Courtesy of LA Tech Athletic Communications
Louisiana Tech will compete in the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament, facing off against Rice in Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston on Thursday, March 19th.
Game time and ticketing information will be released at a later time.
Tech and Rice are former Western Athletic Conference and Conference USA foes. The Lady Techsters lead the all-time series 17-16.
The WBIT is a 32-team postseason tournament from March 20 (first-round), March 23 (second-round) and March 27 (quarterfinals), with the highest-seeded teams hosting games at campus sites. WBIT semifinal and final games will be conducted at Butler University’s historic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on March 31 and April 2.
The Lady Techsters are automatic qualifiers after winning the 2026 Conference USA regular season, going 17-1 in league play. All 17 wins were in a row and is the longest winning streak in CUSA league play history.
Louisiana Tech is 26-6 on the season, the most wins by the program since 2005-06.
Paris Bradley was named to the All-Conference USA First Team on Monday, with Jordan Marshall and Jianna Morris on the Second Team, and Alexia Weaver making Honorable Mention. It is the most of any CUSA team this season. Bradley is one of three Lady Techsters ever to make the conference First Team, alongside Vickie Johnson and Tamicha Jackson, both of whom were Kodak All Americans.
Bradley, alongside Joy Madison-Key, were named to the CUSA All-Tournament team. Bradley made 13 threes on 59.1 percent shooting, leading the Lady Techsters in scoring every game in the tournament. Madison-Key led Louisiana Tech in assists every tournament game, recording nine in the semifinals victory over Delaware.
Rice (28-5, 17-1 American) was defeated by UTSA 54-40 in the American Championship game. The Owls are first in the country in free throw percentage at 81.6 percent.
The winner will face the winner of Kansas vs. Troy in the second round.
