WASHINGTON STATE (1-9, 0-0 WCC) vs. (RV) Texas Tech (10-0, 0-0 Big 12)
Friday, Dec. 12, 2025 // 6 p.m. PT
Pullman, Wash. // Beasley Coliseum
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Washington State women's basketball returns to the floor in Beasley Coliseum to host Texas Tech on Friday, Dec. 12 at 6 p.m. PT. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Trevor Williams and Stephanie Freeman on the call.

NEXT UP
The Cougars head to the northeast for one final non-conference road trip to play at Seton Hall on Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 4 p.m. PT and then at Penn on Friday, Dec. 19 at 8 a.m. PT. Both games will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

ABOUT WASHINGTON STATE
WSU hasn't started the season off as they had hoped, due to an injury bug that has been going around. Injury has kept starting center and leading shot blocker Alex Covill off the court for several games, and held starting guard and leading scorer Eleonora Villa to limited minutes in a couple of games while the team navigates a difficult non-conference schedule which has included No. 5 LSU, Stanford, Oregon, Missouri, BYU and UNLV. The Cougars returned six from its 2024-25 roster, including its leading scorer Eleonora Villa and its leading shot blocker Alex Covill, along with Charlotte Abraham, Marta Alsina, Jean Chiu, and last year's redshirt Keandra Koorits. Newcomers to this team include transfers Mackenzie Chatfield and Lauren Glazier (played at WSU 2022-23), along with incoming freshmen Malvina Haziri, Tahara Magassa, Malia Ruud, and Tanja Valancic.

RECORD BOOK CLIMBERS AND MILESTONE CHASERS
>> Eleonora Villa has 1,099 career points, 20th all-time in program history.
>> Villa has 113 career made threes, 20 away from joining the WSU all-time top-10 list.
>> Villa also has made 435 career field goals, 65 from 500.
>> At 2,654 career minutes played, Villa is 346 away from 3,000 and 669 from top-10 all-time at WSU.
>> Alex Covill has 118 career blocks, seventh all-time in program history.
>> Covill also has 198 career rebounds, 52 away from 250, and 337 career points, 163 from 500.

SERIES HISTORY
In four meetings all-time between these two programs, Texas Tech has won all four dating back to their first matchup in 1992 that saw TTU win 75-63 at the Pac-12/SWC Challenge in Seattle. Their most recent meetings also resulted in wins for the Lady Raiders in Pullman in 2007, and in Lubbock in 2008 and last year in 2024.

HOT START FOR THE FRESHMEN
Redshirt freshman Keandra Koorits scored 23 points in her WSU debut on Nov. 3, the most by a WSU freshman since Charlisse Leger-Walker (23 pts, 1/1/21). Koorits inaugural performance is also good for the fourth-most points in a freshman debut in program history, and the most since Lia Galdeira scored 33 at Minnesota in her debut on 11/10/12. Galdiera's 33 points stands as the most in program history both by a freshman, and in a debut.

True Freshman Malia Ruud has burst onto the scene early, averaging 9.6 points over 27.6 minutes per game, including an impressive game-high 11 points against Stanford (11/14) and a career-best 19 against Oregon (11/19). She is 40-of-89 from the field, shooting 44.9 percent with 42 rebounds, 10 blocks and eight steals this season.

RUUD A TOP SCORER AMONG FRESHMEN
True freshman forward Malia Ruud's .449 field goal percentage (40-of-89) is 21st in the nation among all true freshmen with 40 or more made field goals.

YOUNGEST IN THE FAMILY
Freshman guard Malvina Haziri from Kosovo is the youngest active player in NCAA Division I basketball at 16 years old. She will turn 17 on Dec. 30, 2025.

PRESEASON POLL
The Cougs were picked to finish third by the WCC coaches and media this year, the second-best conference preseason pick in program history after being picked second ahead of last year's 2024-25 second-place prediction. Prior to that WSU was picked fifth in 2023-24 (Pac-12) and 1991-92 (Pac-10).

ETHRIDGE INKS EXTENSION
WSU Athletics announced on March 4 that Head Coach Kamie Ethridge has signed a one-year contract extension keeping her in Pullman through the 2030-31 season.

Single-game tickets for the 2025 women's basketball season are on sale now. Fans wishing to purchase tickets can click on the link HERE, visit wsucougars.com to order online, or call the WSU Athletics Ticket Office at 1-800-GO-COUGS.

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