Lady Techsters fall on the road to Baylor Bears
Paris Bradley, a freshman, led Louisiana Tech in scoring in a road loss to Baylor on Sunday. Photo by LA Tech Athletics
The Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters fell to the Baylor Bears 98-54 on Sunday afternoon inside Foster Pavilion.
Louisiana Tech (43) kept things close through one and a half quarters. After falling behind 6-0 early on, the Lady Techsters quickly found their footing and got back into the game with two consecutive baskets to make it a two-point game.
Baylor (7-2) responded and grew the lead to double digits by the first media timeout. Jumpers by Averi Aaron and Autumn Smith cut it back to 9-14 with two minutes to play. The Bears would get two free throws on their next possession, and both teams would go scoreless in the final minute and a half.
Two minutes into the second, Baylor extended the lead back to double digits at 20-12. A 3-pointer by Smith started an 8-0 run by the Lady Techsters that brought the score within three.
The Lady Techsters’ shooting would go cold, and turnovers helped Baylor into a 19-0 run over the next five minutes.
Aaron would hit two jumpers towards the end of the quarter to stop the bleeding, but Tech would go into halftime down 42-21.
LA Tech’s offense performed better in the second half, shooting 11-25 for 44.0%.
However, Baylor went 24- 42 for 57.1% and outscored the Lady Techsters 56-33.
Louisiana Tech finished the game 20- 54 from the field for 37.0% and just 3-12 from deep.
Paris Bradley finished with 15 points to lead LA Tech – her career high. Jordan Marshall added 14 points and 7 rebounds, surpassing 100 points on the season in just seven games.
Baylor shot 39-76 for the game for 51.3% and 6- 26 from three. The Bears had three players with doubledoubles: Jada Walker had 14 points and 10 assists, while Darianna Littlepage- Buggs had 13 and 12 rebounds, and Bella Fonteleroy finished with 10 and 10.
Aaronette Vonleh led all scorers with 22 and Sarah Andrews added 11.
“Give Baylor credit. I thought they took advantage of our turnovers and were very active on the offensive boards,” Lady Techsters head coach Brooke Stoehr said. “You can’t give a talented, veteran team extra possessions on the glass or through live ball turnovers and expect to be able to have success on the road “We’re in a one possession game midway through the second quarter. Miscues ignited their run, and we couldn’t answer it on the offensive end. We will get back to work and continue to improve as we move forward.”
The Lady Techsters return to the Thomas Assembly Center on Saturday when they take on Alcorn State at 2 p.m. on ESPN+.
