Courtesy of LA Tech Athletic Communications
Louisiana Tech will host Texas Southern in the second round of the WNIT tonight at 6:30 p.m. inside the Thomas Assembly Center on ESPN+ with Malcolm Butler and Teddy Allen on the call.
The game can also be heard on 97.7 FM with Kyle Roberts providing a call of the action.
The winner will advance to the round of 16 and will face Lindenwood, who defeated Tarleton State on Sunday.
Tech leads the series 1-0 with the lone contest coming in 1993, a 99-57 Lady Techsters win.
Louisiana Tech (16-15, 8-10) is making a sixth trip to the WNIT and fifth time under head coach Brooke Stoehr. The Lady Techsters last played in the postseason tournament in the 2023 season and last hosted in 2022.
Averi Aaron had a spectacular four-game stretch to end the season. The freshman forward scored double in each contest, with 18 points against New Mexico State and 16 points against Liberty in the Conference USA Tournament. Aaron has also produced on the boards with four games of 5+ rebounds over the past five.
After a sensational freshman campaign, Bradley secured CUSA Freshman of the Year and First Team All-CUSA, the first Lady Techster to win Freshman of the Year since Erica Smith-Taylor in 2002 in the WAC.
Jordan Marshall is another freshman who has been playing at a high level all season. The 6-0 forward ranks third in CUSA in rebounds (246) and fourth in rebounds per game (8.5).
Texas Southern (17-15, 14-4) enters the second round after beating Saint Mary’s on Thursday. Aylasia Fantroy and Treasure Thompson lead seven Lady Tigers in scoring. Fantroy had a double-double with a game-high 16 points and 10 rebounds. Thompson chipped in 10 points as the only other TSU player in double figures.
The Lady Tigers only have three forwards on the roster but boast one of the country’s best rebounding and shot-blocking averages. Their 42.25 boards a game are 15th, and 4.5 blocks are 27th in the nation. Fantroy leads the team with 6.8 boards, and Thompson has a team-high of 1.7 blocks.
