Bailey Maupin scored 12 points, Kilah Freelon scored eight of her nine points in the fourth quarter and No. 14 seed Texas Tech beat 11th-seeded Kansas 57-53 on Wednesday night in a Big 12 Championship first-round game.

The Lady Raiders held off Kansas 57-53 on Wednesday in the opening round of the Big 12 Tournament at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. It is the second year in a row Tech has won a conference tournament game, after no such wins in coach Krista Gerlich's first three seasons.

Kansas women’s basketball fell 57-53 to the Texas Tech Lady Raiders on Wednesday night in its first-round matchup of the Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship at the T-Mobile Center in