About 45 minutes after Saturday's game with TCU, Lady Raider
Graduate Assistant Layne Reeves hollered for the players to end their post-game
celebration and head to the bus.
It was time to head back to Lubbock.
It wouldn't be totally accurate to say "head
home", because for several Lady Raiders, the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex IS their true home. And from the sight of
things at TCU's Daniel Meyer Coliseum Saturday, playing at TCU each year will
be like a home game when the Lady Raiders play there.
The attendance was announced at a little over 2,000 and it
seemed like at least half of them were Tech fans.
Unfortunately, they were pretty quiet in the early stages of the
game with TCU jumping out to a 21-10 first half lead a little more than 12
minutes in. But from that point on, it was all-Tech pretty much the rest
of the way.
Casey Morris started the rally with a couple of three-pointers,
Christine Hyde was flying all over the place on her way to a career night with
10 points and 16 rebounds, and Chynna Brown and Kelsi Baker also added
double-figure performances helping the Lady Raiders storm back for a 64-46 win.
When it was all over, the players high-fived fans on the front
row, and most of the players and all coaches later went into the stands celebrating
the victory with their fans.
I
don't know if the outcome of all Lady Raider games in Fort Worth will end as
positively as this one, but one thought did cross my mind.
With
TCU now a Big 12 Conference member and the several current and future Lady
Raiders coming from the metroplex, Daniel Meyer
Coliseum will turn into a mini United Spirit Arena each time the Lady Raiders
come to town.
The
next closest stop to the metroplex on the conference
circuit is Baylor and that comes next on Tuesday.
How
nice it would be if Coach Reeves has to cut that post-game celebration short
too. Wreck 'em!!