

The 2013–14 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team represented Texas Tech University in the 2013–14 college basketball season. It was head coach Candi Whitaker's^[2] first season at Texas Tech. The Lady Raiders, were members of the Big 12 Conference and played 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.

2013–14 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	6–24 (0–18 Big 12)
Head coach	Candi Whitaker (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Matt Corkery Brett Schneider Damitria Buchanan
Home arena	United Spirit Arena
Seasons ← 2012–13 2014–15 →

2013–14 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Baylor †	16	–	2		.889			32	–	5		.865
No. 7 West Virginia	16	–	2		.889			30	–	5		.857
Texas	11	–	7		.611			22	–	12		.647
No. 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 Rankings from AP poll [1]

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	5'8"	Senior	Dallas, Texas	Graduated
Christine Hyde	5	G	5'10"	Senior	Brampton, Ontario, Canada	Graduated
Casey Morris	15	G	5'9"	Senior	Fairfield, California	Graduated
Monique Smalls	23	G	5'6"	Senior	The Woodlands, Texas	Graduated
Mary Bokenkamp	24	G	5'9"	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 G 2 Ivonne Cook-Taylor 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Fr Terra Nova San Francisco, Calif. G 3 Minta Spears 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr Bullard Bullard, Texas G 4 Jamaika Hughes 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Kennedale Fort Worth, Texas G 5 Diamond Lockhart 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Red Oak Red Oak, Texas G 12 Amber Battle 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Cibola Albuquerque, N.M. F/C 13 Kellyn Schneider 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Monterey Lubbock, Texas G 23 Jasmine Caston 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Plano East Plano, Texas G 24 Audrisa Harrison 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Coldspring Point Blank, Texas C 31 Haley Schneider 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Sr Monterey Lubbock, Texas F/C 33 Shauntal Nobles 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr Northwest Haslet, Texas F 41 Kelsi Baker 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr John Horn Mesquite, Texas F 42 Jackie Patterson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 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

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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 No. 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 No. 11 Oklahoma State	L 56–82	6–11 (0–6)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,626) Stillwater, OK
01/22/2014 6:30 pm	No. 18 West Virginia	L 51–70	6–12 (0–7)	United Spirit Arena (3,757) Lubbock, TX
01/25/2014 7:00 pm, FSSW+	No. 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 No. 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	No. 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	No. 12 Oklahoma State	L 62–63	6–20 (0–15)	United Spirit Arena (4,726) Lubbock, TX
02/26/2014 6:00 pm	at No. 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
Big 12 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.

See also

• Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball
• 2013–14 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team