PULLMAN, Wash. (December 12, 2025) – Washington State women's basketball showed resilience and fought for positive stretches Friday night at Beasley Coliseum, but ultimately fell 82-51 to unbeaten Texas Tech.

After a difficult second quarter, the Cougars (1-10, 0-0 WCC) regrouped coming out of halftime and delivered their best stretch of the night in the third, matching Texas Tech's physicality and scoring 20 points in the frame.

WSU cut into the deficit behind improved ball movement and perimeter shooting, highlighted by a pair of triples from Malia Ruud and strong interior finishes from Eleonora Villa.

Ruud led Washington State with 16 points, knocking down four three-pointers, while Villa added 13 points and four assists to pace the offense. Keandra Koorits chipped in eight points and a team-high eight rebounds, and Marta Alsina contributed six points off the bench.

Notes

• Eleonora Villa's 13 points puts her at 1,112 career points, 19th in program history, 27 from 18th.
• Villa has 114 career made threes, 19 away from joining the WSU all-time top-10 list.
• Villa also has 439 career made field goals, 61 from 500.
• At 2,683 career minutes played, Villa is 317 away from 3,000 and 640 from top-10 all-time at WSU.
• Alex Covill remains at 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.
• Malia Ruud connected for a career-high four made threes.
• Keandra Koorits hauled in eight rebounds for a career-best.

Up Next
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+.

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