Texas Tech sports news roundup: Soccer rolls, basketball to shut down Broadway, more

Here is your Texas Tech sports news roundup for October 23, 2024.

Texas Tech soccer continues to roll through the Big 12

The hottest team on the Texas Tech campus is Tom Stone's soccer team. Now ranked as high as No. 14 in the national polls, the Red Raiders have a 13-game unbeaten streak after easily handling Cincinnati on the road Saturday 3-0.

Tech is now 13-2-2 overall and 7-0-2 in Big 12 play to sit tied with TCU for first place in the conference. What's more, it's been since August 25 that Stone's team has suffered a defeat.

Against the Bearcats, Kaitlyn Giametta opened the scoring for the Red Raiders in the 15th minute. For quite a while, it appeared as if that goal would have to stand up as the only tally for the Red Raiders.

However, in the 80th minute, Peyton Parsons scored her eighth goal of the season. Then, just over six minutes later, Taylor Zdrojewski netted the team's third goal, her seventh of the season.

"We've talked all year that when we get a one-goal lead, we cannot take our foot off the gas," Stone said. "The couple of times that we have, it's cost us. At halftime we talked about having a one-goal lead and that we couldn't slow down, because the clock wasn't going to just run out. We needed to put them away. The attack that led to Z getting taken down, so Peyton could put away her PK, was an example of that. On the third goal we were going to the corner to try and kill the clock at the end of the game. When Z got the ball, she looked over and there was nobody between her and the keeper. I was saying 'Don't do it' until she did it, so good for her. She took it upon herself to put the game away and that goal was magic."

The Red Raiders return to action Friday night at home against BYU in the regular-season finale. The game begins at 7 p.m.

Texas Tech men's and women's basketball teams to shut down Broadway

Monday, October 28, the Texas Tech men's and women's basketball programs will shut down Broadway Street for the first-ever "Broadway Block Party". The event will see a basketball court constructed in the middle of Broadway and will give fans an opportunity to interact with players and coaches from both teams.

Admission is free for all. The 2024-25 college basketball season begins in Lubbock with games on back-to-back days at United Supermarkets Arena, starting with the Lady Raiders opening against Incarnate Word at 6 p.m. on Monday, November 4, and then the Red Raiders hosting Bethune-Cookman at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 5.

Texas Tech to participate in Big 12 basketball media days

Grant McCasland and representatives of his Texas Tech basketball team will be in Kansas City on Wednesday for Big 12 Basketball Media Day. The Red Raiders will be represented by Chance McMillon, Kerwin Walton, and Darrion Williams.

Last season, McMillon and Williams were in their first seasons as Red Raiders. McMillion averaged 10.8 points and 4.0 rebounds per game while Williams put up 11.4 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.

Meanwhile, Walton posted 8.5 points and 2.4 rebounds per game. In his second season at Tech after two years at North Carolina, he started 26 of 33 games.

Texas Tech cross country runners honored

Juliet Cherubet and Solomon Kipchoge were each named the Big 12 runners of the week for their efforts this past week.

Friday, at the women's 6k race at the Arturo Barrios, Cherubet took first place with a time of 18:37.0, winning by 24 seconds. That was good for a course record besting the mark of 18:58.20 set by Parker Valby in 2023.

As for Kipchoge, he bested the field by 19 seconds. With an 8k time of 22:01.40, he also set a new course record.